Walk

Walk : Skiddaw Little Man (2,837 ft) & Lonscale Fell (2,344 ft) – from Gale Road Car park

Date : 13^th June 2018

Weather : Overcast, threat of rain @ 17°C

Distance : 5 miles round trip

Time Taken : 3 hours (including stops)

Which part of Lakeland is this walk situated

Terrain Overview

Overview

Completely different weather conditions for our third walk in our week long stay in Ambleside. Overcast, threat of rain and extreme high winds on the

summit of Skiddaw Little Man. The path from Gale Road Carp park is a very good one, easy to follow but very steep. The ridge path to Lonscale is very

easy over grass. This is a popular route for walkers wishing to visit Skiddaw itself, the path being good throughout

I took this picture whilst journeying along the A591 just past St Johns in the Vale and it clearly shows the Engineered path up to Jenkin Hill from Gale Road

The two fells in today’s climb are both left and right from the top of the hill

The car park at Gale Road is the start point for this walk

At the top end of the car park go through the gates and turn left

Following the path down towards the Hawell monument

Looking back to the Northwestern Fells and Grizedale Pike

The path meets a gate that gives access to the open fell side

The Hawell monument

On to the path proper now and be prepared for quite a steep climb. There are “off shoot” paths that cut out the bends more or less all the way up

Sue & Ste set off

Looking back towards Derwent Water

Higher on up the path and Skiddaw Lesser Man peeps up over the horizon

Just before we reach the top of Jenkin Hill a first view of the summit of Skiddaw Little Man behind Lesser Man

At the top of Jenkin Hill and the path that we will take later to visit Lonscale Fell

All that remains is to take the steep climb up to Skiddaw Lesser Man initially

On the summit of Lesser Man and its difficult to stand up straight !!

Click here for a 360 degree view from the summit of Skiddaw Lesser Man … https://youtu.be/XYhqNs3jmiM

Looking down at Derwent Water and Keswick

Looking to Carl Side, Long Side and Ullock Pike on the path upto Skiddaw Little Man

The path to Skiddaw from the summit of Skiddaw Little Man

Click here for a 360 degree view from the summit of Skiddaw Little Man … https://youtu.be/_GQIzQYdBd8

The Newlands valley from the summit of Little Man

We journey back down to the top of Jenkin Hill for lunch out of the wind, just as these two guys make it up. How you do that steep climb on a bike is beyond me

Following the path to Lonscale Fell – very straightforward walking on grass

Sue on the summit cairn of Lonscale Fell. The bulk of Blencathra in the background

Click here for a 360 degree view from the summit of Lonscale Fell … https://youtu.be/2Ov9K5U6q0k