An alternative route heads directly north across Knoutberry Haw to pass Whernside Tarns and reaches the Craven Way at Boot of the Wold.
Finally, 275yd south of the triangulation pillar an old route (partly fenced off) descends (initially very steeply) for to reach a road 275yd southwest of Winterscales Farm, this is the old route of the Three Peaks Challenge.