Walk : Grange Fell
(1,363 ft) from the Bowderstone Car Park, Borrowdale
Date : 25th
September 2020
Weather : Dry, cold cloud cover moving in
Distance : 4
miles round trip
Time Taken : 1 hour 30 mins to
summit
Which
part of Lakeland is this walk situated
Terrain Overview
Overview
Grange Fell a
very modest height and a confusing summit to find once on top out dense
woodland that is the signature of this climb. From Keswick, head out
towards Borrowdale and
look out for the Bowderstone Car park on your left as
you approach Seathwaite. It is vital to locate the
start of the patch which is very
subtly hidden on the upper level of the car park.
Do not confuse it with the more obvious path that leads to the Bowderstone
On the upper
level of the car park, at the time of writing it cost £7.50 for an all day tiket. The start of the path is behind from where I have
taken this shot
The dip in the
grass line is the start of the path
Things become
apparent once on the path
Through the gate
and the path drops into a wooded area past a crop of boulders
Spud taking note
of the start of the path
The path becomes
clearer to follow as it continues through an area of heather
Looking back to
Castle Crag from the path
The path
continues through another wooded area
The path
continues up to a hand gate. Through it and turn right
The path starts
to turn back on itself a little as it now starts to climb more steeply
Thankfully the
path turns in to a stone pitched track to assist with the steepness
A sneaky peek
through the woods towards Skiddaw across Derwent Water
Nearing the end
of the wooded section of the climb
Out of the woods
into the open fell side, the aim here is to get across to a faint path that
runs along the base of the scree shown here
Passing
the scree along the path that improves more as you
travel along. The
path will then swing left and drop down once it passes the rock outcrop shown
here
Drop down and
cross the wooden sty
Blencathra
from the path
Looking over
towards High Spy, Dale Head, Hindscarth from the path
The path once
over the sty leads towards a small
Approaching the
Looking north
towards the Skiddaw range from the
The path whilst
it twists and turns a little is easy enough to follow
Approaching the
start of summit approach
Derwent
Water and Bassenthwaite from the summit approach
Its fair to say there are a number of
confusing areas of high ground that can be construed to be the summit, but just
persist with following the clear grass path
The views open
up as the summit plateau is approached
Looking towards Dalehead, Hidscarth and Robinson
from near the summit
Me and the Spud meister on the summit of Grange Fell
Click here for a
360 degree view from the summit of Grange Fell … https://youtu.be/9zoMz6ttj5s
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