Daffern v1 – 96
Distance 8.6 km return, height gain 259 m, if you go all the way to the lake
After a beautiful section of trail that undulates at the edge of larch meadows strewn with boulders, you reach an attractive lake with a touch of deep azure, one tiny island and a surround of grass.
At the far end of James Walker Lake, the inlet stream is now flowing in a new channel. The old stream-bed has become a great bit of trail up to the first little cascade of the waterfall section of the valley. After the first waterfall, the upper trail is unchanged from previous years.