Walk : Base Brown (2,120ft) from Seathwaite
Farm
Date : 25th June 2016
Weather : Cold, threatening rain @ 10 °C
Distance : 3 miles round trip
Difficulty : 1 to 2 – The odd bit of rock handling required
(1=easy 5=hard)
Which
area of Lakeland is this walk situated?
Terrain
Overview
Walk
Overview
The intended walk was to do Base
Brown, Green and Great Gable but the weather deterred going any further from
the first
summit. Quite disappointing
considering that this was June
The walk starts from the popular
approach road to Seathwaite Farm
Approaching the Farm gates and the
plaque spells out what later became all too apparent
An early view of the North face of
Base Brown from the start of the walk
Through the farm yard and go under
the passageway that gives access to a bridle path
The bridleway crosses the River
Derwent and leads to a ladder stile
Climb over the stile to start the
trail over a stone path
The stone path climbs steeply
towards Seathwaite slabs
Looking back to the River Derwent
Sourmilk Gill
The path reaches a fork. The right
for leads to a viewing platform for the waterfall
The middle reaches of Sourmilk Gill from the viewing platform. To continue on to
the summit take the left fork
Looking back down to Seathwaite Farm from the path
The path leads to Seathwaite slabs which can be a little tricky, requiring a
bit of rock handling
From the slabs the path levels off and leads towards a handgate
Go through the hand gate
The upper reaches of Sourmilk Gill
The track levels slightly from here
on as it heads towards Gillercombe climbing very
gently towards the Col between
Base Brown on the left and Green
Gable directly ahead
Looking across Gillercombe
towards Raven Crag
The steep and scrambly Nort face
provides the quickest route up to the summit and passes Wainwrights’ “Fallen
Stone”
Nearing the top of the track
towards the Col. From there a left turn provides an easy route towards Base
Brown summit
Following the ridge line towards
the summit
Looking towards Green Gable and
peeking out above is Great Gable from the summit of Base Brown
A 360 degree
view from the summit of Base Brown
The ridge path to Green Gable with
Great Gable in the background. At this point it started to bucket down which
was
the signal for a hasty retreat
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