WCOC Eel & Stony Tarn Cumbrian Galoppen

Parking is on a field east of the Woolpack Inn, Eskdale at NY192010. The recommended approach is from the west up the Eskdale Valley. 

Parking £3 per car, please have the right money.  Cash only.

This area was first mapped by Tony Pennick in 1982, based on a HMSL PG plot.  It has only been used a few times since.  The original map was called Eel Tarn and Stony Tarn.  We've called this one Peelplace Noddle, after the complicated little hill between the tarns.  The competition area has been remapped using LIDAR over winter and spring 2024 -2025 by Pete Nelson.   

Outside the competition area the map has been extended from a combination of LiDAR and the original survey, to help if you get really lost.  

It is a very complex area, with abundant rock features. Treat 'uncrossable' crags with respect, or you might find yourself running down one of the 150 named rock climbs on the map. There are some hillsides that look like they are all rock, but contain few actual crags or continuous areas of bare rock.  This rock is not generally shown.

Above the bracken line (shown with the green undergrowth screen), it is all very runnable. The bracken growth is early this year so some areas have become very slow gowing over the last few weeks. There are no controls within deep bracken but there will be potential route choices through the bracken.

Symbols are ISOM 2027-2, except:

• White on the map is rough open land. 
• All tree areas are shown in shades of green
• The green for single trees has been moved above the black colour, because significant trees on crags were disappearing. 

Indistinct marsh is generally a bit tussocky, but boundaries may not be clear.

Crags are generally >3m and boulders >0.75m

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