Walk c466 Rossett Pike and Black Crags (Langdale) from Great Langdale

This highly detailed, easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk with GPS starts at Great Langdale, is 8¾ miles long and will take about 5½hrs. It is graded 6 (Moderate).


Route outline for walk c466:

Great Langdale  -  Old Dungeon Ghyll  -  The Cumbria Way  -  Mickleden Beck  -  Mickleden (Langdale)  -  Rossett Beck  -  Rossett Pike  -  Little Gill Head  -  Black Crags (Langdale)  -  Stake Pass  -  The Cumbria Way  -  Stake Gill  -  Mickleden  -  Mickleden Beck  -  The New Dungeon Ghyll  -  Great Langdale



Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

hewitt
1
English
Mountain
Wainwright
1
Wainwright
 English Nuttall
1
English
Nuttall
Dewey
1
English
Dewey
Wainwright Outlying Fell
0
Wainwright
Outlying Fells
marilyn
0
Marilyns
Bridget
0
Bridgets

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is Rossett Pike at 651m (2136ft). Rossett Pike is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (143rd highest in England, 246th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 115).

Rossett Pike is also known as an English Nuttall (191st highest in England, 329th highest in England & Wales).

Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Black Crags (Langdale) at 588m (1929ft). Black Crags (Langdale) is also known as an English Dewey (20th highest in England, 52nd in England & Wales)

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National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:

Part of this walk follows a section of The Cumbria Way, a 112km (70 miles) linear footpath connecting Ulverston in Cumbria, England with Carlisle in Cumbria, England. The Cumbria Way is waymarked by named posts. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Cumbria Way.



You can find this walk and other nearby walks on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps:


1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (orange/yellow covers):

OS Explorer OL6 The English Lakes - South Western area


1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Maps (pink/magenta covers):

OS Landranger 89 West Cumbria, Cockermouth & Wast Water


OS Landranger 90 Penrith & Keswick, Ambleside

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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c466 Rossett Pike and Black Crags (Langdale) from Great Langdale

In no particular order . . .

Walk c466 Rossett Pike and Black Crags (Langdale) from Great Langdale - Stickle Ghyll, Great Langdale

Stickle Ghyll, Great Langdale

Photo: Edward Felstead (7)

Walk c466 Rossett Pike and Black Crags (Langdale) from Great Langdale - Great Langdale under a deep snow

Great Langdale under a deep snow

Photo: Simon Barnett (67)

Walk c466 Rossett Pike and Black Crags (Langdale) from Great Langdale - Black Crags (Langdale) summit cairn

Black Crags (Langdale) summit cairn

Photo: Christine Shepherd (817)

Walk c466 Rossett Pike and Black Crags (Langdale) from Great Langdale - Black Crags (Langdale)

Black Crags (Langdale)

Photo: Mike Walker (289)

Walk c466 Rossett Pike and Black Crags (Langdale) from Great Langdale - Looking across Mickleden Beck towards the Bowfell Buttress (left) and Rossett Pike (right)

Looking across Mickleden Beck towards the Bowfell Buttress (left) and Rossett Pike (right)

Photo: Andy Malcolm (119)

Mickelden Beck flowing through Great Langdale with the lowers slopes of the Landale pikes (left) and Side Pike (right)

Photo: John Holt (4)

Walk c466 Rossett Pike and Black Crags (Langdale) from Great Langdale - Looking back up to Black Crags (Langdale) summit cairn

Looking back up to Black Crags (Langdale) summit cairn

Photo: Mike Walker (294)

Walk c466 Rossett Pike and Black Crags (Langdale) from Great Langdale - The Langdale Pikes from Great Langdale

The Langdale Pikes from Great Langdale

Photo: Wayne Hill (30)

Walk c466 Rossett Pike and Black Crags (Langdale) from Great Langdale - Crinkle Crags (Crinkle, Crags (South Top), Crinkle Crags (Long Top), Crinkle Crags (Gunson Knott), Shelter Crags & Shelter Crags (North Top)) and the Eastern shoulder of The Band from The Old Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale

Crinkle Crags (Crinkle, Crags (South Top), Crinkle Crags (Long Top), Crinkle Crags (Gunson Knott), Shelter Crags & Shelter Crags (North Top)) and the Eastern shoulder of The Band from The Old Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale

Photo: Andy Malcolm (214)

*Cinkle Crags, Bow Fell (Bowfell) and the Langdale Pikes from Great Langdale in the early morning

Photo: Andy Malcolm (18)


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