The Calf
676m (2218ft)
The Howgill Fells, The Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria, England
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The summit of The Calf is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.
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Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged The Calf
Karen Pecsvaradi walked up The Calf on May 12th, 2022 [from/via/route] Sedbergh [with] C307 [weather] Cloudy & windy but dry - Took 5 hours
Caroline Winter climbed The Calf on May 31st, 2021 [from/via/route] Cross keys pub, Ben End, Yarlside, Kensgriff, Randygill Top, Bowderdale Beck, The Calf, White Fell Head, Calders, Great Dummacks, Pickering Gill [with] Becky [weather] Excellent views. Warm & sunny. Windy on tops - Long day with lots of ups & downs
Mark Davidson bagged The Calf on November 24th, 2002 [from/via/route] Walk c307 Arant Haw, Calders & The Calf from Sedbergh [with] MK [weather] Pretty good for November
Margaret Richards hiked The Calf on October 25th, 2018 [from/via/route] c307 The Calf from Sedbergh [with] Don [weather] Very misty
Kevin Foster summited The Calf on September 19th, 2017 [from/via/route] Calders [with] Diana and Henry [weather] Cloudy (Sunny in the breaks), no rain. - The walking was now very easy following the ridge path from Calders to The Calf with it's trig point prominent ahead. At the first of two slight cols I diverted off the path to take in the grassy summit of Bram Rigg Top (no cairn). It was declassified as a Nuttall because it lacked the necessary prominence but you never know it may get reinstated.....in which case I've already bagged it!. Rejoining Diana on the main path we climbed from the second col to the trig point on The Calf, passing some fell ponies on our right (or were they just big sheep?). As my wife said should have gone to Spec Savers! The 360 degree panorama from The Calf was amazing especially westwards towards the Lakeland skyline. I also noticed some hang gliders in the vicinity of Fell Head which I'm planning to do quite soon. Tempting as it was to head down the ridge in that direction we then headed back towards Bowderdale Head on a clear path first NNE then descending ENE. There is now a distinct path down to the head of Bowderdale near the sheepfold I'm pleased to say (this section was always a "free for all" & difficult to locate in misty conditions). Anyway, by the time we'd descended from the Bowderdale Head col to the valley floor we had "jelly legs" as my wife describes it but it was definitely worth it!
Tony Rogerson conquered The Calf on May 7th, 2016 [from/via/route] Sedbergh Calders Bram Rigg Top The Calf Sedbergh [with] Caz Floss [weather] Warm Sunny intervals Breezy on tops
Christine Shepherd scaled The Calf on April 20th, 2013 [from/via/route] Walked from The Cross Keys using walk c336 [with] On my own [weather] Sunny but very windy on the summit - Climbed this again with walk c347 on 24.7.14
David Congreave walked up The Calf on February 28th, 2015 [from/via/route] Cautley Spout [with] Jonah [weather] Misty - Missed the Swere Gill path that goes along Cautley Crag. Easy to miss in low visibility
Darren Wilson climbed The Calf on April 24th, 2010 [from/via/route] Howgills, Caughtley Spout, The Calf
Wyn Griffiths bagged The Calf on May 31st, 2014 [from/via/route] c347 from Cross Keys Randygill Top & Yarlside [with] me [weather] Dry, overcast & misty - Training for Welsh 3000
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