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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 7¼mls (11.5km) |
| Ascent: | 1,752ft (534m) |
| Time: | 4½hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route outline for walk c193:
Aira Force National Trust Car Park (nr Glenridding) - Aira Force - Riddings Beck - Waterfalls - High Force - Dockray - Aira Beck - Matterdale Common - Dowthwaitehead - Brown Hills - Swineside Knott - Glencoyne Park - Aira Force Car Park.
Points of Interest/Notes on this walk:
At High Force, the River Tees plunges 21m (70ft) over a near vertical cliff edge in two stages. After heavy rainfall the River Tees will also flow over the dry right-hand side channel creating two falls. The falls have been known to freeze in harsh winters , creating spectacular ice formations.
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
 0 English Mountains |
 0 Wainwrights |
 0 English Nuttalls |
 0 English Deweys |
 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
 0 Marilyns |
 1 Bridget |
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
The highest point of this walk is Swineside Knott at 553m (1814ft). Swineside Knott is known as an English Bridget.
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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c193 Dowthwaitehead from Aira Force
In no particular order . . .
The bridge over Riddings Beck below Aira Force near Glenridding and Ullswater
The Ullswater Water Steamer docked at Glenridding
with Place Fell in the background
A very grumpy Shaun post walk in Glenridding after scaling Helvellyn via Striding Edge on a very, very wet day!
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