Route outline for walk c254:
Coniston - Walna Scar Road - Boo Tarn - The Old Man of Coniston - Brim Fell - Levers Water - Boulder Valley - Crowberry Haws - Miners Bridge - Coniston
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
 1 English Mountain |
 2 Wainwrights |
 2 English Nuttalls |
 0 English Deweys |
 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
 1 Marilyn |
 0 Bridgets |
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
The highest point of this walk is The Old Man of Coniston at 802m (2633ft). The Old Man of Coniston is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (41st highest in England, 75th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 30).
The Old Man of Coniston is also known as an English Nuttall (48th highest in England, 90th highest in England & Wales) and an English Marilyn (14th highest in England, 387th highest in the UK).
The summit of The Old Man of Coniston is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.
Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Brim Fell at 796m (2612ft). Brim Fell is classified as an Wainwright (No. 37).
Brim Fell is also known as an English Nuttall (52nd highest in England, 98th highest in England & Wales).
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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c254 The Old Man of Coniston and Brim Fell from Coniston
In no particular order . . .
My wife and I on top of Brim Fell summit on a hazy hot July 7th 2013 with Coniston Old Man in the background
Lake Coniston under a temperature inversion from the car park at Walna Scar Road
The Ordnance Survey Triangulation Piller on the summit of The Old Man of Coniston
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