Graham Illing: I gather that some fellow baggers have had difficulties climbing Law Kneis from the west. Last October I found a new route courtesy of a new bridge built as a millennium project. The route commences from a car park at NT279132. After crossing the bridge, follow the river north until you meet a break in the trees where the marked stream descends the hill. Follow this stream up to the track marked on the map. Unfortunately this involves a bit of a fight with the bracken. Follow the track south until NT288128 where another break in the trees, just after a metal gate and just before the bend in the track, takes you directly to the summit.
Graham Illing: I parked in a gap at an elongated double bend (SO179200). You can choose one of two narrow tracks running diagonally up the wooded hillside. They have bamboo canes with, from memory, either number 9 or 2 on them. As the track becomes less distinct, you hit the edge of the wood at SO175203 and follow the edge of the clearing to SO175205. Take a bearing to the top and you will hit a track that passes the summit; a small rocky cairn amongst the brambles.
Chris Crocker: Pretty but not very painful. The terrain is nothing like as bad as Carnmenellis, though I wouldn't do it in sandals. I made a pleasant traverse by way of the Men-An-Tol stones and the tracks running east and west, helping out en route a charming Swiss lady who had walked some five miles from the south without a map and was trying to get to the coast path.
Chris Crocker: Doesn't deserve its membership of Excess Tree Density as the density is actually quite low (August 2001). No problem in shorts. The trig is hard to find as it is well camouflaged and not at the highest point.