A Blog on the Landscape! Walna Scar road.
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.
Wainwright Routes Walna Scar Route One
Park at: Walna Scar Road Car Park (pay and display car park) Distance: 5 mile circular route. Duration: 4 hours. Height: 802m / 2,633 ft. Wainwright height ranking: 34 of 214 1) Exit the car park near the entrance of the car park following the sign detailing 'Public Footpath Coniston Old Man 1 and 3/4 mile.
Walna Scar Road Photos, Diagrams & Topos SummitPost
On the Walna Scar Road towards Dow Crag (Image: john lenehan) Note: Dow Crag and Coniston Old Man are two dramatic Lake District mountains but in different ways. The drama of Dow Crag is natural.
Walna Scar Road, Lake District route MBR
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.
Classic Ride Walna Scar Road Singletrack Magazine
Walna Scar Road to Old Man of Coniston Hard • 4.6 (316) Lake District National Park Photos (2,898) Directions Print/PDF map Length 4.2 miElevation gain 1,883 ftRoute type Out & back Experience this 4.2-mile out-and-back trail near Coniston, Cumbria. Generally considered a challenging route.
Wainwright Routes Walna Scar Route One
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 Mickledore Walking Holidays
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.
Walna Scar Road MTB YouTube
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 to Goats Water, 346 Fotos Cumbria, England AllTrails
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 by gravel bike Singletrack World Magazine May 10, 2018
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.
Paul Lydon OCC Weekend in Lake District Old Man of Coniston
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
A Blog on the Landscape! Walna Scar road.
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
This circular route up the Old Man of Coniston is shortened from about 13km to 6.5km because you cut a big section of the footpath out which goes via Goats Water as shown in the above Old Man of Coniston map and instead go straight through the middle and to the top of the Old Man of Coniston.
Walna Scar Road, Lake District route MBR
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
conradwalks Walna Scar (Outlying Fells)
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]
Obsessed Lake District, Walna Scar Road, Brown Pike, Dow Crag, The Old Man of Coniston.
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
