Terrain Overview
Walk Overview
First Fell walk of the year and a little tiddler to start to break the fell legs in again.
A charming little walk which was quite steep in parts given the overall height of the fell.
The walk starts from the A592 just past Church Bridge heading North. There is room
for several cars just before the Ings Lane turnoff that leads to the valley floor
After about a quarter of a mile, the public footpath to take is signposted
The path, a tad boggy in parts gently meanders its way down to the valley floor
Clear blue skies as we look across the valley to the disused Applethwaite Quarry
Sue leads the way as we approach Troutbeck Park Farm
Dinner time !!
Continuing down the path towards Ings Bridge over Trout Beck
Crossing Trout Beck
The first clear view of Troutbeck Tongue
Crossing Hagg Bridge
Soon after the bridge an open stile and dismantled electric fence give way to a
faint grass path that crosses open pasture land
Through the stile at the intake wall that leads to an old cart track. At this point
take a right turn
The track sweeps round to the Southern flank of the Tongue leading to Hagg Gill
Follow the track up to the first gate where a faint grass path on the left
leads on to the start of the steep climb up the South ridge
Follow the grass path up to the stile that crosses the fence.
Be prepared for some boggy ground
The start of the steep climb. The path improves as height is gained
Higher up, and a series of foot holes assist the climb towards the rocky spine
of the South ridge
Looking down the Troutbeck valley
Higher up to the stile that leads to the summit approach
The summit cairn on the left hand side of the shot comes into view
Sue approaches the summit
Looking towards Windermere from the summit cairn
Looking North towards Caudale Moor on the left and Thornthwaite Crag on the right
Looking towards Froswick from the summit
A full view of the steep ups and downs of Yoke, Ill Bell, Froswick and Thornthwaite Crag
Looking West towards Red Screes over the Caudale Moor ridge
