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Sunday, 19 June 2011

Sun 19 Jun - Glaramara

Distance: 16km

Grade: 3 / 4

Start: By the school at Stonethwaite, GR: 259 140
Take the B5289 out of Keswick, travel south, down the eastern edge of Derwentwater. 10km from Keswick take the turning for Stonethwaite on the left hand side. School is a couple of hundred metres down this lane.

Plenty of parking all along the side of the lane, or can use the school playground for a small donation.

Start time: 9am. 7.5 - 8hrs

Starting height 10m. Skirt around the bottom of the fell, then steep climb up to Thornthwaite fell and onto Glaramara, (783m). Its then very undulating across the top of the fell to Allen Crags, (785m). Drop down to Angle Tarn, before a long descent down the Langstrath Valley to the tea shop in Stonethwaite, (if its still open, otherwise there will be an alternative refreshment stop)

Contact: Emma 07773 202845

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