Lowther Park

Date: 

Thursday, August 17, 2023

Club: 

WCOC

Level: 

Local

Type: 

Summer Series

Location: 

Lowther Park Forest. Cold Fell Road, between Ennerdale Bridge and Calderbridge.

Parking: 

12/08 PLEASE NOTE: New information from Forestry, "Huge timber wagons are still working in the forest. Park so they have room to leave the forest and turn left on to the public road.  Look out for them in the forest as well."

Grid reference: NY 060 119
Postcode: CA22 2PF  (but that's a mile away)
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Googlemaps: https://goo.gl/maps/fYpunxN1jvTp7gHV6

Near the forest gate.  Please park neatly and be wary of fast traffic on the road. Please sign in before you head off.

Safety: 

You must download even if you retire so we know you are back safely. Please KEEP OFF THE LOG STACKS!

Dogs: 

No dogs on the courses

Entries: 

Online entry using Racesignup.
Dibbers are available.

Courses: 

Long: 4.6 km, 160m
Crosses some bits of felled area (200 – 500m, depending on route choice).  This is quite an old clear fell, but still a bit spiky.  Take care.  Full leg cover advised.

Short: 3.3km, 120m
All in the forest.  Full leg cover advised.

Yellow: 1.6km, 75m
All on roads and paths.  There is a tricky bit of path where the trees have blown over and the path finds a way round them.  There’s a shallow pond next to the path later on.   It’s quite hilly.

HELP ME CHOOSE A COURSE

Start Times: 

5.30-7pm

Courses Close: 

8pm

Planner: 

Pete Nelson

Other Notes: 

I remapped this in 2020 and planned an event.  Three times it was cancelled, for road making & felling, covid, and more felling.  Fourth time lucky - subject to permission.
It’s going to be gloomy in the forest by the time the courses close.  Early start an advantage, or you might want to bring a torch.

Terrain: There is some very recent felling, which is still unstable.  This is marked out of bounds.
Most of the forest is quite reasonable to get through - see map notes.
There are lots of stacks of logs beside the roads, which can be dangerous. KEEP OFF LOG STACKS

Map: Scale 1:7500
Much of the forest is marked ‘walk’ on the map, but it’s patchy.  A strong runner will find most of it ‘slow run’.
There are many mountain bike and motorbike trails in the forest.  The most popular are shown on the map.  They go a bit invisible if they haven’t been used recently, so it depends what the riders have been up to.