Glenridding
National Park Car Park - Greenside Road - Glenridding
Dodd - Heron Pike - Sheffield Pike - Lucys Tongue
- Sticks
Pass
- Greenside Mines - Greenside Road - Glenridding
National Park Car Park
What a day – lovely sunny conditions throughout. The
snow was lying on the fell tops once again – I knew
I was in for a good days walking. Starting from the
main car park in Glenridding I walked through to the
Greenside Road. After a short while and near Rake Cottages
I took the path up the fellside to The Rake below Glenridding
Dodd. The snow was starting to get deeper as I approached
the base of the fell. In fact drifts had gathered deeply
next to the stone walls. I found my own path to the
summit of Glenridding Dodd at 442 metres. This was
my first of two Wainwright’s for the day. The views
were fantastic from the top especially across to Ullswater
and towards the Pennines.
After
a short stay at the summit I made my way down to
the hawse to start my ascent to Heron
Pike. The
scenery was just fantastic. My ascent was made slightly
difficult as I could not follow any path due to the
snow and ice. There was no one around and I was making
my own path as I went along.
Eventually
I reached the top of Heron Pike with its post (marked
on OS maps)
and incredible views. I was so glad I had decided
to walk in this area today. The path to Sheffield
Pike
now levels out a bit and there are one or two small
tarns on the way which were in fact iced over today.
The summit of Sheffield Pike at 675 metres stands
on a rocky mound. Yet again the views were
really good
especially to Ullswater and beyond. There were
fantastic
views to Helvellyn (in cloud), Catstycam, Whiteside
and Raise in one direction and Stybarrow Dodd and
Hart Side in another.
I
descended via Lucy’s Tongue and the path below Stang
End to the Greenside Mines
and then along Greenside
Road to Glenridding. This was such an enjoyable
day in excellent weather conditions and
with hardly a
soul
about.
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