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High up on Widdybank Fell is the impressive waterfall of Cauldron Snout.
Water from the source of the Tees is dammed at Cow Green Reservoir and the outflow gushes down a massive natural gully into the more sedate valley below.
Spray and noise are the order of the day: Any attempts at a conversation near the raging torrent will result in a shouting exercise. It can get cold up here even in mid-summer, so bring a warm coat!
The 'Snout' can be reached on foot by either the Pennine Way via High Force or by a path from a remote car park near Langdon Beck, just off the Middleton-in-Teesdale to Alston road. The Pennine Way route brings you to the base of the 'fall which is a sight to behold. It is a fairly easy scramble up the sides to the top, where the path divides heading south over a stone bridge to Dufton Fell (Pennine Way), and north to the car park at Cow Green.
Langdon Beck in Winter
If approaching from the car park an obvious path skirts the reservoir for about a mile then once past the dam, the top of Cauldron Snout can be seen (and heard).
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