The Cupcake

Location
Grid Reference: SD 6673 7842|

Altitude: 330 m

Parking is at the usual Leck Fell parking spot - as indicated on the CNCC permit.

Description
Accessed by a 14m entrance pitch. It Starts off quite nice from the entrance with a few small pitches thrown in, but it soon deteriorates in thrutchy muddy climbs below the 18m Slither Aven. Relief beyond is short as after going up a couple of pitches the cave becomes tight thrutchy crawling through mud and water, interspersed with various pinch points, before eventually coming out at the top of Count Lazlo Stroganoff's Aven in Notts II.

Note: There are several up and down pitches in here meaning if there is no in-situ rope a through trip would be impossible without pre-rigging, or being undertaken as an exchange trip with one of the other two entrances.

Also the Horse Trough in the last section can sump in wet weather.

Access
Access is through a Leck Fell Permit. A closed season operates in the months of April, May and June.