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Walk                :  Crinkle Crags & Bowfell from Old Dungeon Ghyll – Crinkle Crags (2,816ft),

                            Bowfell (2,960ft)

 

Date                :  21st July 2012

Weather          :  Overcast and warm around 20 °C

 

Distance         : 10 miles round trip

Difficulty         : Medium – Hard – the pull up to Bowfell from 3 Tarns is quite steep

 

Which part of Lakeland is this walk situated

 

Terrain Overview

3d view of the walk up to Crinkle Crags

 

Overview

 

A fantastic walk up iconic mountains in the Langdale region, fine views to be had and

Wainwrights` “Finest ridge mile in Lakeland”

 

A love of the Lakes - The walk starts from the NT Car park at Old Dungeon Ghyll. Here you can see the Crinkles and also the Band leading down from Bowfell

 

The walk starts from the NT Car park at Old Dungeon Ghyll. Here you can see the Crinkles and also

the Band leading down from Bowfell

 

A love of the Lakes - The Langdale Pikes from the path along to Stool End Farm

 

The Langdale Pikes from the path along to Stool End Farm

 

A love of the Lakes - A closer view of the Crinkles

 

A closer view of the Crinkles

 

A love of the Lakes - Crossing Oxendale Beck

 

Crossing Oxendale Beck

 

A love of the Lakes - Approaching Stool End Farm

 

Approaching Stool End Farm

 

A love of the Lakes - Looking at Rosset Pike and Black Crags at the head of the valley

 

Looking at Rosset Pike and Black Crags at the head of the valley

 

A love of the Lakes - Pike o Stickle

 

Pike o Stickle

 

A love of the Lakes - Through the farm and the start of the path that runs along Oxendale Beck

 

Through the farm and the start of the path that runs along Oxendale Beck

 

A love of the Lakes - The path up to the start of the Crinkle Crags ridge

 

The path up to the start of the Crinkle Crags ridge

 

A love of the Lakes - Close up of the Beck

 

Close up of the Beck

 

A love of the Lakes - Whorneyside Force

 

Whorneyside Force

 

A love of the Lakes - And from higher up

 

And from higher up

 

A love of the Lakes - Looking back to the Langdale Pikes from the climb

 

Looking back to the Langdale Pikes from the climb

 

A love of the Lakes - Pike o Blisco from the path

 

Pike o Blisco from the path

 

A love of the Lakes - Just before the start of the ridge walk across the crinkles and a view back down the Langdale valley

 

Just before the start of the ridge walk across the crinkles and a view back down the Langdale valley

 

A love of the Lakes - Having negotiated the first crinkle the path leading to the second (and highest crinkle – Long Top) is blocked by what Wainwright
called “the most difficult obstacle met on any of the regular walkers paths in Lakeland … The Bad Step, requires a little bit of scrambling
or it can be bypassed completely by a path on the left

 

Having negotiated the first crinkle the path leading to the second (and highest crinkle – Long Top)

is blocked by what Wainwright called “the most difficult obstacle met on any of the regular walkers

paths in Lakeland … The Bad Step, requires a little bit of scrambling or it can be bypassed completely

by a path on the left

 

A love of the Lakes - A view across Eskdale towards Scafell and Scafell Pike

 

A view across Eskdale towards Scafell and Scafell Pike

 

A love of the Lakes - Onwards to the third crinkle

 

Onwards to the third crinkle

 

A love of the Lakes - A view of Bowfell from the top of the crinkle

 

A view of Bowfell from the top of the crinkle

 

A love of the Lakes - Scafell Pike summit as busy as ever

 

Scafell Pike summit as busy as ever

 

A love of the Lakes - The path from Three Tarns up to Bowfell – quite steep

 

The path from Three Tarns up to Bowfell – quite steep

 

A love of the Lakes - Down at Three Tarns and a view of the Scafells

 

Down at Three Tarns and a view of the Scafells

 

A love of the Lakes - The very steep path up Bowfell

 

The very steep path up Bowfell

 

A love of the Lakes - A look back from the climb

 

A look back from the climb

 

A love of the Lakes - Approaching the summit of Bowfell

 

Approaching the summit of Bowfell

 

A love of the Lakes - The “boulder heighway” up to the summit

 

The “boulder heighway” up to the summit

 

A love of the Lakes - Me on the summit of Bowfell

 

Me on the summit of Bowfell

 

A love of the Lakes - Mickledore separating the two Scafells

 

Mickledore separating the two Scafells

 

A love of the Lakes - On the way back down via the Band and I pass the natural feature that Wainwright called “The Great Slab”

 

On the way back down via the Band and I pass the natural feature that Wainwright called “The Great Slab”

 

A love of the Lakes - The gentle path back down to the valley via The Band

 

The gentle path back down to the valley via The Band

 

A love of the Lakes - Down on the valley floor now in fading light and a last look at Crinkle Crags

 

Down on the valley floor now in fading light and a last look at Crinkle Crags

 

 

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