Old Man of Coniston

DATE 19.05.2018 | DISTANCE approx 12km| HIGHEST POINT 803M

Posted by Matt | Filed under LAKE DISTRICT

 

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Oh my god what a hot day it was! It was Harry's Royal Wedding Day so maybe that explained why it was so quiet. Or maybe people are more sensible during a mini heat wave. The plan was to summit Old Man of Coniston and then traverse some more peaks. We decided against that idea by the time we reached Levers Hawse and chose to descend from the Prison Band.

 

EARLY MORNING BUT ALREADY VERY HOT AT THE START OF TODAY'S HIKE

WATERFALLS AT CHURCH BECK

GATEWAY TO THE CONISTON FELLS

MINEWORKS AND OUR RETURN TRACK BEHIND

FOLLOWING THE PATH NEAR CROWBERRY HAWS

THIS AREA IS LITTERED WITH INTERESTING QUARRY WORKS

LOOKING DOWN TO LOW WATER

NEARING THE SUMMIT OF OLD MAN OF CONISTON

CONISTON WATER FROM THE SUMMIT OF OLD MAN OF CONISTON

OLD MAN OF CONISTON SUMMIT

LOOKING BACK TO THE SUMMIT AS WE PUSH ON

DOW CRAG

HEADING NORTH ALONG THE SADDLE

ABOVE BLACK CRAG

DROPPING DOWN TO THE LEVERS HAWSE EXIT ROUTE BUT WE'LL HEAD ON FORWARD TOWARDS THE HOW CRAGS

THE VIEW BACK FROM LEVERS HAWSE

GREAT CARRS FROM SWIRL HOW

DESCENDING SWIRL HOW TO THE PRISON BAND

HEADING DOWN TO LEVERS WATER

LEVERS WATER

ON THAT RETURN TRACK I POINTED OUT EARLIER AND THE MINE WORKS

CONISTON