Saturday 5th September — Ullscarf

Date: 5th September

Leader: Miles

Meet time: 09:15

Start time: 09:30

Estimated finish time: 14:00-14:30

Distance: 7.5miles (12.1km)

Ascent: About 1825ft (556m)

Ramblers walk grading (click here to find out what this means): B Moderate

Start point: Steel End Car Park

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Car parking: Steel End Car Park
(Car sharing may be possible – please contact the walk leader to arrange)

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Summary

This is the next entry in my series of obscure, unloved and hard-to-get-to Wainwrights. This walk has just the one Wainwright: Ullscarf, which falls under obscure and unloved. Ullscarf sits just outside the Langdale Wainwrights though it is a high one of the Central Fells with a summit height of 727 meters.

Description

Starting from Wythburn in Thirlmere we follow the river of Wyth Burn westwards, entering a lovely U-shaped valley, and gradually ascend to get to Greenup Edge. Now Greenup Edge is one of the highest points of the Coast to Coast path coming in just at 2000 feet and having some great views of the Stonethwaite valley, Borrowdale and the Northern Lakes.

We then swing around eastwards and gradually ascend to get to the top of the great grassy Ullscarf. The views to the south are not the greatest because of the wide top, but the views west, north and east are truly brilliant. Indeed Ullscarf could be considered the very centre of the Lakes and an outlier of the Langdales.

For the descent we proceed northwards passing by Standing Crag before taking a hard right to Harrop Tarn, which is a very beautiful mountain lake with one half bordered by forest and the other half bordered by crags. After the tarn it is a moderate descent through the forest before returning to the start point.

Afterwards there will be a group dinner in the Piri Fresco in Keswick at 5.30pm with a table of 12 booked.

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