Whinlatter

I missed this out on my round from Barf to Sale Fell so went back to pick it off today.
I parked at the Whinlatter visitor centre and headed up through the woods following the green trail. If you always take the options to your left and up you come to a small clearing where a number of forest roads converge and there is a bench and an information sign. Follow the road that goes up to the left and you come to a new gate in the fence which takes you out onto the open fell. The initial climb up the side of the fence is quite steep but is short and from then on it's really easy going. Whinlatter summit is the second top you cross following the path along the ridge. From there I continued on the Brown How and then down through the woods until I found Whinlatter Pass at Hobcarton car park.
The route from Brown How back to the road isn't easy as it is mostly just sheep trails traversing the thick grass on a fairly steep slope and there is no obvious entrance into the woods. I just followed the fell wall until I found an improvised stile that someone had thrown together to help get over the wire fence and into the woods. From there you just descend until you find a track and then turn left towards the road.
This is a fairly unremarkable hill and probably one to tick-off rather than plan for a good day out.
Here are a couple of pics and my route...
I parked at the Whinlatter visitor centre and headed up through the woods following the green trail. If you always take the options to your left and up you come to a small clearing where a number of forest roads converge and there is a bench and an information sign. Follow the road that goes up to the left and you come to a new gate in the fence which takes you out onto the open fell. The initial climb up the side of the fence is quite steep but is short and from then on it's really easy going. Whinlatter summit is the second top you cross following the path along the ridge. From there I continued on the Brown How and then down through the woods until I found Whinlatter Pass at Hobcarton car park.
The route from Brown How back to the road isn't easy as it is mostly just sheep trails traversing the thick grass on a fairly steep slope and there is no obvious entrance into the woods. I just followed the fell wall until I found an improvised stile that someone had thrown together to help get over the wire fence and into the woods. From there you just descend until you find a track and then turn left towards the road.
This is a fairly unremarkable hill and probably one to tick-off rather than plan for a good day out.
Here are a couple of pics and my route...