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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 12¾mls (20.5km) |
| Ascent: | 4,191ft (1,277m) |
| Time: | 8¾hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route outline for walk c420:
Coniston - Walna Scar Road - Boo Tarn - Torver Beck - Cove Bridge - Goat's Water - Goat's Hawse - Dow Crag - Goat's Hawse - The Old Man of Coniston - Brim Fell - Levers Hawse - Grey Friar - Great Carrs - Swirl How - Prison Band - Keld Gill Head - Black Sails - Wetherlam - Swirl Hawse - Levers Water - Crowberry Haws - Walna Scar Road - Coniston
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
 6 English Mountains |
 7 Wainwrights |
 8 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 Swirl How at 802m (2633ft). Swirl How is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (40th highest in England, 74th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 32).
Swirl How is also known as an English Nuttall (47th highest in England, 89th highest in England & Wales).
You will also reach the summit 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).
Along the way you will also bag:
- Great Carrs at 785m (2576ft). Great Carrs is classified as a Wainwright (No. 43) and an English Nuttall (61st highest in England, 110th highest in England & Wales)
- Dow Crag at 778m (2553ft). Dow Crag is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (55th highest in England, 97th highest in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 48) and an English Nuttall (67th highest in England, 119th highest in England & Wales).
- Grey Friar at 773m (2536ft). Grey Friar is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (58th highest in England, 100th highest in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 53) and an English Nuttall (72nd highest in England, 124th highest in England & Wales).
- Wetherlam at 763m (2504ft). Wetherlam is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (64th highest in England, 110th highest in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 56) and an English Nuttall (78th highest in England, 134th highest in England & Wales).
- Black Sails at 745m (2445ft). Black Sails is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (71st England, 125th Eng & Wal) and an English Nuttall (88th highest in England, 153rd highest in England & Wales).
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*Little Langdale with the Langdale Pikes, Helvellyn and Fairfield beyond from Wetherlam
Snow on Black Sails summit cairn with Great Carrs (centre left) and Scafell Pike (far right) in the background
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