Souther Fell

Location

NE Lakes - SE of Blencathra

Details

An excellent site, renowned, like its neighbour Carrock, for light winds. It can be quite a carry but is well worth it as it thermals well. Wave and convergence are occasionally found at the south end. It is also possible to launch from the south end to fly Blencathra in SSE winds; VERY spectacular.

Site Officer

Gordie Oliver : 07830 281986

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

CA11 0XR

Mungrisdale. The postcode centre is where the road coming north from the A66 suddenly turns to the west before you turn left for the Mill Inn and site parking

Getting There

Turn off the A66(T)Penrith to Keswick main road following signs to Mungrisedale. Follow minor road to Mungrisedale, then double back to follow a tarmac road (past a good pub) through a gate. Various, but limited, parking places in laybys along this road.Do not block any farm or field access points.

Getting to takeoff

A path leads diagonally across the face of the slope from NE to SW.

XC potential

Good thermal producer, and quite easy to get away, but the sea is only about 35 km downwind. Possible to cross to Carrock Fell if wind is off to the East, or onto Blencathra if off to South.

Permission to use site

For a bottom landing field; Low Beckside Farm, Mungrisedale (WINDSOCK SCHEME IN OPERATION).To use the site; Black Beck Farm.

IMPORTANT - Restrictions on use

This site is EXTREMELY SENSITIVE! WITHOUT EXPRESS LANDING PERMISSION FROM LOW BECKSIDE FARM THE ONLY OPTION IS TO SIDE OR TOP LAND. LOW BECKSIDE FARM WILL, WHERE POSSIBLE, PROVIDE SUITABLE LANDING FIELDS FOR PG AND HG PILOTS. THE DEFINED LANDING FIELD MUST BE IDENTIFIED BY USE OF THE CSC WINDSOCK OBTAINED FROM LOW BECKSIDE FARM. It is imperative that visiting pilots DO NOT FLY this site without first contacting the North Sites Officer. It has taken a lot of work to get this site back - it was very nearly lost for good. Please restrict numbers (5 to 10 as an ABSOLUTE maximum). DO NOT LAND in any areas heading towards Carrock Fell - this WILL lose the site. An exclusion zone (up to 3000ft agl exists around a 1km radius of Undercrag Farm NY 363308). Contact North Sites Officer for more information (07739260124).

Paragliding

Easy top landing and slope landing, if bracken areas are avoided. Be wary of penetration problems in strong winds, being blown back could be worrying in the extreme!

Hang Gliding

Apart from the carry, a site with no vices. Easy top landing by crabbing in along the ridge (Do not go behind the ridge). Suitable for low air time pilots after a suitable briefing.

Additional Safety Notes

Beware of rollover behind the ridge.Under no circumstances allow yourself to get blown back - the terrain behind take off is dangerous! Use windsock in the bottom fields.Take care not to land short, which is easy to do. Public telephone at Mungrisedale.

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 - Landing
Google Earth - Take Off
Google Street View - Parking		The Google car driver obviously hadn't come across gated roads before. You can go through the gate and there are some limited parking spaces on the left. Make sure that you leave room for tractors
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 :	29.2km
Date :	29/04/1998
Pilot :	William Carradus
Open Distance XC
Distance :	60.0km approx
Date :	Unknown
Pilot :	Hugh Miller
Notes :	Landing near Moffat, Southern Uplands, Scotland

Hang Gliding

No records for this site