Crinkle Crags

A very enjoyable walk traversing Crinkle Crags, starting at Cockley Beck Bridge. We started by following the bridleway on the west side of Moasdale Beck for a few hundred metres before cutting across to the foot of Ulpha Fell.
The way now steepened on hummocky grass as we rose up Ulpha Fell and then Little Stand where we had a short break.
There had been low cloud but luckily this now began to lift revealing the Crinkle Crag summits and Bow Fell a short distance beyond.
We joined the track leading up from the Langdales side via the route to Red Tarn and were soon enjoying views down both into Oxendale on one side and across tot he Scafell Massif.
We continued along the broad ridge wending its way visiting the various summits, pausing to wait for a few minutes at the “Bad Step” where we waited while a couple of men and a sheep dog tried to work out how to get down the short scramble with the dog.
In the end one man managed to clamber down while the second took the dog around the alternative route down.
Karen was soon up the easy, short climb an I followed.
We continued onwards passing Shelter Crags until we arrived at Three Tarns just before Bow Fell where we started to drop down valley to the West where we followed a path paralleling Lingcove Beck.
We then turned off into Moasdale and then followed this broad valley until we were back at our starting point.

Looking towards Hardknott Pass

Above the "Bad Step"

Bowfell