High Street from Mardale Head (Sun 17 Dec 2006)

Walk Information

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Walk route: Mardale Head - Rough Crag (Riggindale) - Long Stile - High Street - Mardale Ill Bell - Nan Bield Pass - Harter Fell, Mardale - Gatescarth Pass - Mardale Head

Distance: 6.75 miles

Ascent: 2,700ft

Click here for a map of the route

Time: 4 hours 40 minutes

With: David Hall and Anne

Conditions: Blue sky and sunshine, snow on the tops, brilliant!

Photos

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Looking across Riggindale to Kidsty Pike and Kidsty HowesHaweswater from the ascent of Rough CragRough Crag with High Street beyondLong Stile leading onto High Street from Caspel Gate TarnAscending Long Stile with Rough Crag and Caspel Gate Tarn now way belowThe final slope up onto High StreetAscending Long StileA walker approaching the trig point at High Street's summitHelvellyn from High Street's summitSnowdrift, High StreetLooking across to Thornthwaite BeaconWesterly panorama from south of High Street's summitMardale Ill Bell with Harter Fell behindApproaching Mardale Ill Bell's summit360 Panorama from Mardale Ill Bell's summitLooking back to Mardale Ill Bell and High Street from Harter FellHarter Fell's summit cairnWesterly panorama from Harter Fell's summitLooking south from Harter Fell's summit with the sun reflecting off Windermere and Morecambe BayLooking back to Harter Fell's summit as the cloud builds to the south westHaweswater from Harter FellOn the path to Gatescarth Pass with Tarn Crag ahead and the Howgills in the distanceDescending to Mardale Head from Gatescarth Pass

previous walk - Sat 16 Dec 2006 - Lingmoor Fell and Pike o' Blisco

next walk - Tue 19 Dec 2006 - Hard Knott, Harter Fell and Green Crag

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