Skiddaw from Peter House Farm (Sun 5 Apr 2009)

Walk Information

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Walk route: Peter House Farm - Whitewater Dash - Birkett Edge - Bakestall - Skiddaw - Sale How - Skiddaw House - Cumbria Way - Whitewater Dash - Peter House Farm

Distance: 9.25 miles

Ascent: 2,700ft

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Time: 3 hours 55 minutes

With: Anne

Conditions: Sunshine, blue sky with cloud building, windy on Skiddaw as usual

Photos

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Blue skies above BinseyDead Crags and the valley of Dash Beck with Binsey in the distanceLooking back down Birkett EdgeNorth from Bakestall's northern summit cairnSkiddaw from Bakestall's summitLooking back down on Bakestall as we head up on to SkiddawThe Edge and the north end of Bassenthwaite LakeBarkbethdale belowBroad EndA few people on Skiddaw today!The north western fellsDerwent WaterLonscale Fell and Skiddaw Little Man with the Helvellyn ridge in the distanceBlencathra and Lonscale Fell from the point where we head left off the main trackSale How below with Mungrisdale Common behindGreat Calva on the left, Carrock Fell in the centre and Bowscale Fell on the rightSkiddaw HouseLooking back along the Skiddaw House track to the 'back' of Blencathra

previous walk - Sat 28 Mar 2009 - Under Walla Crag

next walk - Sat 25 Apr 2009 - High Spy and Maiden Moor

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