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SE - ESE |
Whitbarrow Scar |
Key Facts
| Status : | Red | ||
| Status Message : | |||
| IMPORTANT - Restrictions on use | This site closes for nesting peregrines around April / July period. Please ask at Ravens Lodge Farm for a landing field. Thanks for your support |
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| Last Updated : | 01/04/2024 at 09:07 by John Westall | ||
| Wind : | SE - ESE / SW - WSW | Nil Wind : | N |
| Grid Ref : | SD455850 | Height (AMSL) : | 590' / 180m |
| Site Code : | 17.081 | Top to Bottom : | 500' / 153m |
Location
SE Lakes - nr Levens (A590)
Details
An excellent site, very spectacular but not often flown. Best flown in light to moderate winds and should be avoided in stronger winds due to rotor at the top and base of the cliffs. The adjacent SW face has been flown and is reportedly very good but little is known about it other than winds should be on the light side, otherwise it gets rough.
Site Officer
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Access
Postcode for Sat Nav Systems
LA8 8EU
Ravens Lodge at the easterly car parking area
Getting There
From the A590T near Gilpin Bridge take a minor road that leads towards the cliffs. A second minor road turns off to Ravens Lodge farm. Park just beyond farm in a small earth layby if walking in. HG pilots can drive through a gate into the quarry (ask at farm for permission and a key). A track leads to the south end of the quarry. Awkward track up through the trees.
Getting to takeoff
If parking just beyond the farm, walk through the gate and follow the track via a bedding plane to the extreme south end of the face. A vague path winds up through the trees to the T.O. edge. Various take off places exist.
XC potential
Good leading into the heart of the South Lakes - Coniston Old Man beckons.
Permission to use site
Ravens Lodge Farm; access and bottom landing field. Whitbarrow Lodge; for site access. Kirket Nook; for SW face landing field. The gate is sometimes locked - see the farmer for advice.
Briefing
Additional Safety Notes
Power lines in bottom landing areas. Rotor below cliff top and back from T.O. edge. Telephone at Millside. Take care on launch.
Paragliding
A superb cliff site with a very impressive SE face. Good in light winds bit beware of strong compression in moderate winds. The take off is at a cliff edge! Don't scratch below the top due to the presence of rotor. Small trees and hidden gullies abound on the top so care when top landing; check out any top landing areas before flying.
Hang Gliding
The main face has no top landing. See PG notes above for additional information. The bottom landing is easy but check the locations of the power lines.
XC potential
Good leading into the heart of the South Lakes - Coniston Old Man beckons.