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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 10mls (16km) |
| Ascent: | 4,007ft (1,221m) |
| Time: | 7½hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route outline for walk c279:
Great Langdale - The Old Dungeon Ghyll - Wall End Farm - Redacre Gill - Wrynose Fell - Pike of Blisco (Pike O' Blisco) - Red Tarn (Langdale) - Cold Pike - Cold Pike (West Top) - Cold Pike (Far West Top) - Great Knott - Little Stand - Great Knott - Crinkle Crags (South Top) - Crinkle Crags (Long Top) - Crinkle Crags (Gunson Knott) - Shelter Crags - Shelter Crags - (North Top) - Three Tarns - Earing Crag - White Stones - The Band - Oxendale - Stool End Farm - The Old Dungeon Ghyll - Great Langdale
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
 5 English Mountains |
 3 Wainwrights |
 9 English Nuttalls |
 0 English Deweys |
 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
 1 Marilyn |
 0 Bridgets |
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
The highest point of this walk is Crinkle Crags (Long Top) at 859m (2819ft). Crinkle Crags (Long Top) is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (20th highest in England, 43rd highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 17).
Crinkle Crags (Long Top) is also known as an English Nuttall (24th highest in England, 50th highest in England & Wales).
Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Crinkle Crags (South Top) at 834m (2737ft). Crinkle Crags (South Top) is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (30th highest in England, 56th highest in England & Wales)
Crinkle Crags (South Top) is also known as an English Nuttall (36th highest in England, 65th highest in England & Wales).
You will also reach the summit of Shelter Crags at 815m (2675ft). Shelter Crags is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (35th highest in England, 66th highest in England & Wales)
Shelter Crags is also known as an English Nuttall (42nd highest in England, 79th highest in England & Wales).
Along the way you will also bag:
- Little Stand at 740m (2429ft). Little Stand is known as an English Nuttall (91st highest in England, 158th highest in England & Wales).
- Pike of Blisco (Pike o' Blisco) at 705m (2314ft). Pike of Blisco (Pike o' Blisco) is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (101st England, 167th highest in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 86), an English Nuttall (126th highest in England, 210th highest in England & Wales) and an English Marilyn (30th England, 580th highest in the UK).
- Cold Pike at 700m (2297ft). Cold Pike is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (106th highest in England, 174th highest in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 88) and an English Nuttall (133rd highest in England, 219th highest in England & Wales).
- Great Knott at 695m (2281ft). Great Knott is known as an English Nuttall (140th highest in England, 229th highest in England & Wales).
- Cold Pike (West Top) at 683m (2242ft). Cold Pike (West Top) is known as an English Nuttall (150th highest in England, 252nd highest in England & Wales).
- Cold Pike (Far West Top) at 670m (2199ft). Cold Pike (Far West Top) is known as an English Nuttall (170th highest in England, 285th highest in England & Wales).
You can find this walk and other nearby walks on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps:
1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (orange/yellow covers):
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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c279 The Oxendale Horseshoe from The Old Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale
In no particular order . . .
Mickelden Beck flowing through Great Langdale with the lowers slopes of the Landale pikes (left) and Side Pike (right)
*The Langdale Pikes (left), Great Langdale (centre) and Side Pike and Lingmoor Fell (right) from Pike of Blisco (Pike o' Blisco)
Me and a mate on the first crinkle of The Crinkle Crags above Great Langdale
The Langdale Pikes - Pike of Stickle (left) and Loft Crag (centre right) from The Band
Crinkle Crags (South Top), Crinkle Crags (Long Top), Crinkle Crags (Gunson Knott), Shelter Crags, Shelter Crags, (North Top), The Band , Bow Fell (Bowfell) and Bow Fell (Bowfell) (North Top) from Stool End, Great Langdale
The Langdale Pikes (top left), The Band (middle left) and Great Langdale from the summit of Great Knott
Wetherlam, Swirl How and Little Carrs under a deep blanket of snow from
Pike of Blisco (Pike o' Blisco)
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