Walna Scar Road to Goats Water, 346 Fotos Cumbria, England AllTrails
Walna Scar Road to Old Man of Coniston Hard • 4.6 (316) Lake District National Park Photos (2,898) Directions Print/PDF map Length 4.2 miElevation gain 1,883 ftRoute type Out & back Experience this 4.2-mile out-and-back trail near Coniston, Cumbria. Generally considered a challenging route.
Classic Ride Walna Scar Road Singletrack Magazine
The winding Walna Scar Road leading down to Cove Bridge Dow Crag From Cove Bridge Coniston Old Man from Cove Bridge The path back to Torver from Cove Bridge passes between the deep excavations of the disused Banishead Quarry - Looking down the western hole The flooded eastern hole Scarr Head near the end of the walk Return to page Eastern Fells
Brim Fell 19th May '18
We drove up the Walna Scar Road as far as cars can go and parked in the car park beyond the gate. We then followed the road (a rough track) for about 2 miles before forking off to climb the ridge leading to Dow Crag. The ridge walk was superb, with extensive views over Morecambe Bay, the Duddon Estuary, the Scafells and large chunks of lakeland.
Wainwright Routes Walna Scar Route One
Length - 13.0 miles / 21.1 km Ascent - 4440 feet / 1345 metres Time - 11 hours 0 minutes Grade - hard Maps Walk Route Description Click image to visit gallery of 10 images.
grough — Lakeland mountain biker dies after incident on Walna Scar track
Coordinates: 54.364°N 3.173°W Walna Scar is a hill in the English Lake District, lying just south of a pass of the same name in the Coniston Hills. Its summit at 2,035 feet (620 m) is only slightly higher than the pass. Walna Scar is the highest of Wainwright 's The Outlying Fells of Lakeland. [1]
Paul Lydon OCC Weekend in Lake District Old Man of Coniston
Walna Scar is the highest of all of Alfred Wainwright's Outlying Fells of Lakeland. This hike links Walna Scar to 9 other outlying fells in the south of the Lake District National Park over a distance of 26km. This route card is a fantastic option for someone peak bagging the Outlying Fells of Lakeland.
Walna Scar Road Photos, Diagrams & Topos SummitPost
On the Walna Scar Road towards Dow Crag (Image: john lenehan) Note: Dow Crag and Coniston Old Man are two dramatic Lake District mountains but in different ways. The drama of Dow Crag is natural.
Walna Scar Road MTB YouTube
Stay with the Walna Scar Road as you skirt the southern slopes of the Old Man of Coniston to cross Torver Beck. The going gets steeper as you climb onto the ridge between White Maiden and Brown Pike. Ahead lies Dunnerdale. Just over the crest take a clear path right. This leads easily to the first summit of this round - Brown Pike.
Obsessed Lake District, Walna Scar Road, Brown Pike, Dow Crag, The Old Man of Coniston.
Park at: Walna Scar Road Car Park (pay and display car park) Distance: 5 mile circular route. Duration: 4 hours. Height: 802m / 2,633 ft. Wainwright height ranking: 34 of 214 1) Exit the car park near the entrance of the car park following the sign detailing 'Public Footpath Coniston Old Man 1 and 3/4 mile.
Wainwright Routes Walna Scar Route One
Coniston - Walna Scar Car Park 2.5 12 reviews #15 of 15 things to do in Coniston Points of Interest & Landmarks Write a review What people are saying " Would be bad in the cold. Steep access and the car park itself is very rocky " Nov 2023 The drive up to the car park is ok, if not extremely steep! Icy roads will be a challenge.
Singletrack Magazine Classic Ride Walna Scar Road
This mountain bike route of 22.3 miles starts from the village of Torver, just south of Coniston in the Lake District. The ride gets harder as it progresses with the fun singletrack across Torver Low Common leading on to higher and higher fells and bigger and bigger rocks. This concludes with the final challenge of Walna Scar.
Walna Scar Road, Lake District route MBR
Walna Scar road was built to connect Coniston with the Duddon Valley and the quarries on either side. The Cove was quarried for slate, spoil heaps below Brown Pike show of quarrying there. One of the buildings used to store explosives was used for many years by climbers as a bothy before the weather took its toll. Dow Crag
Walna Scar Road by gravel bike Singletrack World Magazine May 10, 2018
Walna Scar Road, Lake District route Tom Hutton March 11, 2019 Lakes Secret Garden We revisit this iconic Lakeland route but this time we mix classic Walna Scar Road with some detours from the back of an envelope… >>> Download all of our free routes for the Lake District Words & photos: Sim Mainey
Walna Scar Road Mickledore Walking Holidays
Location details The Lake District has a number of superb classic rides, and this Walna Scar Road route, to the south of the Old Man of Coniston, is one of them. It provides some very technical riding in places and because it's remote it's usually quieter than many other parts of the National Park. Start/finish
Walna Scar Road, Lake District route MBR
Walna Scar Road to Goats Water. Moderate • 4.5 (84) Lake District National Park. Photos (440) Directions. Print/PDF map. Length 6.3 kmElevation gain 359 mRoute type Out-and-back. Experience this 6.3-km out-and-back trail near Coniston, Cumbria. Generally considered a moderately challenging route, it takes an average of 2 h 20 min to complete.
conradwalks Walna Scar (Outlying Fells)
The walk follows a circular route from a parking area on Walna Scar road, near Coniston in the Lake District. It sets off in a westerly direction along Walna Scar road itself, which is now a track, before turning northwards to start the real climbing over Brown Pike, Buck Pike and Dow Crag.
