
Originally Posted by
Swiss Toni
2 weeks to go and i've got all the route choices sorted in my head apart from one...
I'm still torn between going up Fairfield via the track behind Grisedale Tarn and the out and back climb/descent - or - the zig-zags down then going up via the Tarn outflow and the trod going towards Cofa Pike.
One is further with less climbing and on good paths. The other is more direct and on good paths down and reasonable trods up.
I'll be doing this in the dark by the way.
I've done both, but only the more direct route in the dark. My gut instinct is to take the wider, more runnable descent and traverse around the tarn. It also has no nav issues, esp when you leave the top of Fairfield as you return the way you came!
Still not sure.
Any thoughts?!
ST