Loft Crag - Route One

 

Start - NDG Hotel NY 293 063 Distance - 1.7 miles Ascent - 1,930 feet Time - 1 hour : 40 minutes

 

 

The National Trust Stickle Ghyll car park is the starting point for this walk
The Stickle Ghyll path starts from the information shelter at the top of the car park
Whitegill Crag from the Stickle Ghyll path
Looking back to the New Dungeon Ghyll Hotel
The Stickle Ghyll path is only followed for a short distance before taking an eroded path which is part of the Cumbria Way
The top of Pavey Ark appears over the head of Stickle Ghyll which is flanked by Pike Howe on the left and Tarn Crag on the right
The path rises to meet a gate in the intake wall
Looking back to Great Langdale from the gate in the intake wall
The main path continues on towards the Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel and Mickleden
The ascent path turns right and follows the wall towards Dungeon Ghyll
Looking towards Pike Howe and Tarn Crag
The path reaches a stile in the intake wall and then turns left, descending to cross Dungeon Ghyll
The Mark Gate path starts at the ford over Dungeon Ghyll
Looking back to Great Langdale from the Mark Gate path
Pike o' Blisco from the Mark Gate path
The path climbs the ridge above the western side of Dungeon Ghyll although it generally keeps well away from its edge ........
...... there are a few places where it is possible to look down into the gill
The middle section of  Dungeon Ghyll from Mark Gate
Great Langdale from Mark Gate
Higher up the path threads its way amongst the rocky outcrops above Raven Crag
Looking across Dungeon Ghyll to Pike Howe
Looking across to Pike o' Blisco
The  line of the path is always obvious being well marked by cairns as it winds between the crags
A large marker cairn indicates a sharp turn to the left to avoid a steep crag where there is a glimpse of the top of Pavey Ark across the head of the gill
Looking across to Side Pike, Wetherlam and Blake Rigg
Traversing below the steep crag to reach a level shoulder on its southern side
Lingmoor Fell and Side Pike from the level shoulder
Looking over to Crinkle Crags from the level shoulder
The path continues on from the level shoulder and the gradient eases as it climbs towards the top of the crags
The summit of Loft Crag comes into view as the path approaches a wide grassy saddle at the top of the crags
Loft Crag, Thorn Crag and Harrison Stickle from the top of the crags
Looking over to the snow-capped summit of Fairfield above the Blea Rigg ridge
The path turns left, crossing a boggy section and climbing to the narrow col between Loft Crag and Thorn Crag
Looking over to Bowfell with the steep profile of Gimmer Crag on the right
Looking back from the marker cairn which indicates the start of the climber's traverse to Gimmer Crag
Looking over to Crinkle Crags from the climb to the col between Loft Crag and Thorn Crag
Looking back from the steep climb to the col
Approaching the col between Loft Crag and Thorn Crag
Harrison Stickle from the col, the summit of Thorn Crag lies a short distance to the right above a simple grass slope
Harrison Stickle from the summit of Thorn Crag, the south-eastern cairn on the right provides a better viewpoint
Windermere from the summit of Thorn Crag
Looking east from the summit of Thorn Crag.  Fairfield, Hart Crag, Dove Crag, High Street, Red Screes, Ill Bell and Yoke form the horizon
Loft Crag and Pike o' Stickle from the summit of Thorn Crag.  A clear path traverses across to the col between Loft Crag and Pike o' Stickle although it's usual to reach the summit of Loft Crag by the rake, seen here in the centre of the photo between the subsidiary top and the summit
Traversing below the subsidiary summit of Loft Crag
Looking back to the summit of Thorn Crag from the traversing path
The top of the rake between the subsidiary top and the summit of Loft Crag
Approaching the summit of Loft Crag
The summit cairn on Loft Crag
Bowfell across Mickleden from the summit of Loft Crag
Pike o' Stickle from the summit of Loft Crag
Looking north-west from the summit of Loft Crag to Grasmoor and Grisedale Pike on the centre horizon with the summit of Glaramara on the left
Thunacar Knott across Harrison Combe
Harrison Stickle from the summit of Loft Crag
Looking east from the summit of Loft Crag
Windermere from the summit of Loft Crag
Lingmoor Fell and Blea Tarn from the summit of Loft Crag

 

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