Walk Information

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Walk route: Hartsop - Brock Crags - Satura Crag - Yewgrove Gill - Nab, The - Rest Dodd - Hayeswater - Filter House - Hartsop

Distance: 6.75 miles

Ascent: 2,550ft

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Time: 4 hours 5 minutes

With: David Hall

Conditions: Overcast, a cold wind at times

Photos

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Pasture Bottom leading up to Threshthwaite MouthBrothers Water and Hartsop Above How from our ascent of Brock CragsGray Crag with Hayeswater on the leftLooking across to Brock Crags summit with St Sunday Crag, Helvellyn and Catstycam in the distanceBrock Crags summit, easier to reach when the ground is frozenBrothers Water and Hartsop Above How with Little Hart Crag, Dove Crag, Hart Crag and Fairfield on the skylineA frozen Angle TarnLooking towards Rest Dodd from Satura CragThe NabIcicles, Yewgrove GillRather than take the normal route across to The Nab we descended the ridge behind David, crossed Yewgrove Gill and headed up round the frozen hagsRampsgill Head and Rest Dodd from The Nab's summitDavid sets off for Rest DoddLooking back to The Nab, the peat hags are well frozenLooking back to The Nab from the steep ascent of Rest DoddRampsgill Head from Rest DoddHigh Raise and Rampsgill Head from Rest Dodd's summit cairnThornthwaite Crag and Gray Crag with Hayeswater belowHart Crag, Fairfield, Great Gable in the distance, St Sunday Crag, Helvellyn and CatstycamJust follow the wall if you are heading for The Knott from Rest DoddA frozen HayeswaterEven the biggest rocks failed to break through the iceHayeswater GillRather than follow the main track back to Hartsop we look the minor path to the filter houseLooking back up the Filter House track by Hayeswater Gill with The Knott in the distance

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