S3 · Southern
Bowfell & Crinkle Crags
20.9 km · 1512 m · OS time 08:15 h · with dogs 8.2 h · Very hard No dogs
This trip: 0/6 · Overall: 0 of 214
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Car park
Old Dungeon Ghyll NT car park, Great Langdale
LA22 9JY · NY286061 · 54.44526, -3.10253
NT pay & display, members free. About 50 spaces.
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Sketch only — straight lines between summits. Follow the OS Maps route on the hill.
Fells
Route
Old Dungeon Ghyll up Redacre Gill to Pike o' Blisco, down to Red Tarn, out to Cold Pike, then the Crinkles ridge north to Three Tarns, up Bowfell, Esk Pike, Esk Hause, then Rossett Pike and down Rossett Gill to Mickleden and ODG.
Dog hazards
Not a dog day - see Scrambles.
Scrambles
The Crinkles ridge is repeated clambering up and down rock steps with steep drops (use the Bad Step bypass if you go). Bowfell's summit is big boulders with leg-trap gaps. Leave the dogs at home.
Water
Red Tarn, Three Tarns, Angle Tarn (Bowfell) - good.
Livestock
Sheep; cattle in Mickleden.
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