Dusty Junction to Mistral Hole

Dusty Junction

Dusty Junction is a major junction in Pippikin Pot, with routes leading to Link Pot and Mistral Hole. Several routes lead from the junction. In clockwise order:

• To the south, the main route leads towards Hall of the Ten, Pippikin Pot, and the other caves of Leck Fell.

• To the north-west, slightly left when coming from Hall of the Ten, is the route to the Hobbit and Mistral Hole exit, slightly downwards past stal bosses.

• To the north-east, slightly right when coming from Hall of the Ten, is the route to Squid Junction in Link Pot, slightly upwards past stal bosses.

• [To the right of the route to Squid Junction is a low crawl into a blind chamber.]

• To the south-east, a passage leads to Red Wall Chamber and White Wall Chamber.

Dusty Junction to the Hobbit

From Dusty Junction, the route towards the Hobbit descends past stal bosses into a mix of crawling, stooping and walking. After a few minutes, a small chamber is reached with a rope leading up an aven. Very soon beyond, a larger chamber, the Hobbit, is reached, with a rope up a climb to the right. Two routes continue:

• Down to the left leads to Canyon Streamway and Far Streamway;

• Up to the right, a muddy slope leads towards the Mistral Exit.

The Hobbit to Mistral Exit

Ascending the muddy slope to the right in the Hobbit leads to a large walking passage, normally with a good draught. This leads to a large flat-roofed chamber, with an ascent up a muddy boulder slope. A well-trodden route continues, before the roof lowers to a crawl with a strong draught. The crawl passes various boulder obstacles, and then narrows slightly at a blasted section. Soon daylight is reached at the bottom of the Mistal Hole entrance climb (handline in situ, April 2016).