Walk Route Map c129 Crinkle Crags and Bow Fell from The Old Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale

Walk c129 Crinkle Crags and Bow Fell from The Old Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale

Superb fell walking on a superb ridge

Vital Statistics:

Length:	11¼mls (18km)
Ascent:	3,604ft (1,098m)
Time:	7¾hrs
Grade:

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Route outline for walk c129:

Great Langdale - The Old Dungeon Ghyll - Stool End Farm - Oxendale - Oxendale Beck - Browney Gill - Red Tarn (Langdale) - Great Knott - Crinkle Crags (South Top) - Crinkle Crags (Long Top) - Crinkle Crags (Gunson Knott) - Shelter Crags - Shelter Crags (North Top) - Three Tarns - Climbers' Traverse (optional) - Flat Crag - Cambridge Crag - Bowfell Buttress - Bow Fell (Bowfell) - Bow Fell (Bowfell) (North Top) - Ore Gap - Angle Tarn (Langdale) - Rossett Pike - Rossett Beck - Mickleden - Mickleden Beck - The Cumbria Way - The Old Dungeon Ghyll - Great Langdale

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Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

5
English
Mountains

3
Wainwrights

8
English
Nuttalls

0
English
Deweys

0
Wainwright
Outlying Fells

0
Marilyns

0
Bridgets

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is Bow Fell (Bowfell) at 902m (2960ft). Bow Fell (Bowfell) is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (8th highest in England, 24th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 6).

Bow Fell (Bowfell) is also known as an English Nuttall (10th highest in England, 27th highest in England & Wales).

Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Bow Fell (Bowfell) (North Top) at 866m (2841ft). Bow Fell (Bowfell) (North Top) is also known as an English Nuttall (20th highest in England, 45th highest in England & Wales).

You will also reach the summit of Crinkle Crags (Long Top) at 859m (2819ft). Crinkle Crags (Long Top) is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (20th highest in England, 43rd highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 17).

Crinkle Crags (Long Top) is also known as an English Nuttall (24th highest in England, 50th highest in England & Wales).

Along the way you will also bag:

Crinkle Crags (South Top) at 834m (2737ft). Crinkle Crags (South Top) is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (30th England, 56th Eng & Wal) and an English Nuttall (36th highest in England, 65th highest in England & Wales).

Shelter Crags at 815m (2675ft). Shelter Crags is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (35th England, 66th Eng & Wal) and an English Nuttall (42nd highest in England, 79th highest in England & Wales).

Shelter Crags (North Top) at 775m (2543ft). Shelter Crags (North Top) is known as an English Nuttall (70th highest in England, 122nd highest in England & Wales).

Great Knott at 695m (2281ft). Great Knott is known as an English Nuttall (140th highest in England, 229th highest in England & Wales).

Rossett Pike at 651m (2136ft). Rossett Pike is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (143rd highest in England, 246th highest in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 115) and an English Nuttall (191st highest in England, 329th highest in England & Wales).

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 more walks near this one on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps: (click/TAP to select)

The Lake District National Park

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

OL6 The English Lakes - South Western area

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

89 West Cumbria, Cockermouth & Wast Water

90 Penrith & Keswick, Ambleside

Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c129 Crinkle Crags and Bow Fell from The Old Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale

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Walk c129 Crinkle Crags and Bow Fell from The Old Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale - Crinkle Crags (Long Top) with the infamous 'Bad Step' (just below centre) from Crinkle Crags (South Top)

Crinkle Crags (Long Top) with the infamous 'Bad Step' (just below centre) from Crinkle Crags (South Top)

Photo: Tim Hope (112)

Walk c129 Crinkle Crags and Bow Fell from The Old Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale - Bow Fell (Bowfell) and Shelter Crags from Crinkle Crags (Gunson Knott)

Bow Fell (Bowfell) and Shelter Crags from Crinkle Crags (Gunson Knott)

Photo: Tim Hope (115)

Walk c129 Crinkle Crags and Bow Fell from The Old Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale - Crinkle Crags (Long Top) and Crinkle Crags (Gunson Knott) from Shelter Crags summit cairn

