Height: 545 metres / 1788 feet Grid reference: NY 27987 03980
Blake Rigg from the summit of Long Crag
Long Crag on Wrynose Fell
Pike O’ Blisco
Start point: Blea Tarn car park (NY 296 043)
Blea Tarn – Blea Moss – Blake Rigg (Little Langdale) (252) – Long Crag on Wrynose Fell (253) – Pike O’ Blisco – Black Crag – Wrynose Bridge – Blea Moss Blea Tarn
Weather: Dull and overcast with rain and strong winds towards the end.
Today’s walk is a round of Wrynose Fell, the upland mass to the north of the Wrynose Pass road, the high point being Pike O’ Blisco. I used a rocky gully for a pathless, steep ascent to Blake Rigg with an interesting detour to Black Crag on the descent from Pike O’ Blisco.
Pike o' Blisco route map.
The Langdale Pikes across Blea Tarn. See below for an annotated version of this photo.
The route used for the ascent of Blake Rigg - the steep gully running diagonally from the bottom left.
Little Langdale Tarn from the ascent of Blake Rigg. The mound to the right is Castle How.
Side Pike, Lingmoor Fell and Blea Tarn from Blake Rigg.
The summit of Blake Rigg.
Blake Rigg from the summit of Long Crag.
A wet and windy Pike O' Blisco. Black Crag is usually passed by on the way to Pike O' Blisco, but it could almost be a mini Great Gable - with a Sphinx Rock of its own....
...and The Needle, detailed by Wainwright in 'The Southern Fells' (Pike O' Blisco 8).
Wrynose Bridge - how many times have you passed over this bridge in the car un-noticed?