ROUTE STATS

Strenuousness l llll Navigation l l lll Technicality l llll Trail 100s 1 Wainwrights 3

Distance 15.1km (9½ miles) Total ascent 1270m Time 6½ hours Start/finish Langdale, (NY285060)

Nearest town

Ambleside

Terrain valley lane; well-graded ridge path; farm track; broad col; scree path and rake; craggy summit; rocky ridge, narrow cols, broad double col; packhorse track; cirque tarn; narrow gill, valley track

Maps OS Landranger (1:50,000) 90; OS Explorer (1:25,000) OL5; British Mountain Maps (1:40,000) Lake District; Harvey Superwalker XT25 (1:25,000) Lake District West

Accommodation

Langdale Youth Hostel 0845 371 9337; Great Langdale Campsite (015394) 32733 www.nationaltrust.org.uk; Baysbrown Campsite (015394) 37150 baysbrown farmcampsite.co.uk

Public transport

Trains to Windermere, buses to Langdale via Ambleside Traveline (buses) 0871 200 2233; National Rail Enquiries 03457 484950

Guidebooks Pictorial Guide to the Southern Fells by A Wainwright, pb Frances Lincoln (0116) 254 3579 www. cordee.co.uk; Great Mountain Days in the Lake District by Mark Richards, pb Cicerone Press (01539) 562069 www.cicerone.co.uk. Tourist info Ambleside (015394) 32582 www. golakes.co.uk