Location

NE Lakes - NE of Blencathra

Details

A small but useful site. It has only a short beat but with 400' / 122m ato it is possible to fly to the NNE faces of West Fell and Carrock Fell. In reasonable NE conditions all three sites are fairly easily inter-flown. PLEASE AVIOD DISTURBING LIVESTOCK, farmers have become upset with our activities leading to sheep being pushed off the Fell sides.

Site Officer

Gordie Oliver : 07830 281986

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

CA7 8JR

Calebreck. This building is immediately adjacent to the parking area.

Getting There

If travelling from the main A66(T) then follow the directions for getting to Carrock Fell via the Mungrisedale minor road. Continue northwards past Carrock Fell, cross a small ford and then park at the start of the track at Calebreck. Only two vehicles are allowed to park up the track and must be left just short of take off at the old mine workings (NY 332 361).

Getting to takeoff

The start of the approach track begins at Calebreck (NY 345 358). Follow the track up onto the fellside until it reaches a wider �parking� area. The take offs can be reached by contouring (and ascending a little) the open fellside.

XC potential

If the site can be linked with Carrock Fell then the downwind XC potential is very good with the coast lying approx 45 km away. In the right conditions the area out in front of the site can be explored for some interesting triangles and out and returns.

Permission to use site

Lake District National Park Authority and the local Caldbeck and Uldale Commoners' Association

IMPORTANT - Restrictions on use

Strict adherence to use of vehicles rules. No vehicles to be driven to the foot of West Fell (an alternative take off in a north easterly). Walk up from 'miners' car park.No dogs onto the site or fellsides.

Paragliding

Easy slope to fly with large top and bottom landing areas

Hang Gliding

No vices but track in from the south in order to top land. It is easy to over shoot - don't hit the large rock either on take off or landing!

Additional Safety Notes

The top landing and bottom landing areas have some hidden (and some not so hidden) boulders. Exercise caution. Public telephone at Long Row 2.4km from Calebreck.

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
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

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.

A not very good picture taken from the access road looking up to take off on West Fell. If you have a better one, then let me have a copy.

 

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

Open Distance XC
Distance :	70.7km
Max Height :	6308ft
Date :	10/05/2005
Pilot :	Burkitt Rudd
Notes :	Take off : 12:30 Flight Duration: 3 hrs 40 mins Landing: Walney Island Max speed: 69.47 km/h Mean speed: 35.3 km/h Max alt (ASL) 1923m (6308ft ) Max vario: 13.0m/s (2558 ft/min) Min vario: -11.0 m/s (-2165 ft/min) Altitude gain: 1493m (4898 ft) Glider: Gradient Bliss 28

Hang Gliding

No records for this site