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A love of the Lakes

One family's Lakeland Fell Walking blog
by Rob Marsh


"Many are those who have fallen under the spell of Lakeland, and many are they who have been moved to tell of their affection in story, verse and picture"

... A. Wainwright

Wansfell

Walk          : Wansfell (1,597ft) from Nanny lane, Troutbeck

Date          : 30th January 2014

Weather    : Freezing cold, overcast @ 4 degrees

Distance    : 3 miles round trip

Difficulty     : 1
(1=easy 5 = hard) 
Terrain Overview

Terrain image

Walk Overview

A short walk from Nanny Lane in Troutbeck along a well defined path.

The start of the walk


The walk starts near the Mortal Man pub and car parking is at a premium
along the main track through the village

The path between the houses


A path is followed between the houses and the bottom of Nanny Lane
and initially climbs quite steeply

The Mortal Man pub


Looking back to the Mortal Man pub

The steep path


The track continues to rise steeply

The Troutbeck valley


The more height we gained the colder it became, here looking across
the Troutbeck Valley towards Froswick and Ill Bell

The Wansfell ridge line


The Wansfell / Wansfell Pike ridge line

The direct route to the top


This is looking at the direct route up to Wansfell

The path levels off


We decide to continue along the path, being the less steep option which does
eventually lead to the summit

Ste on the summit of Wansfell (Baystones)


Ste on the summit of Wansfell (Baystones)

Red Screes


Looking across to Red Screes

Looking towards Rydal Water


As we journeyed along the ridge line to Wansfell Pike you get some great
views across Rydal Water towards Langdale

The summit cairn on Wansfell Pike


The summit cairn on Wansfell Pike, looking towards Windermere

Ste on the summit of Wansfell Pike


Ste on the summit of Wansfell Pike