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Walk : Sour Howes (1,568ft from Church Bridge Troutbeck

Date : 29^th September 2014

Weather : Cloudy and warm around 19°C

Distance : 3 miles round trip

Time Taken : 1 hour 10 mins to summit

Which part of Lakeland is this walk situated

Terrain Overview

3D view of the walk to Sour Howes from Church Bridge

Overview

A nice gentle walk with fantastic views along the way and on top

Jesus Church in Troutbeck is situated just a few yards north of a free and suitable parking place for about half a dozen vehicles

Just over the road from the bridge is the start of the Garburn Road, an old Pack Horse route towards Kentmere

The path starts to rise gently through the woods

The path continues through a hand gate and passes a farm

The path swings round to the left under tree cover and from that point rarely deviates from straight, making navigation
straight forward

The path swings round to the left under tree cover and from that point rarely deviates from straight, making navigation

straight forward

On the road proper now and the views start to open up across the Troutbeck valley

The beautiful Troutbeck valley, to the right the Froswick / Ill Bell range to the left Caudale Moor and the bump in the centre
on the valley floor is Troutbeck Tongue

The beautiful Troutbeck valley, to the right the Froswick / Ill Bell range to the left Caudale Moor and the bump in the centre

on the valley floor is Troutbeck Tongue

The path continues, this is good walking

The Wansfell / Wansfell Pike ridge

The Garburn track is followed until you reach a series of wall stiles on your right. The second one over the field crosses
the Dubbs Road

The Garburn track is followed until you reach a series of wall stiles on your right. The second one over the field crosses

the Dubbs Road

Sue presses on to the second stile

Once across the Dubbs Road the third stile gives access to the open fell side

A clear grass pathway signifies the final push to the summit

Through the bracken and aim towards the left hand side of the rock outcrops

Looking across the Troutbeck Valley and above the Wansfell ridge line towards Crinkle Crags in the Langdale valley

And further round to Scafell and Scafell Pike

Past the crags and the path swings round towards the summit, her looking back towards Windermere with the
Dubbs Reservoir in the foreground

Past the crags and the path swings round towards the summit, her looking back towards Windermere with the

Dubbs Reservoir in the foreground

Troutbeck Tongue

The stile in the wall leads on to the last part of the climb along the summit ridge

The ridge path winds its way around a number of grassy hillocks

Looking over to the Scafells

Made it !!!

There was no cairn to speak of so we made our own

The Troutbeck valley way down below

The Ill Bell ridge line