Borger Dalr Geology Walk, North Lakes Outdoors
Linear Trail · Lake District
250
XP
about 1 h 27 min walking
Explore the origins of Borrowdale as you walk from Bowder Stone car park to Castle Crag, including the poignant war memorial Peace Howe, and amazing views of the flat valley bed that was formerly the bottom of an Ice Age lake. A steep but gradual climb.
239 m
159 m
78 m
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Heights: Copernicus DEM GLO-30 © DLR e.V. 2010–2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014–2018, provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA.
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Some very steep ground — marked on the map.
Climb
188 m
Drop
175 m
Highest
228 m
Lowest
82 m
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Climbs 18% for 320 m early on, comes down 29% for 450 m early on.
Clockwise: Easy first 3.9 km, climbs 29% for 450 m near the end, comes down 18% for 320 m near the end.
Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (0.5 km at 10%+, 0.5 km of it 15%+) and come down 0.3 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main climb: km 3.9–4.6, from 85 m to 227 m.
How the 5.8 km splits
Flat
1.5 km
Climbing
1.3 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
0.5 km
Descending
2.3 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
0.3 km
Link it with other walks
Downstream to Derwent Walk, Borrowdale and Derwent Water
Shares 2.6 km of path · meets at km 0.8, 4.1, 5.87.77 km
Castle Crag from Seatoller Trail: The Scenic Route, North Lakes Outdoors
Shares 2.2 km of path · meets at km 4.1, 5.67.67 km
Cumbria Way
Shares 2.1 km of path · meets at km 0.7, 0.9, 1.1…118.71 km
Peace How Walk From High Brandelhow Jetty, North Lakes Outdoors
Shares 0.3 km of path · meets at km 1.42.98 km