Wknd Trip Lake District - Borrowdale Round, Eagle Crag & Ullscarf - 11mi/18km
Details
Start Time: 9:45am
Miles/Kilometres: 11mi/17km (Approx)
Total ascent: 915m (Approx)
Difficulty: Hard
Estimated length of time: Hike will take approx 6-7 hours (including a lunch break).
Dogs Allowed: Yes
Public Transport: Yes - a bus from Keswick to Cockermouth via Buttermere and vice versa.
Parking - Strongly recommend getting the bus from Keswick. The car park at Rosthwaite is tiny, plus it is £9 all day (free if have a National Trust badge on your car).
Payment: £1 - Use this link to pay: https://settleup.starlingbank.com/jamiepope1 - please put "Rosthwaite" as reference.
Itinerary
Meet outside The Royal Oak Hotel. We start by walking up the main road towards Keswick for a brief moment until we can turn onto a road leading up to a hotel. We cross over the stream and then turn right onto a footpath and follow this through woodland and farmland along the bottom of the borrowdale valley. The first 2mi/3.2km is flat.
We cross over the stream here over a bridge and ascend up to Eagle Crag - Wainright #1 (523m). This is a steep 400m incline spanning about 1mi/1.6km. Once we have our breath back and taken in the views, we continue along the fell to Sergeants Crag - Wainright #2 (571m).
Its then a small descent off of Sergeants Crag. Then we steadily ascend as we head around the end of the Borrowdale Valley enjoying views straight down the valley back to where we started in Rosthwaite. We continuing ascending up to Ullscarf - Wainright #3 (723m). This part spans approx 2mi/3.2km and is 200m of ascent overall.
We then descend down to Coldbarrow Fell, walk over the fell and descend a bit more. Then its over the moors - no footpath to follow here - we eventually come to Dock Tarn. We then take a short ascent up to Great Crag - Wainright #4 (449m). Its then over the moors somemore, descending 110m before the final ascent up to Grange Fell - Wainright #5 (415m).
The walk ends by following a footpath down off the fell, over a stream and following another footpath that comes out onto the road to the hotel we were on earlier. We now just retrace our footsteps back to the start and go in the hotel for food & drink.
Disclaimers
The walk organisers do not have training or insurance. Therefore, anyone who joins the walk is accountable for their own safety and anyone they bring with them. By signing up you accept this.
Check the weather (on multiple websites) before leaving your residence. Bring clothing & footwear suitable for the forecast. We advise you to bring walking boots for any medium or harder walk. Trainers are only recommended for easy walks. Bring a coat just in case (this is Britain after all...) and extra layers if it is going to be cold.
All proceeds go towards equipment for leading walks, group events & trips. A percentage will go to charities.
Bring a packed lunch and snacks. Bring enough food & water to last the estimated time.
We recommend bringing some cash just in case. Especially if parking. Not everywhere is contactless yet.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact the walks organiser.