Description
Book SynopsisWinter Walks in the Lake District is a collection of enjoyable walks and easy winter climbs designed to make the most of the winter conditions that regularly descend on the Lake District.
Local author Stephen Goodwin has selected his favourite cold-weather outings, which all share the magic and exhilaration that snow or even a hoar frost brings to the Lakeland fells.
The routes include accessible jaunts up Gowbarrow, High Rigg and Latrigg, Keswick’s ‘house mountain’ – an ideal spot to survey the snow cover on the bigger tops to the south; ascents of Helvellyn from the east and west, via classic and lesser-known ridgelines, or graded climbs on Browncove Crags and Nethermost Pike; high-level horseshoes above Haweswater and Langdale; and, of course, ascents of the classics – Scafell Pike, Blencathra, Great End – although not necessarily by the most travelled routes.
Alongside advice on winter conditions and kit, each of the routes in this book features detailed introductions and directions, Ordnance Survey 1:25,000-scale maps, photo topos for the graded winter climbs where appropriate, and local information such as the best pubs and cafes.
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Acknowledgements
About the routes
Craft & safety
Kit
Footwear & crampons
Mobile phones
Mountain rescue
Mountain rescue by SMS text
Access & conservation
The Countryside Code
Maps, descriptions, distances
Area map & route finder
1 Grisedale Pike & Coledale
1a Grisedale Pike
1b Coledale Horseshoe
1c A Coledale Shortie
2 Latrigg
3 Blencathra
3a Hall’s Fell Ridge (grade I)
3b Sharp Edge (grade II)
4 High Rigg & St John’s in the Vale
4a East Route
4b West Route
5 Browncove Crags & Helvellyn (grades I–II)
6 Gowbarrow
7 Catstye Cam, Helvellyn & Striding Edge
8 Grisedale Trilogy (Patterdale)
8a Nethermost Gully (grade II)
8b Nethermost Pike via East Ridge
8c Dollywaggon Pike via The Tongue
9 Dove Crag & Little Hart Crag
10 Riggindale & High Street
11 Bow Fell & Crinkle Crags (grade I/II option)
12 Scafell Pike via Piers Gill Path
13 Great End (grade I/II option)
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