Singletrack Magazine Classic Ride Walna Scar Road
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
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
Paul Lydon OCC Weekend in Lake District Old Man of Coniston
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 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.
Brim Fell 19th May '18
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]
Classic Ride Walna Scar Road Singletrack Magazine
If you're doing the shorter route then you turn right here which takes you up the left hand side of the valley, across the tops and brings you out half way up the Walna Scar Road buy the old quarry buildings. If you're doing the longer route with the full descent down to Seathwaite turn left and head out onto the fells before turning left.
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.
Walna Scar Road Mickledore Walking Holidays
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.
Wainwright Routes Walna Scar Route One
This circular route up the Old Man of Coniston is shortened from about 13km to 6.5km because you cut a big section of the footpath out which goes via Goats Water as shown in the above Old Man of Coniston map and instead go straight through the middle and to the top of the Old Man of Coniston.
Walna Scar Road, Lake District route MBR
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.
Walna Scar Road to Goats Water, 346 Fotos Cumbria, England AllTrails
The procession of people along Walna Scar road are mainly heading to Dow Crag, which is a shame as these are a lovely cluster of hills. After the rough loose rocks and stones of the pass their soft grassy paths are very welcome. Blind Tarn is a great place to sit for a while on the way back.
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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.
A Blog on the Landscape! Walna Scar road.
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.
Obsessed Lake District, Walna Scar Road, Brown Pike, Dow Crag, The Old Man of Coniston.
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 Photos, Diagrams & Topos SummitPost
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
Wainwright Routes Walna Scar Route One
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.