Advertised as a route from south to north, the walk starts at Skipton Castle in Airedale. It goes north in conjunction with the Dales High Way, then east, and north east through the villages of Embsay and Eastby before reaching its first marked point of Barden Tower. It then follows the River Wharfe northwards in conjunction with the Dales Way to Grassington but veering away slightly by going through Hebden. From Grassington, the route travels across the eastern side of Wharfedale through to Kettlewell and Buckden. Here the route goes due north across Langstrothdale Chase and going over Stake Moss before dropping into Wensleydale and the village of Worton.
