Terrain Overview
Walk Overview
Make no mistake, Caw looks and feels like a proper mountain. This walk
has good paths throughout and provides some amazing views across
the Duddon Estuary and the Scafell group of mountains in the North
From the A593 take the minor road sign posted for Seathwaite and
Ulpha near Duddon Bridge. As you approach Seathwaite the Church
offers parking for around dozen cars or so with a suggested fee of £2
to be placed in the honesty box. If the car park is full (as was when we arrived)
there is some additional free parking just past the Church to the side
We walk past the Church car park to pick up the path for the start of the walk
A early view of Caw from the road side
Literally about 200 yards or so past the Church on the left, 3 gates give
access to the start of the walk. Turn right immediately after the 3rd gate
Through the gates and the path follows the course of a stone wall
The path becomes rocky in parts as it climbs gently
The path swings left and moves away from the wall
The views start to open up
Harter Fell from the path
Higher still and the path turns rocky again underfoot as it reaches a
grass shelf to the left. As indicated, prepare for an immediate left turn
Starting out on the grass shelf that climbs gradually towards the
old mine works
Approaching the old Mine Works
When you reach the big rock spoil turn right
Fairly quickly after the right turn, the path turns left and heads towards
the remnants of a Mining Hut
An old mine entrance
Watch out for a marker cairn on the right. Turn right here and start the steep
and sometimes pathless climb towards the summit
Sue looking back towards the Scafell range of mountains
At this point the track weaves its way round a series of rock outcrops
there is no right or wrong way to get to the summit, just aim for the higher ground
After around 20 minutes or so of hard toil, the summit trig point comes in to view
Sue on the summit of Caw, right in the middle of gale force winds
Click here for a 360 degree view
The Scafell range of mountains from the summit
Looking out to the Duddon Estuary
A grassy trod leads the way off North towards Pike (circled). Fairly
easy walking past a belt of crags
Looking back to Caw from the descent path
The summit approach of Pikes
On the summit of Pikes, that provides some great views to the North
Click here for a 360 degree view
From here on, everything is down hill. we set off for Green Pikes which
is the pointy bit in the centre of shot
After about 10 minutes or so we reach the approach to the summit of Green Pikes
Very easy walking. Click here for a 360 degree view
As we drop down from the summit darker skies start to develop
across the Scafell massif. Time to make it back to the car
