Singletrack Magazine Classic Ride Walna Scar Road


A Blog on the Landscape! Walna Scar road.

Stay with the Walna Scar Road as you skirt the southern slopes of the Old Man of Coniston to cross Torver Beck. The going gets steeper as you climb onto the ridge between White Maiden and Brown Pike. Ahead lies Dunnerdale. Just over the crest take a clear path right. This leads easily to the first summit of this round - Brown Pike.


conradwalks Walna Scar (Outlying Fells)

Walna Scar Car Park, near Coniston Type: Car Park Bowmanstead, Langdale, CONISTON, Cumbria, LA21 8HD About Pay and display car park with 70 spaces. Located at the end a a steep single track road from Coniston village. Book Tickets Map Click here to view map What's Nearby Attraction Event Eating Out Accommodation Activity The Ruskin Museum


Grey Friar 17th Dec. 2016

The winding Walna Scar Road leading down to Cove Bridge Dow Crag From Cove Bridge Coniston Old Man from Cove Bridge The path back to Torver from Cove Bridge passes between the deep excavations of the disused Banishead Quarry - Looking down the western hole The flooded eastern hole Scarr Head near the end of the walk Return to page Eastern Fells


Walna Scar Road, Lake District route MBR

Coordinates: 54.364°N 3.173°W Walna Scar is a hill in the English Lake District, lying just south of a pass of the same name in the Coniston Hills. Its summit at 2,035 feet (620 m) is only slightly higher than the pass. Walna Scar is the highest of Wainwright 's The Outlying Fells of Lakeland. [1]


Walna Scar Road Mickledore Walking Holidays

We drove up the Walna Scar Road as far as cars can go and parked in the car park beyond the gate. We then followed the road (a rough track) for about 2 miles before forking off to climb the ridge leading to Dow Crag. The ridge walk was superb, with extensive views over Morecambe Bay, the Duddon Estuary, the Scafells and large chunks of lakeland.


Walna Scar Road by gravel bike Singletrack World Magazine May 10, 2018

Walna Scar Road to Goats Water. Moderate • 4.5 (84) Lake District National Park. Photos (440) Directions. Print/PDF map. Length 6.3 kmElevation gain 359 mRoute type Out-and-back. Experience this 6.3-km out-and-back trail near Coniston, Cumbria. Generally considered a moderately challenging route, it takes an average of 2 h 20 min to complete.


Walna Scar Road to Goats Water, 346 Fotos Cumbria, England AllTrails

This mountain bike route of 22.3 miles starts from the village of Torver, just south of Coniston in the Lake District. The ride gets harder as it progresses with the fun singletrack across Torver Low Common leading on to higher and higher fells and bigger and bigger rocks. This concludes with the final challenge of Walna Scar.


A Blog on the Landscape! Walna Scar road.

Location details The Lake District has a number of superb classic rides, and this Walna Scar Road route, to the south of the Old Man of Coniston, is one of them. It provides some very technical riding in places and because it's remote it's usually quieter than many other parts of the National Park. Start/finish


Walna Scar Road, Lake District route MBR

Walna Scar is the highest of all of Alfred Wainwright's Outlying Fells of Lakeland. This hike links Walna Scar to 9 other outlying fells in the south of the Lake District National Park over a distance of 26km. This route card is a fantastic option for someone peak bagging the Outlying Fells of Lakeland.


Walna Scar Road Photos, Diagrams & Topos SummitPost

Length - 13.0 miles / 21.1 km Ascent - 4440 feet / 1345 metres Time - 11 hours 0 minutes Grade - hard Maps Walk Route Description Click image to visit gallery of 10 images.


Wainwright Routes Walna Scar Route One

The procession of people along Walna Scar road are mainly heading to Dow Crag, which is a shame as these are a lovely cluster of hills. After the rough loose rocks and stones of the pass their soft grassy paths are very welcome. Blind Tarn is a great place to sit for a while on the way back.


Singletrack Magazine Classic Ride Walna Scar Road

Walna Scar Road, Lake District route Tom Hutton March 11, 2019 Lakes Secret Garden We revisit this iconic Lakeland route but this time we mix classic Walna Scar Road with some detours from the back of an envelope… >>> Download all of our free routes for the Lake District Words & photos: Sim Mainey


Wainwright Routes Walna Scar Route One

The walk follows a circular route from a parking area on Walna Scar road, near Coniston in the Lake District. It sets off in a westerly direction along Walna Scar road itself, which is now a track, before turning northwards to start the real climbing over Brown Pike, Buck Pike and Dow Crag.


Walna Scar Road MTB YouTube

If you're doing the shorter route then you turn right here which takes you up the left hand side of the valley, across the tops and brings you out half way up the Walna Scar Road buy the old quarry buildings. If you're doing the longer route with the full descent down to Seathwaite turn left and head out onto the fells before turning left.


Classic Ride Walna Scar Road Singletrack Magazine

Coniston - Walna Scar Car Park 2.5 12 reviews #15 of 15 things to do in Coniston Points of Interest & Landmarks Write a review What people are saying " Would be bad in the cold. Steep access and the car park itself is very rocky " Nov 2023 The drive up to the car park is ok, if not extremely steep! Icy roads will be a challenge.


Walna Scar Road, Lake District route MBR

Walna Scar road was built to connect Coniston with the Duddon Valley and the quarries on either side. The Cove was quarried for slate, spoil heaps below Brown Pike show of quarrying there. One of the buildings used to store explosives was used for many years by climbers as a bothy before the weather took its toll. Dow Crag

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