Start point: High Nibthwaite (SD 295 897)
High Nibthwaite – Brock Barrow – Low Light Haw (OF) – High Light Haw (OF) – Stang Hill –Arnsbarrow Hill – Top o’ Selside (OF)– High Nibthwaite
Distance: 5 miles Total Ascent: 474 metres Time Taken: 1 hour 50 minutes
Weather: Cold, cloud at valley level. 3oC.
It was cold and misty on the drive up to the east side of Coniston. Would it be cold enough at valley level to create a temperature inversion, where the cloud remains at a very low level and you can climb above it to clear skies? Well let’s see….
Ascending to a cold looking Brock Barrow through the mist.
Wow! The temperature inversion was there. This view shows the Coniston Fells from Brock Barrow, a thick layer of cloud covers Coniston Water.
Looking across to Beacon Fell.
Coniston Old Man and Wetherlam.
Panoramic view of Coniston Water.
Southwards to the Crake Valley.
Woodland and the Southern Outlying fells.
Soaking up the rays.
The valleys to the south east and the Kent Estuary are lying under a blanket of cloud too.
Dow Crag.
A frozen Arnsbarrow Tarn.
The Coniston fells from Top o' Selside.
Top o' Selside.
The clouds start to lift on the descent and Coniston Water is once again visible.
Coniston Water and the Coniston fells from the descent.