Difficulty: Moderate
Distance: 8km / 5 miles
Time: 5 Hours approx.
Starting from: The New Dungeon Ghyll Hotel, Great Langdale
Postcode: LA22 9JX
Price: £20 per person / Family tickets available
The Route:
From the New Dungeon Ghyll Hotel we will climb by Stickle Gill to Stickle Tarn, here there are wonderful views up to Pavey Ark, the cliffs above the tarn. Here we will circle the tarn and climb onto Pavey Ark.
An easy poath now leads to the summit of Harrison Stickle, the most prominent of the Langdale Pikes.
We will then cross Harrison Combe to climb the rocky scramble to the summit of Pike O'Stickle, before descendng over Loft Crag back to the New Dungeon Ghyll.
From all the summits we will have great views on a good day over the Langdale Valley to Windermere and across to Bowfell, the Crinkles and the Coniston Fells.
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Directions:
From Ambleside – Leave Ambleside on the A593, signposted to Langdale and Coniston, follow this road until the junction with Ellers Brow, turn right onto Ellers Brow, signposted to Chapel Stile and Langdale. Follow this road through the village of Chapel Stile and continue until the New Dungeon Ghyll Hotel is Seen up a lane to the right. Parking will be found to the left here and also a little further along the road (Both the car parks charge a fee). We will meet outside the hotel.
