Start point: Kirkstone Pass road (NY 412 063)
Kirkstone Pass road – Troutbeck Park – Troutbeck Tongue – Troutbeck Park – Kirkstone Pass road
Distance: 2.25 miles Total Ascent: 240 metres Time Taken: 1 hour
Weather: Sunny gradually clouding over. 18C.
It is not often you start the climb to a fell with a big descent but I did today for a walk to Troutbeck Tongue, starting from the Kirkstone Pass road. It was an interesting descent and pretty boggy underfoot until the climb of The Tongue itself. Once on the summit, there was cause for a little celebration as you will see…

Froswick and Ill Bell from the start of the descent into Troutbeck Park from the Kirkstone Pass road.

It is a simple construction of stone slabs lying across the pillars and looks as though it has been there forever - and probably has.

Wansfell Pike and Wansfell, the Kirkstone Pass road running below it through the centre of the photo.

Caudale Moor and Thornthwaite Crag either side of Threshthwaite Mouth. Gray Crag can just be seen through the gap.