Crinkle Crags (Long Top) and Crinkle Crags (Gunson Knott) from Shelter Crags summit cairn

Photo: Alan Wainwright (175)

Walk c129 Crinkle Crags and Bow Fell from The Old Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale - Crinkle Crags (South Top), Crinkle Crags (Long Top) & Gunson Knott after leaving Red Tarn (Langdale)

Crinkle Crags (South Top), Crinkle Crags (Long Top) & Gunson Knott after leaving Red Tarn (Langdale)

Photo: Chris Haselden (10)

Pike of Blisco (Pike o' Blisco) from Oxendale

Photo: Mike Jennings (29)

Great Langdale from Shelter Crags (North Top)

Photo: Alan Wainwright (178)

Walk c129 Crinkle Crags and Bow Fell from The Old Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale - Crinkle Crags (Long Top), Gunson Knott & Crinkle Crags (South Top) and Bow Fell (Bowfell) from Great Langdale

Crinkle Crags (Long Top), Gunson Knott & Crinkle Crags (South Top) and Bow Fell (Bowfell) from Great Langdale

Photo: Wayne Hill (1)

Approaching The Great Slab below Bow Fell (Bowfell)

Photo: Tim Hope (127)

Mickleden and Great Langdale from Crinkle Crags

Photo: Simon Barnett (45)

The Langdale Pikes

Photo: Wayne Hill (67)

Walk c129 Crinkle Crags and Bow Fell from The Old Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale - Sca Fell (centre left), Mickledore, Scafell Pike and Ill Crag from Three Tarns

Sca Fell (centre left), Mickledore, Scafell Pike and Ill Crag from Three Tarns

Photo: Tim Hope (118)

Walk c129 Crinkle Crags and Bow Fell from The Old Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale - Shelter Crags, Gunson Knott and Crinkle Crags from Bow Fell (Bowfell)

Shelter Crags, Gunson Knott and Crinkle Crags from Bow Fell (Bowfell)

Photo: Tim Hope (134)

Walk c129 Crinkle Crags and Bow Fell from The Old Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale - Looking south west towards Hard Knott, Harter Fell (Eskdale), Lingcove Bridge and Eskdale from the summit of Bow Fell (Bowfell)

Looking south west towards Hard Knott, Harter Fell (Eskdale), Lingcove Bridge and Eskdale from the summit of Bow Fell (Bowfell)

Photo: Graeme Hogg (2)

Gunson Knott from Crinkle Crags (Long Top)

Photo: Peter Swan (13)

Angletarn Pikes from Angle Tarn

Photo: Robert Hall (10)

The Langdale Pikes from Great Langdale

Photo: Andy Malcolm (123)

Walk c129 Crinkle Crags and Bow Fell from The Old Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale - Bowfell Buttress (left), Great Langdale and The Langdale Pikes (with Harrison Stickle prominent) from the col between Bow Fell (Bowfell) and Bow Fell (Bowfell) (North Top)

Bowfell Buttress (left), Great Langdale and The Langdale Pikes (with Harrison Stickle prominent) from the col between Bow Fell (Bowfell) and Bow Fell (Bowfell) (North Top)

Photo: Alan Wainwright (181)

Walk c129 Crinkle Crags and Bow Fell from The Old Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale - Harter Fell (Eskdale) (back), Hard Knott and The Lingcove Valley from Bow Fell (Bowfell) summit cairn

Harter Fell (Eskdale) (back), Hard Knott and The Lingcove Valley from Bow Fell (Bowfell) summit cairn

Photo: Alan Wainwright (179)

Walk c129 Crinkle Crags and Bow Fell from The Old Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale - The Scafell Massif - Sca Fell, Symonds Knott, Mickledore, Scafell Pike, Ill Crag & Great End - with Bow Fell (Bowfell) in the right foreground from the summit of Bow Fell (Bowfell) (North Top)

The Scafell Massif - Sca Fell, Symonds Knott, Mickledore, Scafell Pike, Ill Crag & Great End - with Bow Fell (Bowfell) in the right foreground from the summit of Bow Fell (Bowfell) (North Top)

Photo: Alan Wainwright (182)

Cairn at Ore Gap

Photo: Alan Wainwright (184)

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