It's steep but take plenty of breathers for the view behind you is fabulous. You’ll find the Stickle Ghyll National Trust car park on the right-hand side just after the Sticklebarn tavern (approximately 4 miles from Skelwith Bridge on the B5343). Old Dungeon Ghyll - Rossett Gill - Esk Hause - Scafell Pike - Great End - Esk Pike - Bowfell - Three Tarns - Old Dungeon Ghyll (Grid ref. Today the Pikes were in the clouds as I parked opposite the New Dungeon Ghyll, but they showed signs of lifting so it was on with the walk. How Can I Get To Great Langdale? At the far end there's a slightly confusing finish. there are many quite wide, clear paths amongst the grass and bracken, so you can pick which knotts, or knolls, you go over. Cross the grass expanse, avoiding the little boggy patches and tarns would perhaps be for the best. Go straight ahead eventually coming out into Ambleside town centre. Keep above the buildings of the hotel and go through the far gate. The ridge walk to Pike o’Stickle was straightforward, though the last secion involved a small scramble. Stick to a general heading of south east. Take the stone pitched path on the right leading upwards. Date of walk: 5th October 2017. The walk keeps low along the bottom of Great Langdale as far as New Dungeon Ghyll Hotel and the Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel before crossing Langdale and climbing up to Blea Tarn. Take care not to be drawn into descending down into the valley. chock-stone route. Climbing beside a stream of waterfalls a series of steps, built from the volcanic rocks of Lakeland, heads almost arrow straight for a skyline of mountains. Der Dungeon Ghyll ist ein Wasserlauf im Lake District, Cumbria, England. At the Underloughrigg road turn right, across the cattle grid and then left over the packhorse bridge into Rothay Park. Summary: This walk of the Langdale Pikes from New Dungeon Ghyll to the familiar tops of Pike Of Stickle and Harrison Stickle and then Thunacar Knott, High Raise, Sergeant Man, Tarn Crag and Blea Crag is a well trodden classic. It doesn't as at the cairn below bear left along a short terrace and then continue further left to climb a little beside a wall. This is the climbers route to Gimmer Crag but is very faint on the ground and twists and turns up the hillside. Start from the Elterwater main (National Trust) car park or centre of the village (which can be reached by Ambleside from the 516 ‘Langdale Rambler’ bus). The pass goes up over a ridge of mountains and crests at 480m (1500ft) high. Bowfell is a noble mountain, the sixth highest of the lakeland fells standing at 2,960 feet, and set in a wonderful position at the head of the Langdale valley. This walk follows a popular path through Stickle Ghyll to Stickle Tarn in the Great Langdale area of the Lake District. On the return you cannot but be impressed by the grandeur of Pike 'O Stickle with it's continuous steep slope and scree runs. The 'easiest' way up England's highest from Great Langdale. Map & Directions. From here to Pike 'O Stickle is straightforward passing the top of the gully of 'South-screes' the site of a 'Stone-age' axe factory on account of a vein of hard rock hereabouts. Close to Ambleside is the lovely valley of Langdale. Proceed up through the National Trust car park, past the information panel to zigzag behind the buildings into the open grass area. This walk takes you to the top of the following hills: Thunacar Knott, Silver How, Sergeant Man, Loughrigg Fell, Little Castle How, Harrison Stickle, and Blea Rigg; and includes 6 Wainwrights, 6 Birketts, 2 Nuttalls, 1 Marilyn, 1 Hewitt, and 1 HuMP. Old Dungeon Ghyll Circular is a 6.9 mile loop trail located near Ambleside, Cumbria, England that features a waterfall and is rated as difficult. Refreshments are available at the New Dungeon Ghyll Hotel. The National Trust car park by the Dungeon Ghyll Old Hotel is the starting point for this walk: Kettle Crag and Pike o' Blisco dominate the view on the walk along the road towards Wall End Farm: Past Wall End Farm on the road to Blea Tarn and Little Langdale : Bowfell from the Blea Tarn road: Just beyond a sharp bend in the road a path turns off to the right towards Redacre … On reaching Gimmer Crag you can get-up close to its impressive bulk and appreciate the climbers skill in assailing its intricacies. Attraction. Parking for the walk up to Dungeon Ghyll is available at the foot of Harrison Stickle. Our video is a guided walk in the Lake District, Cumbria from Dungeon Ghyll in Great Langdale to Crinkle Crags and return via Hell Gill. Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. Great Langdale from beside Dungeon Ghyll Walkers: Andrew . At the end of the second patch of grass the path swings right to climb a steep stone pitched path between the buttresses of Thorn Crag and Loft Crag. In climbing circles it is known as the "ODG". Visit Harrison Stickle and Thunacar Knott, and then joining the long south east spur from High Raise walk the length of the ridge all the way back to Ambleside. It isn't always possible to see the next destination and there are paths coming up from either side to be aware of. What's Nearby. It was bought by the historian Professor G.M. Ignore the path immediately ahead but instead bear left to cross Dungeon Ghyll at the ford. The National Trust's Stickle Ghyll car park at the start of the walk Just beside the entrance to the car park is the start of a permissive path which is signed for "Dungeon Ghyll and Mickleden" Pike How comes into view as the path emerges from the trees and continues across an intake field above the car park The trail is primarily used for hiking and walking. Reaching the top keep right, cross the head of Dungeon Ghyll, initially bear left and then at a small cairn turn sharp right to climb Harrison Stickle. Activity. The Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel was originally a farm and inn. Don't climb it directly but choose any desired route up the easily scrambled rocks well to the right. It then returns higher up the hillside, providing nice views down over the valley. The combination of two great Lakeland fells make this an exceptional walk. We really envisage you starting from Ambleside, where there are various parking options, and taking the 516 bus into Langdale. Tripadvisor. Turn right along the road for only a few metres then bear left down a little short cut to bear left along the path to the end of Loughrigg Terrace. Cross two short grassy areas generally bearing left on both. I followed the popular path up to Loft Crag, though I’d made an early start so only saw a couple of other walkers on the way . Drop down and at the bottom turn right below the crag and then left on reaching a path. We chose the latter. note that gradients are usually grossly exaggerated. Maps contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2011 and paths © OpenStreetMap Contributors,CC-BY-SA, 2011, Inevitably things change on the ground so if you think this walk needs updating please, note that gradients are usually grossly exaggerated, 4 - pathless/high plateau/minor scrambling, Buy walk in Adobe/PDF format to print or for your phone or tablet, High Raise, Sergeant Man, and Blea Rigg from Langdale, The Langdale Pikes: Pavey Ark, Thunacar Knott, Pike of Stickle, Harrison Stickle, Bowfell, via Worneyside Force, Hell Gill, and the Great Slab, Rossett Pike, Angle Tarn, Esk Pike and Bowfell, Waterfalls and the Cathedral Cavern, from Elterwater, Stone Arthur, Great Rigg, Heron Pike and Nab Scar, Steel Fell, Calf Crag, Gibson Knott and Helm Crag, Easedale Tarn, Codale Tarn, and Tarn Crag, Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. Keep ahead and follow the path above the wall to the left to the Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel. Altogether a total of eight of Wainwright's fells are completed in this fabulous circuit of the Langdale Fells. Walk c414 Crinkle Crags and Bow Fell (Bowfell) from The Old Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale. For a while it heads eastwards to avoid a boggy area and seemingly, to visit the Castle How tops before resuming an aggregate south easterly direction. This bus stops at Elterwater, Skelwith Bridge and Dungeon Ghyll so you can shorten the walk route if you want. The path to Stake Pass used to be very wet but has been much improved in recent years, as has the descent to Mickleden which has been 'pitched'. Superb fell walking on a superb ridge. Once out of the valley there are no shelters. Car: A593 from Ambleside or Coniston and turn at Skelwith Bridge … Take the A593 from Ambleside to Skelwith Bridge, then turn right along the B5343 heading for Great Langdale. The stone pitching ends but the path continues upwards, rough but clear and well trodden. 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