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TP2382 - Coniston Old Man
Logged Visits:
Last summit of the day after a trek over Weatherlam, Swirl How and Brim Fell
Seventh of 21 summits on the 31 mile Cumbrian Traverse http://www.gofar.org.uk/Cumbrian%20Traverse.html which we completed in 8:45
Quite a straightforward trek up by the frozen Goat's Water route. Snow on top but not too deep!!
Snowy
misty, but with a few clear views. From Wetherlam continuing to White Maiden. Several parties on the summit, didnot realise Fitztdan was amoungst the crowd
Suberb views, it doesn't get much better than this
well worth the climb,bitter winds and rain.superb views.one of the better ones.a few trig baggers here at the same time it seemed.
A quick stop between a hail storm and cloud enveloping the old man. Came up via Dow Crags as part of a long round Nutalling on the last day of leading a geology fieldtrip.
Built of local stone with stunning views in all directions. A man was reading a Wainwright at the top. Concrete plug
another wainwright summit ticked off
Lovely walk to the trig
Visited after attending the NW Mega in Cartmel & a return visit to the Old Man of Coniston where a wedding reception was underway!
Found this while part of an event up old man. Nice climb and good trig and hide up top.
covered in cloud raining blowing strong wind
Day in lakes doing the coniston round plus nuttalls walna scar and white maiden.Very warm day very humid trig is located on edge of a steep cliff but is not on highest point same initials stamped on spider as on high st amazing views from here better than working isn't it!
Very cold day in a warm week
Coldest day of this week but worth it for the views.
cold windy and misty day would have scared more if the clouds had lifted
Coniston village > Wetherlam > Black Sails > Prison Band > Swirl How > Grey Friar > Great How > Brim Fell > THE OLD MAN OF CONISTON summit cairn and shelter trig close by > Coniston village
great walk up here today
Above date is the most recent of four vists, the first being on 17/09/1977. I first footed the Old Man on Jan 1st, 1985 !
Walked up from Coniston through the quarries and carried on along the ridge to Wetherlam. Pub very welcome.
Walked from Tibberthwaite via Wetherlam, Swirl How, Great Carrs,to the Old Man and returned via Dow Crag, Walna Scar Road and Coniston.
Ascended from Walna Scar Road via Dow Crag and Goat Hause. Total clag and drizzle but no wind. Nobody else on the mountain!! Nearly 4 years since I was last here.
Walked up from Torver via Goats Water. A long steady walk. Summit in almost continuous cloud so no real views until descending a few hundred feet. Stone trig in good condition.
Found whilst on holiday in Windermere... A fabulous climb and view.
From copper mines. Cloudy on the very top so no views from there but excellent view otherwise. Route became very busy as we descended.
Great views, beautiful sunny day walk up past goats water and down coppermines.Concrete plug. This is my third visit but first log
Had a great day climbing on Dow Crag then wandered over to the Old Man to enjoy the stunning evening (day)light.
Great walk up with plenty of caches on the way. Fabulous views from the trig, but only once the cloud had parted....
Awesome views, farrrr too busy up here today though in the sunshine...
Great panoramic views of the Lake District! With the Imperial College Fellwanderers
An extension to a nearby round, so got there late. No crowds!!
Parked at Walna Scar Rd narrow lane !Walked up to summit of Old Man of Coniston Lovely views.Had a lovely meal in the Newfield Inn after the walk.
Quiet up top for once nice day but terrific high wind swirling up from south facing gulleys.
Parked on the Walna Scar Road, birthday treat for the wife on probably the wettest day of the month, she's not too keen on fell walking anymore. Previous visit 06/07/2006 via the Coppermines & 18/1/2001 via Dow Crag.
Trig in good condition on crystal clear winters day.
NICE WALK UP FROM CONISTON ON A COLD CLEAR DAY
vgc, stonebuilt, mortar plug, spider inscribed with SEC JLC VC. FB nums have been crayoned yellow. Trig near summit cairn which is on a stone platform. Fine summit with steep crags to NE and a great view. Yesterday 56mm of rain, today blue skies and Springlike. This was the LDWA Hillwalkers Register weekend and my last-but-7th English trig - a good excuse for a bottle of Glen Moray :-) My remaining 7 have Issues... 4 of us connoisseurs carried on around the ridge to White Maiden and White Pike then descended via Birkett and Synge country to Torver.
Has to be a 10/10 judging from the number of people who climb up here each day!
Parked at Walna Scar car park. Little visiblity at top at the time of visit with mist and snow. Later in the day the sun came out. 9/10 given because I've seen the views on previous visits.
