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Walk 21r - Burnbank Fell - 18th March 2025 |
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Wainwright's Walking Guide to the Lake District Fells - Book 7 The Western Fells |
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#40 Burnbank Fell 1558 ft (revisit) |
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Distance |
5.1 miles |
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Time |
4 hrs |
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Lowest Point |
714 ft |
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Highest Point |
1783 ft |
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Total Ascent |
1436 ft |
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Walk Rating - moderate |
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Mini Route Map Go to walk start
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| 11.27 Car parking on the side of the road at Fangs Brow. |
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| 11.34 Looking back at the road in the distance. | ||
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| 11.38 Burnbank Fell to the right. Grasmoor in the background. | ||
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| 11.41 The path leaves the wall and heads straight up the fell. |
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| 11.53 Panorama 1041 Beginning the steep part of the ascent. |
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| 12.05 Nearing the top of the ascent an outcrop points at a distant Coldale Hause. |
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| 12.24 Panorama 1042 Burnbank Fell summit. A revisit (Wainwright #40, 1558ft) because I didn't bother taking a panorama last time. |
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| 12.45 The path up towards Blake Fell. I will turn left as the green grass starts. |
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| 12.50 The turning point towards Carling Knott. |
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| 12.54 Panorama 1043 Looking east gave a view Fleetwith Pike in the distance. |
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| 12.54 As I took the previous panorama I spotted something on the edge of the fell ahead. It turned out to be two farmers and two sheepdogs on a large quad bike. |
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| 12.58 They passed me heading back to the side of Blake Fell. |
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| 13.23 Panorama 1044 Carling Knott north end. |
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| 13.35 Lunch at the end of Carling Knott. I walked a little past the summit to get a better view of the lakes. | ||
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| 13.53 Heading down the west side of Carling Knott. I had scoped out a path from the other side earlier but never managed to find it. | ||
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| 13.57 So instead I walked down this small groove which started out easy enough..... | ||
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| 14.00 but soon became rockier and steeper. I changed sides several times . ... |
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| 14.20 and eventually came out at the bottom and joined up with a path. | ||
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| 14.30 and joined the main path that loops around the north side of Burnbank Fell. | ||
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| 14.38 Loweswater and Crummock Water. |
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| 14.40 Panorama 1045 Back on the main path. The small ravine I came down is just visible on the extreme right as a dark line running up the fell. |
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| 14.43 Famous bench with a view. |
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| 14.49 Path rises slightly as I near the point where I left it earlier. |
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| 14.58 Near the junction point of my loop with just a short walk back to the road. | ||
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///grins.awards.limit