The 2019 Challenge – On the Lakeland Mountain Passes

Saturday 4th May – Saturday 25th May 2019

This coming year is the 30th anniversary of the publication of Wainwright on the Lakeland Mountain Passes and the Society is celebrating this event by asking members to walk through (or to) the mountain passes and hauses featured in Wainwright on the Lakeland Mountain Passes and others to be found in Wainwright’s Pictorial Guides and Outlying Fells. Members can choose whether to walk to the pass or through it on a linear walk (if suitable transport arrangements can be made). Passes with distinct paths and suggested linear walks (detailed in Wainwright’s book) are indicated on the list of Challenges.

In his introduction to the book, AW wrote: ‘For those who can walk in moderation and choose to do so sedately and without fear of going astray the passes offer ideal expeditions. People get lost on the mountains but very rarely on the passes. … Every skyline gap or depression on a mountain ridge, sometimes referred to as cols, may be regarded as a pass of sorts if approachable on both sides, and there are hundreds of such places in Lakeland. … No day in the Lake District need be wasted because of inclement weather. The mountains are inhospitable in bad conditions and better avoided … [but] the friendly passes offer the perfect answer. You’ll still get wet, of course and despair at the shroud of mist that masks the beauty all around, but the exercise will do you good and after a rousing supper in dry clothes you will vote the day a very satisfactory one after all. Walking the passes is the next best thing to walking on the mountains and often no less rewarding.’ Wainwright on the Lakeland Mountain Passes pp 8 & 9

Society members taking part in the Challenge will be raising money for the Blencathra Centre

In planning the route, challengers should consult the relevant guidebook where maps, ascent diagrams and sketches will be of assistance in locating the objective. Members are also strongly advised to consult a 1:25000 OS map in their planning and on the walk if in doubt about the route or poor weather conditions limit visibility.

NOTE: Society members and any companions completing the Challenge should not undertake walks or climbs that are beyond their capabilities. A Challenge is completed when the location is reached. Dangerous rocks and crags should not be climbed.

To download a PDF with more details on the individual walks then click here.

To download an application form (Society members only) then click here.

A list of the allocated walks and participants are listed below.

No	Challenge Location	Participant
1	Deepdale Hause	Martin Slater
2	Dunmail Raise	Peter Pawson
3	Grisedale Hause	Andrew Lambert
4	Kirkstone Pass	Revd John Merrill
5	Scandale Pass	Christine Reay
6	Sticks Pass	Roger Bunyan
7	Col (unnamed)	John Burland
8	Lanty's Tarn**	John Pulford
9	Boardale Hause	John Burland
10	Garburn Road	Caroline Nichol
11	Gatesgarth Pass	Andy Cunningham
12	The Mardale Corpse Road	Susan Kashanski
13	Moor Divock	Linda Davis
14	The Mosedale Watershed	Nigel Marsden
15	Nan Bield	Jack Woods
16	Stile End	Lesley Ritchie
17	The Straits of Riggindale	Martin Weatherill
18	Threshthwaite Mouth	Jeff Coates
19	Greenup Edge	Lyndon & Joyce Davies
20	High Tove	Keith Capp
21	Stake Pass	Alan Thomas
22	Bracken Hause**	Stephen & Pam Turner
23	Thorn Crag col**	Graham Bolton
24	Col (unnamed)	Martin Owen
25	The Burnmoor Corpse Road	David Johnson
26	Esk Hause	Michelle Ashworth
27	Goats Hause	June Norris Green
28	Grassguards	Mark Abbott
29	Hardknott Pass	Alan Thomas
30	Mickledore	Jeff Appleyard
31	Ore Gap	Christine Hurford
32	Rossett Pass	Graeme Chapman MBE
33	Sty Head	Allan Wright
34	Three Tarns	Philip Maltby
35	Walna Scar	Julian Procter
36	Wrynose Pass	Roger Bunyan
37	Col (Fairfield)**	Christine Hurford
38	Col (Calf Cove)**	Paul Montrose
39	Broad Crag Col**	Peter Smith
40	Lingmell Col**	Roger Bunyan
41	Swirl Hawse**	Ian Prater
42	Levers Hawse**	Roger Bunyan
43	Carlside Col	Nick & Denise Holmes
44	Mousthwaite Comb	Brian & Jill Rainford
45	Skiddaw Forest	Anne & Fred Morris
46	Glenderamackin Col**	Steve Pattemore
47	Col (unnamed)	Mike Cotterill
48	Col (unnamed)	Tim Ince
49	Trusmadoor**	Derek & Alison Cockell
50	Coledale Hause	Michael Toner
51	Dalehead Tarn	David & Graham Hall
52	Hause Gate	Val Wilkinson & John Holloway
53	Honister Pass	Anthony Judge
54	Newlands Hause	Steve Harris
55	Rigg Beck	David & Heather Pitt
56	Sail Pass	Don Morris
57	Whinlatter Pass	Steve Pattemore
58	Barrow Door**	Steve Pattemore
59	Col (unnamed)	Tom & Claire Chapman
60	Col (unnamed)	Stephen Gardiner
61	Col (unnamed)	Paul Brennan
62	Black Sail Pass	Lesley Newbury-Jones
63	Floutern Pass	Mark Cosgrove
64	The Loft Beck Crossing	Ron Graham
65	Scarth Gap	Andrew Wilkins
66	Wind Gap	David & Judith Whelan
67	Windy Gap	John Clark
68	Col (unnamed)	Christine Hurford
69	Gillercomb Head**	Stephen Armstrong
70	Col (unnamed)	Peter Broad
71	Col (unnamed)	Howard McKnight
72	Col (unnamed)	David Billington
73	Dore Head**	Richard Daly
74	Col (unnamed)	David Johnson

** Pass/hause/col not included in Wainwright on the Lakeland Mountain Passes