High Level Walks in the area
The Walks
Walk route: Stickle Barn, Great Langdale - Mark Gate - Loft Crag - Pike O' Stickle - Harrison Stickle - Pavey Ark - Thunacar Knott - High Raise, Langdale - Sergeant Man - Stickle Tarn - Stickle Ghyll (Mill Gill) - Stickle Barn, Great Langdale
Distance: 6.67 miles 3,035ft ascent
Time: 5 hours 45 minutes
With: Anne
Conditions: Wall to wall blue sky and sunshine. Snow patches in the valley and a good covering on the tops, no wind
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Walk route: Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel, Great Langdale - Wall End, Great Langdale - Pike O' Blisco - Red Tarn (Langdale) - Cold Pike - Crinkle Crags (Long Top) - Three Tarns - The Band (Bowfell) - Stool End Farm, Great Langdale - Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel, Great Langdale
Distance: 9.00 miles 3,800ft ascent
Time: 6 hours 15 minutes
With: David Hall and Jane Frank
Conditions: Snow from the valley up, scattered to broken cloud, blue sky, very windy on the tops
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Walk route: Blea Tarn (Langdale) - Bleatarn House - Lingmoor Fell - Side Pike - Blea Tarn (Langdale)
Distance: 3.00 miles 1,000ft ascent
Time: 1 hour 45 minutes
With: on own
Conditions: Snow flurries turning to drizzle, cloud covering the high fells, no wind
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Walk route: Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel, Great Langdale - The Band (Bowfell) - Three Tarns - Bowfell - Ore Gap - Esk Pike - Esk Hause - Angle Tarn (Bowfell) - Rossett Pike - Stake Pass - Mickleden - Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel, Great Langdale
Distance: 10.00 miles 3,475ft ascent
Time: 6 hours 50 minutes
Conditions: Blue sky and sunshine with cloud building later in the day, snow on the tops
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Walk route: Elterwater village - quarries - Lingmoor Fell - Side Pike - Side House - Oak Howe - Great Langdale - Thrang Farm - quarries - Elterwater village
Distance: 7.00 miles 1,500ft ascent
Time: 3 hours 30 minutes
With: Anne, Adam and Lucy
Conditions: Overcast with a cold wind
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