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Great Langdale

Description 

Great Langdale plays host to a number of fine crags. None of the crags give way to towering summits, but they do offer some great climbs with most within a reasonable hike from the car.

This is craging Lake District style.

Getting There 

From Keswich head south towards Grasmere. From Ambleside head west towards Skelwith Bridge. From either of these location head towards Chapel Stile, and then continue west on the B5343.

When you reach the Old Dungeon Ghyll hotel you're here!

The Classics

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Haste Not. 5.8  International : United Kingdom : ... : White Ghyll Crag

Sustained climbing with spectacular situations. Starts at a recess just left of Gordian Knot. P1) The left hand corner of the recess is climbed to the overhang. Cross the wall on the left with difficulty to reach a groove in the slab. Follow the groove passed an awkward bulge to a large ledge and block belay. 70' 5.7+. (From here a two pitch variation over the roofs was climbed in 1966 and named The Horror by Paul Ross and Peter Myers with some aid on P1 . It was freed in 1978 by Ron Fachett but...[more]   Browse More Classics in International

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Great Langdale	Little Langdale .December 10 2010.A rare early sno...	From Loughrigg looking towards the Langdale Pikes....
Gimmer Crag in the Distance	View to the Langdale Pikes.photo Bowker	Looking down into the Langdale Valley.photo Bowker
Langdale Pikes winter 2011. Photo Jackie Gill	Green Langdale Valley..White Ghyll Crags up to the...