Dow Crag & Old Man of Coniston

Sunday 13th October 2019

A walk up the Walna Scar Road to Brown Pike, Buck Pike, Dow Crag and Coniston Old Man returning to the car park via the old slate mine workings. Nice lower down, but too much cloud up above 600m today.

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Distance: 6.7 miles

Duration: 3:15 hours

Ascent: 2428 ft

Difficulty: Moderate

Accompanied By: On my Own

Weather: Low Cloud

Wainwrights Visited

Coniston Old Man Dow Crag

3D outline of route

Parking

Fell Gate Car Park - At the top of the Walna Scar Road - Quite a few pot holes !

Heading up the long and winding Walna Scar Road

Brown Pike & Buck Pike up ahead.

The impressive and imposing Dow Crags can now be seen in the background.

A view back down Walna Scar Road with Coniston Water in the distance

This is where I reached the clag

Junction between White Pike & Brown Pike - Right turn here

Buck Pike summit

Not for me thanks !

Dow Crag

"Count this amongst the most delectable and exhiliarating of lakeland summits" - AW Dow Drag

Coniston Old Man summit - No views today !

Out of the Gloom appears Low Water as I descend from the Old Man.

Clearing up nicely now.

Serene and so eerie.

An interesting descent down through all the old mine workings - you keep imagining what it must have been like centuries ago - the route passes through the remains of the slate mine, with spoil heaps on all sides, and rusting iron cables along the track. with old mine workings and machinery, including the ruins of an old haulage engine and tramway.

Coniston Water re-appears and I can see the car park

Views back to The Bell