Lank Rigg, Cumbrian Galoppen

Terrain: Classic open remote fell with a variety of contour features, marshes, crag and rock detail across the area. The fellside has a very limited path network as it is seldom trodden by people but if clear you will be treated with a great view of the Scafell Range from a different angle.
Also take time to visit the historic pack horse bridge near to the finish.

Mappers Notes: Marsh symbols are used to give an indication of runnability. The standard marsh symbol indicates dense reeds or wet sphagnum, and is fairly slow to cross.  The indistinct marsh symbol shows more open reeds on drier ground, or wet grassland, and is mostly ‘slow run’.  The edges are often vague, and should not be relied on for precise navigation.

Boulders are generally over 0.5m.  Where there are runnable areas of stones including rocks close to this height, they are shown with widely spaced black dots.  They don’t usually affect running speed.

Solid Green denotes impenetrable gorse.  Close Green hatching shows low gorse.  Wide Green hatching shows areas of bracken.

There is one area of dangerous out of bounds shown, possibly relevant to the Brown course. This is a large landslip.

The competition area has two large areas designated as Scheduled Ancient Monuments. The orienteering map shows about 300 remains, dating from late Neolithic through Bronze age to late medieval.  There are all sorts of features, but to the runner they mostly just look like piles of stones.  The map uses a special symbol of three black dots in a triangle, defined as  ‘flattened cairn or small stony area’.  Some are natural, most are probably field clearance.  They also include funerary cairns and hut circles.

IMPORTANT TRAVEL INFORMATION: Cyclists taking part in the Fred Whitton challenge will be whizzing past on the Cold Fell road please take care when driving into and out of the parking field and when crossing the road.