Tongue House High Close is an enclosed parcel of fellside above Tongue House Farm and below the track to Seathwaite Tarn. It contains three buttresses. one of them having delectable, yet very bold climbing.
Parking and Approach
The initial approach is the same for all three buttresses. Coming from the south, the Fickle Steps parking area is some 400m past a cattle grid where the road rises. Take the left hand path down a boggy slope eastwards and follow it around to the north, through woods, for a kilometre, crossing Tarn Beck by a footbridge. Cross the wall using a tall stile. Follow the path through two gates and continue uphill, at a sharp left turn, a hurdle can be seen ahead straddling the wall; climb over it into the Tongue House High Close enclosure.