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Langdale Walking Weekend: Saturday 12th December 2015

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Two great guided walks over a weekend taking in some of the most scenic routes above the Langdale Valley. Bowfell and the Crinkles is a wonderful high ridge walk and the Langdale Pikes offers some of the most dramatic scenes in the Lake District.

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£44.00

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£44.00
Difficulty: Hard
Rocky paths and ocasional exposed sections, although these can be avoided
Distance: Up to 13km / 8 miles per day
Ascent: Up to 1250m / 3800ft approx. per day
Duration: 2 Days
Start Time: 9am Saturday / 10am Sunday
Maximum Group Size: 10
Minimum Group Size: 1


"No mountain view in Lakeland arrests and excites the attention more than that of the Langdale Pikes."
A.W Wainwright

The Langdale Valley, one of the most famous and popular in the Lake District is surrounded by some magnificent mountains, the rocky Langdale Pikes to the north and the self explanatory Crinkle Crags to the south of the valley give two days of magnificent walking.

The weekend will be based around the two Dungeon Ghyll Hotels at the head of the Langdale Valley, there is ample accommodation in the area including good campsites and youth hostels, Ambleside is also only a short distance away.


Summits included on this route:
   
Pike O'Blisco (Optional)
705 metres/2313 feet
Cold Pike (Optional)
701 metres/2300 feet
The Crinkles
859 metres/2818 feet
Bowfell (Optional)
902 metres/2959 feet
Pavey Ark
700 metres/2297 feet
Thunacar Knott (Optional)
723 metres/2372 feet
Harrison Stickle
736 metres/2415 feet
Pike O'Stickle
709 metres/2326 feet
Loft Crag
682 metres/2238 feet


"The ridge is a fell-walkers' delight. A constantly changing scene, beautiful and dramatic views, fine situation and an interesting course throughout make this a walk to remember."
A.W Wainwright - On The Crinkle Crags


The Crinkles
From The Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel we will follow the path that climbs to Red Tarn, this is a good path which leads to the summit of the First Crinkle.

From here on the path becomes a little rockier, a short climb leads to the summit of the Second Crinkle, Long Top the highest of the tops.

Wonderful and ever changing views will be seen all along the ridge looking down to the Langdale Valley and across to the Langdale Pikes.

A gentle path leads around the rest of the summits on the ridge before descending to Three Tarns.
From Three Tarns the path descends the long path of The Band, an easy descent back to the Langdale Valley.

An optional addition to this route is to add the summit of Bowfell, a wonderful summit and the sixth highest in the Lake District.

The Langdale Pikes
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 path 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 descending 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.

Each participant will be required to bring suitable equipment for their chosen event, please see Equipment Required.



Where to meet: Directions will be available upon booking as a download file  
 

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