A 9.5 mile loop around one of the most popular parts of the Lake District - Crinkle Crags and Bowfell above Langdale.
Stats: 9.5 miles, 3500 feet ascent, Grade 1 Scramble (Bad Step)
5 of us spent a weekend camping in the National Trust site at Great Langdale, and we wanted a challenging walk that we could do straight from the campsite. Its much nicer to come off the fells straight back into you tent and not have to drive. Even better is when the walk terminates at a great pub like the Old Dungeon Ghyll!
This route is well known - its on go4awalk and also described in detail here.
The weather was ideal - almost no wind, cloud was well below the tops and it was sunny at times.
The net result of this was just making it off the steep rocky stuff as the light failed, with a 2k walk in the dark to the pub. All hail the petzl headtorch!
Photos from the walk are either on flickr (from me and Craig) or or Nige’s spangly new gallery here.
[tags]walking, lake district[/tags]
