Buck Pike (Seathwaite Fell)

The Coniston Fells

Torver – Scarr Head – Walna Scar Road – Brown Pike – Buck Pike – Dow Crag – Goat’s Hawse – Coniston Old Man – Scarr Head – Torver

Coniston Old Man and Dow Crag

Start Point: Walna Scar road (SD 289 970) Walna Scar car park – Coniston Old Man – Goat’s  Hawse – Dow Crag – Buck Pike – Brown Pike – Walna Scar car park Distance: 10.4 km     Total Ascent: 700 metres     Time Taken: 3 hours 50 minutes     Start Time: 06:40 It was a case of getting a walk in on a decent

Coniston

Today’s weather was the most severe I can remember. There was deep snow all along the Walna Scar road with even deeper snow and gale force winds along the Dow Crag ridge. When I eventually reached The Old Man, I bailed out of the intended route along to Swirl How early – conditions were that bad. (Apologies for the quality of some of the photos, conditions weren’t conducive to great ones!).

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