Walk Information
Walk route: Torver - Banishead Quarry - Goat's Water - Goat's Hawes - Coniston Old Man - Low Water - Coppermine Valley - Coniston - Monk Coniston
Distance: 7.50 miles
Ascent: 2,350ft
Time: 6 hours 0 minutes
With: 5 HF Holidays guests and another leader
Conditions: Cloud base 1,600ft, lifted and became broken later in day
Route Map
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Photos
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Coniston Old Man lost in cloud from above Torver
The big hole, Banishead Quarry
Heading for Goat's Water and into the cloud
Goat's Water!
Heading for the summit
The summit of Coniston Old Man
Looking down on Low Water as we drop below the cloud again
Low Water and Levers Water as the cloud starts to lift and break
Wetherlam
Old mine workings
Coppermines Valley
Miners Bridge
The Sun Hotel, Coniston
The Sun Hotel, Coniston
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