Quote Originally Posted by AndyA View Post
I take your point about the ascent from yockenthwaite, I was thinking of leaving the road a bit earlier at deepdale bridge and angling up the hill but 1500ft is still 1500ft!Presumably though, there's a down and up involved if you stay on the fell because you've got to cross deepdale gill? What's that bit like?Ultimately it'll depend on whose around on the day and the visibility. If the clag is down then the road is the safer bet for a newbie I think. It's a shame I'm not planning to reccie it!
You pass the gill along the wall line near the top(Hand rail) until the wall junction then aim for the tarn (attack point) from there you can pick up the fence line to the CP

From Memory any way