Route outline for walk c298:
Great Langdale - The Old Dungeon Ghyll - Wall End Farm - Redacre Gill - Wrynose Fell - Pike of Blisco (Pike O' Blisco) - Red Tarn (Langdale) - Wrynose Pass - Blea Tarn (Langdale) - The Old Dungeon Ghyll - Great Langdale
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
![]() 1 English Mountain |
![]() 1 Wainwright |
![]() 1 English Nuttall |
![]() 0 English Deweys |
![]() 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
![]() 1 Marilyn |
![]() 0 Bridgets |
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
The highest point of this walk is Pike of Blisco (Pike o' Blisco) at 705m (2314ft). Pike of Blisco (Pike o' Blisco) is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (101st highest in England, 167th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 86).
Pike of Blisco (Pike o' Blisco) is also known as an English Nuttall (126th highest in England, 210th highest in England & Wales) and an English Marilyn (30th highest in England, 580th highest in the UK).
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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c298 Pike of Blisco (Pike o' Blisco) and Wrynose Pass from The Old Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale
In no particular order . . .

Wetherlam, Swirl How and Little Carrs under a deep blanket of snow from
Pike of Blisco (Pike o' Blisco)

*Great Knott, Crinkle Crags (South Top), Crinkle Crags (Long Top), Gunson Knott and Bow Fell (Bowfell) from Red Tarn (Langdale)

Great Knott, Shelter Crags (Crinkle Crags) and Bow Fell (Bowfell) from Red Tarn (Langdale)

The Helvellyn Massiff under a deep blanket of snow from the lower slopes
of Pike of Blisco (Pike o' Blisco)

Crinkle Crags (Long Top), Crinkle Crags (Gunson Knott), Shelter Crags and Shelter Crags (North Top) from Great Langdale

Approaching the (somewhat moody) Langdale Pikes along the Cumbria Wayin Great Langdale below Oakhowe Crag.

Pike of Stickle and and The Langdale Pikes above The Band (left) and Great Langdale (right) from below Red Tarn (Langdale)

Crinkle Crags (Crinkle, Crags (South Top), Crinkle Crags (Long Top), Crinkle Crags (Gunson Knott), Shelter Crags & Shelter Crags (North Top)) and the Eastern shoulder of The Band from The Old Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale

The last rays on sunshine on The Langdale Pikes across a frozen Blea Tarn (Langdale)

Side Pike and Lingmoor Fell from Redacre Gill below Pike of Blisco (Pike o' Blisco)

*The Langdale Pikes (left), Great Langdale (centre) and Side Pike and Lingmoor Fell (right) from Pike of Blisco (Pike o' Blisco)
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