Superb winter walking conditions at the time of visiting this trig and then continuing to Brim Fell Dow Crag,Brown Pike and Buck pike,the views were excellent in all directions,only the top couple of hundred feet of the Scafells were in cloud.
Visited whilst on a round of the Coniston Fells
We’d visited the nearby cache and were about to set out along the ridge, so just had to log this one on the way through. Fantastic views and an interesting TP.
The highest trig point wisited so far since I have started logging only 2 higher previously. Good clear visibility on the day I visited.
done whilst out geocaching
very wet but good walk from Little Langdale via Wetherlam and Swirl How, intermittant views through the clouds were stunning.
walked up via walna scar, white maiden and dow crag, was hoping to do 10 2000ft tops but bailed out here due to wind and rain, no views and just pleased to get down in 1 piece.
Had a great walk up. A little windy at the top, but brilliant all the same
Beautiful sunny day, fantastic 360 degree views. Climbed up from Coniston with Margaret, Charlie(10) and Harvey(5) then continued along the ridge to Swirl How, Prison Band and back to Coniston via Levers Water.
Nice walk up on a blustery but fine day.
if we had heeded the weather report we would have batoned down the hatches and stayed indoor, but instead we had a great day in the mountains, it blow a gale on the tops, and yes we did get wet in the end, but it was a great day with my wife and friends.
Very windy and misty on top! Otherwise great views with a good testing walk.
Ascended from Levers Water via Levers Hause in whiteout. Crampons, ice axes, gps and compasses needed!
misty day, all chavs present and correct
Ascended via Levers Water and Swirl How on a warm but very hazy day. Great summit with trig peering over the cliff. Trig in good condition as is the cairn but my god those flying ants were a pain.
Good views of Coniston water and windermere. Trig in good condition
Well worth a visit just for the views - fantastic
Visited today on the Coniston Country Fair Fell Race (6 miles/2400 ft). As I am not an elite runner I can afford to take a few seconds to photograph the trig. The summit cairn is the race checkpoint so there was no-one cluttering up the trig which lies a few yards away. My first time here was the Coniston Fell Race (9 miles/3500 ft) on 2nd May 1987 in blizzard conditions. Its a grand spot on such a lovely summers day. Revisited during Coniston Fell Race on 3rd May 2008 in sunny, clear conditions and quietly celebrated the 21 intervening years.
Logged on a walk from Coppermines Valley along with the Geocache, highest Trig we've done so far and by far the best view!
Found this one on a walk with my parents (Paul and Max) whilst on holiday in the Lake District.
A quick revisit on my way to Dow Crag for the first time.
Excellent walk up via walna road-Brown Pike- Dow Crag. then across ridge to Great Carrs
a good camp by goats water then on to c.o.m.,brim fell ,swirl how and wetherlam fantastic weather
Great location, great climb, bit misty but still ok visibility
Fabulous views all around. Cooled off feet on the way back down in Low Water. (Was a hot day!)
A stone built trig pillar. Great views from here.
Good day out, very early start, scrambling on Dow, took in Brim Fell and the Old Man on the way back to Torver
bagged this while out with M1YAM getting his sota points so I decided to grab the opportunity -piller in good condition - good clear views to -Ingleborough & Isle of Man
great views no a cloud in site nice little walk 3 hours
I have climbed Coniston old man over a hundred times,as I used to climb it and Dow Crag every Fri'afternoon after work,now self employed so not as much time,but still visit often.
Thick cloud on top but made it in time to see the first runner through on the Coniston Fell Race - the eventual winner Rob Jebb of Bingley Harriers
Brilliant day picking up 6 geocaches on one long walk! Extended it to just say hello to the Old Man. Just realised from the previous log why we couldn't find the trigpoint on Wetherlam! Old man summit very busy, so we didn't hang around.
What a day! A superb weather for January. Got sunburnt doing this one! Could see for miles at the summit. There is something that looks like a benchmark on a rock at the base of the cairn. Continued around the ridge ending up at Wetherlam at 4.00 looking for the trig marked on the OS Explorer map. Do not be fooled, it is a phantom trig, one of a few in the Lakes on these maps. There is and never has been trig on Wetherlam apparently. That is twice in one month I have fallen for the phantom trigs of the Lakes. Better homework next time Father Ted.
My favourite hill. Very foggy this day, visibility down to a few metres, got to the summit on a bearing. Lots of snow and ice, only one other person at the summit who was just leaving as we got there, perfect!! Went up from the little tarn on the Walna Scar road and came down through the Coppermines Valley. Visibility started to improve as we came down, the view over frozen Low Water was superb.
Dark and misty. Yeay. no Crowds this time
Good climb lovely stone built pillar -fantastic views but deterioration and gross overuse of the paths further very noticeable since my last two visits in '66 and '74.
