Ullock Pike

Location

N Lakes - W of Skiddaw

Details

A stunning site only marred by a less than easy top landing. From Ullock the Skiddaw area to the south can be explored.

Site Officer

Gordie Oliver : 07830 281986

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

CA12 4QY

About 500m NNE of the parking area. The point is near the 164m spot height is on a 1:50000 map. If you're coming from south and west, stop before you reach this point.

Getting There

Take the A591 from Keswick heading north along the side of Bassenthwaite Lake. At High Side bear right up a minor road and after 300m there is a pull in place with limited parking.

Getting to takeoff

Use the footpath that goes round the north spur of the ridge and approaches the take off area from the back. DO NOT go directly up the field to the wooden stile.

XC potential

Good XC's have been done from here but not an easy place to get away from. Avoid the west side of Dodd Fell from April to end of August as this is a well known Osprey nesting area.

Permission to use site

High Side (located at the junction with main road), Barkbeth and Hole House

IMPORTANT - Restrictions on use

Check that it is OK to use the lower of the bottom landing fields before flying (top to bottom 650' / 200m).

Paragliding

Excellent in light to moderate winds but beware of penetration problems. If winds are light there are many high level landing areas. Best bottom landing for PGs is above the car park.

Hang Gliding

Few problems, a bit of a carry. Beware of the landing field used by PGs - see the Safety notes.

Additional Safety Notes

Severe rotor behind the spur of the ridge and heavy sink. If wind goes off to the south it can become violently rough. If dropping back onto Skiddaw have at least 185m / 600' ato. Rotor behind Dodd. Bottom fields slope. Electric wires at bottom of landing field. Nearest public telephone in Bassenthwaite village. Not very secure vehicle parking beware of thieves

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 - Take Off
Google Street View - Parking		The parking area at Ullock Pike
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

Open Distance XC
Distance :	74.4km
Date :	16/07/1998
Pilot :	Patrick Holmes
Notes :	Landing at Blanchland, Consett

Hang Gliding

Open Distance XC
Distance :	88.5km
Max Height :	4800ft
Date :	Unknown
Pilot :	Unknown