Great Langdale

Location

Central Lakes - W of Ambleside

Details

A rugged mountain site overlooking the beautiful Langdale valley set amongst the peaks of the Langdale Pikes.

Site Officer

Burkitt Rudd : 07811 642533

Postcode for Sat Nav Systems (read the Health Warning!)

LA22 9JX

New Dungeon Ghyll Hotel, opposite car park

Getting There

From Ambleside, take the A593 to Skelwith Bridge. Turn right onto the B5343 through Chapel Stile and on to Langdale.

Getting to takeoff

From the parking areas in the Langdale Valley near to the New Hotel (NY 296065), make for Thorn Crag via the Stickle Ghyll footpath or the path running between Pike Howe and Dungeon Ghyll. Either route is steep and sustained. At Thorn Crag a decision can be made, according to the wind direction and strength, to take off here, in front of Stickle Tarn or to the left of Gimmer Crag.

XC potential

Excellent potential but the terrain is wild and demanding. There is the potential for a very long walk out if you have to land out.

Permission to use site

Anyone flying from the summits around the head of Great Langdale should contact Middle Fell Farm, next to the Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel (NY 285061) AND/OR call at Millbeck (NY 296066)behind the New Dungeon Ghyll Hotel. They will generously advise on a suitable landing field specific to that farm.

IMPORTANT - Restrictions on use

Landing anywhere you like in the valley is NOT an option. Some of the farmers will be very unhappy if you land in their fields. Without a negotiated landing field there is to be NO flying. We do have very good landing options - please take the 10 mins to ask the relevant (and very friendly) farmers / landowners.

Paragliding

This is a big site and if there is any appreciable wind in the valley then it is more than likely that it will be blown out at take off. Best in very light or nil wind conditions when the (large) thermals can form over the vast areas of scree and fellside. If tracking along the valley to the east then be aware of the restrictions on landing fields in the valley. If in doubt land well up on the fell side and walk down.

Hang Gliding

An almost impossible carry up.

Additional Safety Notes

This is a big site set amongst some of the bigger hills of the Lake District. This site is not for low airtime pilots. Be careful of a sea breeze that can set in and bring with it a rapid change in wind direction and turbulence. Some of the available landing fields have difficult to see telephone / power lines across them. Take extreme care on any landing approach.

Resources

Don't click on flight logs, download to your PC first (right click and 'Save Link As')

Type	Click to Follow Link	Notes
Google Earth - Car Park
Google Earth - Car Park 2
Google Street View - Parking		A busy spring day in Langdale. Parking on the right isn't usual. You can park on the left in the car park or in another car park a bit further on, on the right. both car parks aren't cheap and fill up quickly. Don't park on the road, you will get a ticket
Multi Map - Take Off

Follow the links for further details of a site. For flights you will probably need to right click and save the link to your PC before opening Google Earth.
Google Earth links rely on Google Earth being installed on your system. Google Earth provides pan and tilt faciity. You can also upload your flights to GE - use GPS Dump (Links Page) to convert a variety of GPS file formats to a GE kml file
Flash Earth is an alternative to Google Earth but provides a top down view only. To view in Flash Earth, click on the instruction text to clear it - the cross is the spot

Local Information

Pubs

Nearest pubs to the site - for post flying debriefing only!

No pub details are available for this site. Send your recommendations to the webmaster.

 

A selection of photos showing key aspects of the site. If you have a good photo showing take off and landing areas, then send it to the webmaster. Aerial shots showing the landing area are especially welcome.

No photos available for this site. Good quality photos of CSC sites always required.

 

Site Records

This page shows records for this site. Some of the older records are not very detailed. More recent records may have an igc file available You can right click and download this to your PC. You can then use IGC Flight replay to view the flight.

Paragliding

FAI Triangle
Distance :	34.6km
Date :	12/04/2009
Pilot :	Burkitt Rudd
Notes :	Take off below Harrison Stickle. Route via Honister Pass, Shepherds Crag, Seat Sandal and Wrynose Pass. Glider Gradient Avax SR8
IGC File :	Right click to download
Flat Triangle
Distance :	45.9km
Date :	11/09/2009
Pilot :	Mike Cavanagh
Notes :
IGC File :	Right click to download
Open Distance XC
Distance :	56.2km
Date :	12/04/2009
Pilot :	Burkitt Rudd
Notes :	This flight was a continuation of the FAI triangle flight which was completed earlier on the same day, landed at Renwick north of Penrith
IGC File :	Right click to download
Turnpoint Flight
Distance :	57.8km
Date :	12/06/2009
Pilot :	Ben Keayes
Notes :	Flight to Carlisle and landing at Cumwinton
IGC File :	Right click to download

Hang Gliding

No records for this site