Quote Originally Posted by mr brightside View Post
It's viable, but really you want to be cutting off that corner. The problem is crags on a narrow cut, and as i found out, crags/gorse/heather/peril on a wide cut. The narrow cut will work for you if you find the right gully, which is what i'll be doing next year, gorse can't grow in running water.
I had a look at the Strava trace of one of the Ambleside lads - he went to the halfway point I mentioned and then basically headed south - so no attempt to cut that corner. Interesting.