Walk : Whinlatter Fell (1,696
feet) from the
Date : 25th March 2018
Weather : Clear
skies, some sunshine @ 10°C getting colder
Distance : 3 miles round trip
Time
Taken : 50 mins to summit
Which
part of Lakeland is this walk situated
Terrain
Overview
Overview
Our second Fell of the day the first being Ling Fell followed by the
short drive south down the A66 and then on to Whinlatter
via Braithwaite
The area is
famous for its adventure trails, cycle tracks and Red Squirrel nature reserves
a popular venue
From the A66 towards and through Braithwaite follow
the B5292 Whintlatter Pass to just past the entrance
to the Visitor Centre on your right hand side. There is parking further
down the road for free
Walk about 300 yards or so to a barred gate on your
left which leads into the Forest Trail
A very pleasant walk through and area of Pine Trees
The path continues on to an opening
The Red Squirrel reserve ..
At the opening take the path that turns acutely left
Keep on the path for about a quarter of a mile or so until you come to a
barred gate
Through the gate and immediately right as the walk changes character and
climbs steeply to more level ground higher up
Looking back towards Grizedale Pike from the
climb
The steepish climb levels off and swings round
to the left to take and indistinct and boggy trail over grass
Looking back from the top of the path and Causey Pike peeps out above
Sleet How
The track ahead is sometimes intermittent but not too difficult to
follow
Sue making her way up across the bogs
The Skiddaw and Blencathra
ranges in the North
A change in the weather as cloud shrouds the top of Skiddaw.
In fact things turned into a mini Beast from the East
Grizedale Pike from higher up
Hopegill Head and Whiteside
The snow capped Helvellyn range
In the far distance north over the
Click here for a 360 degree panoramic view from the summit of Whinlatter
https://youtu.be/m4wSjO7A5pg
From left to right
. Jones the Bastard, Ste &
Sue on top of Whinlatter
. It was FREEZING
!!! Time for a journey back down and tea in the Keswickian !!! and who knows
maybe even a stop off at The Lily in Ambleside J
At last the stroppy ikkle
git is tired out
. Hopefully !!!!
We then had the great pleasure of meeting and drinking with Lynn and
Gavin based now in
drinks and swapped stories etc etc
and even JTB was on his best behaviour. They were going on to do The
Fairfield Horseshoe the following morning we hope you had a
great yomp - it was fantastic to share your company
for a while
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