Long Drop Cave

Location
Grid Reference: SD 669 792

Altitude: 351m

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

In dry valley a short distance down valley of Rumbling Hole.

Description
Five short and pleasant pitches descend to a sump, which connects to Death's Head Hole - this is bailable from the Death's Head side. At the bottom of the fourth pitch, on the far side, is a pitch/climb up to a short narrow crawl. A bedding plane leads to a sloping tube pitch/climb which lands in a small stream. Downstream another short pitch/climb lands in High Stream Chamber. Upstream the passage splits to an aven and a narrow stream passage.

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