Easedale and Stickle Tarns (Sun 29 May 2005)

Walk Information

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Walk route: Grasmere Village - Easedale - Sourmilk Gill, Easedale - Easedale Tarn - Tarn Crag, Easedale - Codale Head - High Raise, Langdale - Thunacar Knott - Pike O' Stickle - Loft Crag - Harrison Stickle - Stickle Tarn - Blea Rigg - Easedale Tarn - Sourmilk Gill, Easedale - Easedale - Grasmere Village

Distance: 11.50 miles

Ascent: 3,500ft

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Time: 10 hours 0 minutes

With: David & Jennifer Hall and Jill, Nigel & Matthew Batchelor

Conditions: Overcast to start but cloud breaking to give lots of sunshine, windy at times

Photos

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Codale Head and Tarn Crag from EasedaleSourmilk Gill, EasedaleClimbing steeply up onto the ridge from Easedale TarnThe Blea Rigg ridge (in shadow) and Codale Head on the far right with the Coniston Fells and Harrison Stickle behind from Tarn CragCodale TarnCalf Crag and Steel Fell in sunshine with the Helvellyn ridge and Saint Sunday Crag behindSergeant Man with Crinkle Crags and Bowfell behind from Codale HeadHigh Raise from Codale HeadSkiddaw from High Raise's summit trig point360 Panorama from High Raise (Langdale)'s summitZooming in on Honister CragLooking across Langstrath towards Great GableHarrison Stickle from Thunacar KnottThe Helvellyn fells, Saint Sunday Crag and the Fairfield fells on the skyline from Thunacar KnottPike O' StickleLoft Crag from Pike O' Stickle's summitLooking down South Scree into the Langdale valleyLooking back to Pike O' Stickle from our route to Loft CragHarrison Stickle from Loft CragPike O' Stickle with Bowfell, Scafell Pike, Great End and Great Gable behind from Harrison StickleSouth westerly panorama from Harrison StickleWindermere from our ascent of Harrison SticklePavey Ark and Stickle Tarn from Harrison StickleWesterly panorama from Harrison Stickle's summitStickle TarnStickle Tarn, Harrison Stickle and Pavey ArkEasedale Tarn with Tarn Crag on the left from Blea RiggWild camping at Easedale TarnEasedale from the top of Sourmilk Gill

previous walk - Sat 28 May 2005 - Reston Scar and Hugill Fell

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