Gowbarrow Fell (481m) - 04/01/2019
Distance: 6km; Ascent: 350m; Time: 2h30m
This walk starts at the National Trust's Aira Force car park on the A592, beside Ullswater.
Aira Force is very popular and very crowded in the spring and summer, even in January there were a good number of visitors. Relatively few people venture past High Force, but this is nevertheless a well covered circuit. The path ascending from near Dockray to the trig point at Airy Crag is fairly steep in places, but the rest of the circuit is pretty evenly graded and on clear footpaths. At the point marked "Shooting Lodge" the path joins the Ullswater Way. From the memorial seat to Hind Crag the views of Ullswater are particularly spectacular. |