Pike o' Blisco - Route One

 

Start - Dungeon Ghyll NY 285 060 Distance - 2 miles Ascent - 1,950 feet Time - 1 hour : 45 minutes

 

 

The National Trust car park by the Dungeon Ghyll Old Hotel is the starting point for this walk
Kettle Crag and Pike o' Blisco dominate the view on the walk along the road towards Wall End Farm
Past Wall End Farm on the road to Blea Tarn and Little Langdale
Bowfell from the Blea Tarn road
Just beyond a sharp bend in the road a path turns off to the right towards Redacre Gill
Looking back to the Langdale Pikes from the start of the Redacre Gill path
Redacre Gill, the path can be seen on the left side of the tongue in the centre
Looking back to Side Pike on Lingmoor
In a little over three hundred yards the path crosses the stream
Looking over to the Langdale Pikes from the stream crossing
The path up the tongue has been stone pitched to minimise erosion of this popular route
Looking back to the start of the path from the tongue
Looking across to Lingmoor Fell from the tongue
Looking down the steepest section of the path
Nearing the top of Redacre Gill
Great Langdale from the top of Redacre Gill
The summit of Pike o' Blisco from the top of Redacre Gill.  The path is marked by cairns as it crosses easier ground and leads directly through a series of rock bands which require a little mild scrambling to surmount
The Langdale Pikes from the cairned path
Bowfell from the cairned path
At the base of the steepest rock band
Looking right to Glaramara and Pike o' Stickle
Looking left to Swirl How and Great Carrs
Scrambling up the final rocks leading to the summit ridge
The path emerges onto a peaty depression between two rock platforms, the summit lies to the right
Looking down the route of ascent
The summit of Pike o' Blisco
Looking south from the summit to Swirl How, Great Carrs, Dow Crag and Grey Friar
Crinkle Crags from the summit of Pike o' Blisco
Bowfell
Pike o' Stickle across Mickleden
Wetherlam across the south top of Pike o' Blisco
The Langdale Pikes from the south top
The summit of Pike o' Blisco from the south top
Looking down to Wrynose Pass from the south top
Red Tarn and Cold Pike from the south top
Crinkle Crags from the south top

 

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