Skiddaw & Little

Skiddaw & Little Man 21.5km/13¼ miles 9 hours

Wild moors and massive views.

NY268234 From the NY292279 Turn 1 start in Keswick, 3 right and join a 4 follow Station Road over good path leading north the river. Continue and passing through on past the leisure a gate after 800m. The centre and turn left on path turns north-west 5 Brundholme Road (free and soon crosses a parking is available here). footbridge, with Take the fi rst lane on the Skiddaw House Youth right and follow this for Hostel now seen about 3.5km, crossing the ahead. Follow signs A66 and gently rising, around the boundary completely traffi c-free, wall and join the broad 3 through the dense trees track, with a footbridge in Brundholme Wood to across the infant River emerge on a promontory Caldew after 600m. of high ground where several tracks meet. NY284297 Leave 4 the track after 200m NY295250 Continue and walk west through 2 down the lane for pathless heather to the 150m and fork sharp small rise named Hare left on a track into a Crag. Continue ahead up wooded valley. Cross the the fl anks of Blake Hill,

CHALLENGING WALK CHALLENGING footbridge, follow the where heather turns to path ahead for 350m and easier-going grass, and turn right on the narrow keep uphill to reach a lane by a house. Cross a stile in the fence below 6 stile on the left after the main summit ridge. 150m and take a path Walk up to the minor top 2 uphill through woods to (831m) and turn south for Blencathra Field Studies 700m to climb rockier Centre. Follow footpath ground to the trig signs through grounds to point on the top of join a track above the Skiddaw (931m). various buildings. Turn left and now stride out NY260290 From the 5 memorial to a local for 2.5km along the summit, walk due 1 track that contours south for 500m to a large family of shepherds who above the east side of cairn at the end of the height as it were well-known in the Glenderaterra Beck and ridge. Veer south-east, descends 19th century for their looks directly west to the downhill, on the obvious the slopes above prize-winning Herdwick crags on the east side of path to a bend in a fence. past a Howgill Tongue. Follow sheep. Follow the path, Lonscale Fell. Cross a Keep ahead, with fence cairn adorned with rusty the path downhill, with now on the level, through footbridge near the head on the left for 400m, and railings, on a good path the steep valley of Whit a couple of gates to the of the valley and continue then climb to the cairn that dips over the Beck on the left. Pass stile leading onto the lane uphill, with a wall on the on Little Man (865m). southern shoulder of through a gate/stile and at the top of Latrigg. right, to an old sheepfold. Continue south-east, Jenkin Hill and loses descend to walk by the NY280253 Go 6 through the ﬁ rst Looking north from near gate on the left and follow Keswick to Little Man, the path around the north ROUTE STATS with the grey slopes of side of Latrigg. This Skiddaw beyond. Strenuousness G●●●● bends left and enters Navigation G●●●● woodland after 800m. Technicality GG●●● Keep ahead, downhill, Wainwrights 2 and fork right at a junction next to a large Distance 21.5km stone gatepost. Go (13¼ miles) through a small gate and Total ascent 1310m join Spoonygreen Lane, Time 9 hours which crosses the A66 Start/ﬁ nish bridge and returns into town to Brundholme Road. over the River Greta ROGER BUTLER (NY268234) Nearest town GRADIENT Keswick PROFILE Start Skiddaw House Skiddaw Little Man Finish

Terrain Mountain 1400 paths, plus tracks 1200 METRES 1000 and quiet lanes ABOVE 800 Maps OS Explorer SEA 600 LEVEL 400 1 2 3 4 5 6 (1:25,000) OL4, 200