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Long Crag on Wrynose Fell

Height: 545 metres / 1788 feet Grid reference: NY 27987 03980

Blake Rigg from the summit of Long Crag

Blake Rigg from the summit of Long Crag

Pike O’ Blisco

Walked on 11/01/2005

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.

Wrynose Fell

Pike o' Blisco route map.

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The Langdale Pikes across Blea Tarn. See below for an annotated version of this photo.

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The route used for the ascent of Blake Rigg - the steep gully running diagonally from the bottom left.

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Little Langdale Tarn from the ascent of Blake Rigg. The mound to the right is Castle How.

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Side Pike, Lingmoor Fell and Blea Tarn from Blake Rigg.

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The summit of Blake Rigg.

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Blake Rigg from the summit of Long Crag.

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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....

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...and The Needle, detailed by Wainwright in 'The Southern Fells' (Pike O' Blisco 8).

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Wrynose Bridge - how many times have you passed over this bridge in the car un-noticed?

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