Route: Lanthwaite Hill
Area: North Western Lake District
Date of walk: 5th March 2016
Walkers: Andrew
Distance: 2.1 miles
Ascent: 400 feet
Weather: mostly cloudy
There was only time for a short walk this morning, so I chose one of our favourite local spots – Lanthwaite Hill (shown on the OS map as Brackenthwaite Hows). It’s a superb vantage point and hardly any effort is required to get to the top
What this walk lacks in distance it more than makes up for in the sheer beauty and variety of the terrain
I parked in the National Trust car park near Scale Bridge and instead of heading along the obvious path ahead I turned steeply uphill the climb up through Lanthwaite Wood. There are a couple of short rocky sections to add interest, though they are very easy
The view from the top of Lanthwaite Hill was as beautiful as ever, with Lorton Vale, Loweswater, Crummock Water and the Buttermere fells displayed in all their splendour
I descended through Lanthwaite Wood to the foot of Crummock Water from where there is a view along the length of the lake, and then walked back along the track beside the River Cocker. What a great little walk this is
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Red squirrel posing in the garden before I set off this morning…
Start of the walk from the National Trust car park, looking across the River Cocker towards Mellbreak
Snowdrops near Scale Hill
I follow the narrow path slanting diagonally up the hillside
The rocky section
I pass through the deer gate on the edge of Lanthwaite Wood to enter onto Lanthwaite Hill
Lanthwaite Hill walk, Whiteside
Lorton Vale from near the top
Crummock Water, and a passing shower obscuring the High Stile Range, from the top of Lanthwaite Hill
The foot of Grasmoor, and Rannerdale Knotts
Loweswater
I descend towards Lanthwaite Wood
The path skirts round the edge of the wood
Gasgale Gill between Whiteside and Grasmoor
Descending to Crummock Water through the woodland
The boathouse
I follow the path along the eastern shore of the lake
View from the foot of Crummock Water…
I follow the broad track leading away from the lake (there’s an alternative one along the river bank)
Back to the start of a great little walk
