Walk

Walk : Souther Fell (1,680 feet) from The Mill Inn Mungrisedale

Date : 10^th January 201

Weather : Horrible, low cloud, poor visibility, mist @ 4°C

Distance : 3 miles round trip

Time Taken : 1 hour 15 mins to summit

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Terrain Overview

Overview

The original intention today was to climb Carrock Fell and take the ridge to High Pike. When we arrived at the start you couldn`t really

see too far and there was a big bank of mist and horrible weather closing in from the north, so we headed back south and climbed Souther Fell

It wasn`t too long before the weather system caught up with us on its journey south and this left us on top of the summit with nothing to see

The climb itself was very straightforward and easy to navigate when on the ridge line, the views of Blencathra would have been stunning

but today was not to be.

I had originally thought about doing some of the fells in the Central region, but plumped for the Northern area. Oh how I wished we had have gone with the original instinct as we drove

past Thirlmere and a lovely little temperature inversion

After abandoning the intended route of Carrock Fell and High Pike we doubled back to Mungrisdale and parked on the verge just past the Mill Inn

Walking back towards the Pub cross over the new footbridge that crosses the River Glenderamackin

Once over the bridge, turn left and follow the tarmac road up to a gate

Through the steel gate and turn sharp right to pick up a boggy track that runs parallel with the fence

Follow the track round as it veers to the right

Once the track swings round you can see the start of the ridgeline. There are a number of places along the path where you can get on to it

The one we chose was just after the trees in the previous picture. Once on the ridge the path is clearly well defined

Looking back South towards Clough Head from the path

The path navigates in and around a number of rocky outcrops

At this point you should be able to start seeing the drama of Blencathra and its ridges, however the weather was starting to close in. Here only the Tongue of Bowscale Fell is clearly visible