My Birthday! We had just watched a helicopter rescue on Dow Crag
Oh my GOD could I have got any wetter!
Nice views towards the west (apart from Sellafield).
many an old log '85-'97
Crowded, Queing for the summit in february? Whatever next? Went up with Lancaster University Hiking Club on a strangely hot winters day.
slender stone built pillar, top filled in with concrete. Not quite at top. Windy day. Standard round from Wetherlam. Of course we shed no more light on the mystery as to which hill is the highest, Swirl How or T'Owd Man.
used to have a slate plaque commemorating Arthur Ransome of "Swallows n Amazons" fame. Missing last time visited
shorts & tee shirt great
No scenery at 2am, but certainly plenty of interest. This was on a Stag party, after many beers. It's amazing that 15 of us made it up and back without incident.
a great windy climb
Part of round of Coniston fells
World Cup 2002 - Republic Of Ireland v Spain drew 1 - 1. Listened to match on the radio on the descent. Ended up with group following us down whilst all listening to the match.
With the Old Man to the top of the Old Man - from village via Coppermines, Goat's Water, Torver, lake side. Cloudy but it rose just as we got there so some views. Encouraged in my hill walking endeavours both by a group of blind people, and a group of elderly folk, both summiting during our sarnies at the top.
Constructed of local stone blocks. Good viewpoint after the climb up.
Could hardly stand up as the wind was so strong today.
Walking with friends a couple of days after the millennium weekend.
No details noted - fine summit pyramid, great view
On a circuit of the Coniston Fells ascending from Coniston via the Walna Scar Road and Dow Crag, descended to the foot of Hardknott and then up and over to stay at Eskdale YH. Very hot, sunny day.
Still very busy in spite of being on the same day as Eng-Scotland in the Euros late visit on the full coniston round
Excellent walk up through the snow to this local stone trig with terrific views.Tarmac plug.
Approx date, wainwright bagging
Climbed from Bowmanstead.Excellent views.
Approached from west via Seathwaite Tarn. Visited to record FB number. The pillar was completed in June 1949 costing £31.2s.0d. In 1950 this marker was computed as secondary station SD47/11 in the Barrow-in-Furness block. Flush bracket S5473 was levelled for height also in 1950. This trig point was last maintained by the OS in August 1977. Pillar is built with local stone. The spider centre is plugged with the usual coarse substance suggesting that the original OSTS lettered cap is long gone. The pillar photograph was taken by my mother while I stood at the pillar. Bagged and photographed 9/09/1990, GRP.
Retrospective Logging of this trig from when I reached this summit whilst doing the Wainwrights
Our very first peak in the Lake District. We were here for a fortnight and it didn't rain once.
With Marion.
Started keeping Trig Point records when walking with Marion after we got married much to her amusement and frustration.
Visited as a straight up and straight back down summit. Re-visited on 19.09.98 when Walna Scar, Brim Fell and Dow Crag were visited and again on 8.10.98 when Wetherlam, Black Sails, Swirl How, Great carrs, Grey Friar and Brim Fell were also visited.
After camping out at Goat fell, had breakfast by the cairn
Lancashire County Top. Climbed with a group from Warwick University. My fifth ascent.
via Boo Tarn and the quarry. 4" snow and a lot of people about. Cairn right on the edge. Views of Coniston Water, yachts and caravans. Back via Dow Grag - an even finer spot.
First of two visits. A lovely mountain, full of much interest, especially on coppermines side.
First of two visits, the second being on 2 June 1995.
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Me at the Trig
Us at the trig
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me at trig
Stampers
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Coniston range from white maiden
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Flush Bracket
planking 
Coniston Old Man Trig Point
Kev ontop of the trig !
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Cloudy view
Coniston Old Man 803m
Trig looking to weatherlam
summit shelter
Dow crag from trig
Pic taken 06/07/2006
Pic taken 06/07/2006
M0NJW and Oscar at trig after amateur radio jaunt!
Coniston Old Man.
OLD MAN OF CONISTON
Looking North
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Coniston Old Man Trig Point.
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Coniston Old Man Trig
Friends resting on the way up.
Suzanne at the Trig Point
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bench mark on summit platform
Mr Lowry at the trig
Flush Bracket
Mr Swinglehurst looking into Coppermines Valley from trig
Coniston and Cairn
The Old Man
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Coniston Old Man
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View from Low Wood pier Windermere
Last stuggle to the top
Flush Bracket
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TP2382 Coniston Old Man trig view down to Coniston
Benchmark at foot of cairn
What a View!
S5473 - Coniston Old Man