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Much more open is Stickle Ghyll, which descends from Stickle Tarn. There is a well–trodden path from the Stickle Ghyll car park opposite the New Dungeon Ghyll hotel up to the tarn, parts of which have been improved with stone slabs to reduce erosion. Another waterfall, known as Dungeon Ghyll Force, is up a path behind the Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel.
Chapel Stile is a village in Cumbria, England, located approximately 5 miles northwest of Ambleside, within the Langdale valley.It contains a school, Holy Trinity church, the Co-op and the Wainwrights' Inn (formerly The Langdale Hotel), and a quarry is located in the vicinity.
Lake District National Park, the venue of the Langdale Horseshoe The Langdale Horseshoe is an annual Lake District fell race that starts and finishes at the Old Dungeon Ghyll . The course climbs to Stickle Tarn before heading to Thunacar Knott , Esk Hause shelter, Bowfell , Crinkle Crags and Pike of Blisco .
Pavey Ark is most often climbed from the New Dungeon Ghyll Hotel, located some 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles (2 kilometres) south. The route follows Mill Gill up to Stickle Tarn , which can also be reached via a much less popular and more strenuous path following the Dungeon Ghyll ravines.
A gill or ghyll is a ravine or narrow valley in the North of England and parts of Scotland. The word originates from the Old Norse gil . [ 1 ] Examples include Dufton Ghyll Wood, Dungeon Ghyll , Troller's Gill and Trow Ghyll .
The Lake District is a National Park in the north-west of the country which, in addition to its lakes, contains a complex range of hills. These are locally known as fells and range from low hills to the highest ground in England. Hundreds of tops exist and many writers have attempted to draw up definitive lists. In doing so the compilers ...
Loft Crag is a fell in the English Lake District, situated nine kilometres (5 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles) west of Ambleside in the valley of Great Langdale.Along with the neighbouring fells of Harrison Stickle and Pike of Stickle it forms the picturesque Langdale Pikes, which when viewed from the area around Elterwater village gives one of the best-known views in the National Park.
The Langdale Pikes form a raised rocky parapet around the southern and eastern edges of a high tableland centred upon Thunacar Knott.Harrison Stickle is the high point of this system and its crags fall south and east from the summit, presenting an arresting view from the valley floor 2,000 feet (610 m) below, or from further afield.