A Coledale Round

Sun 13 Mar 2011

Route: Braithwaite - Kinn - Sleet How - Grisedale Pike - Hopegill Head - Sand Hill - Coledale Hause - Eel Crag (Crag Hill) - Sail - Sail Pass - Scar Crags - Causey Pike - Sleet Hause - Stonycroft near Stair - road - Uzzicar - road - Braithwaite Lodge - Braithwaite

Distance: 10.75 miles

Ascent: 4,200ft

Time: 5 hours

With: On own

Notes:

Sunshine, cloudy to the west

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Towards Bassenthwaite Lake from Kinn

Sail, Eel Crag (Crag Hill) and Grisedale Pike from Kinn

Grisedale Pike from Sleet How

Towards the Skiddaw fells from Sleet How

Hopegill Head

Grasmoor and Hopegill Head from Grisedale Pike's summit

Eel Crag (Crag Hill) and Grasmoor from Grisedale Pike's summit

Looking back to Grisedale Pike

Grisedale Pike

The ridge to Whiteside from Hopegill Head, I'm not going that way today

Over Sand Hill to Eel Crag

Over Coledale Hause to Eel Crag, the three walkers at the bottom provide some scale

Looking back towards Grisedale Pike as I head for the col between Grasmoor and Eel Crag

Coledale from Eel Crag's summit

Looking back to 'The Scar' onto Crag Hill as I head up Sail

The Helvellyn ridge from Sail's summit

The High Stile ridge

On the new path off Sail to Sail Pass

Causey Pike from Scar Crags summit

Looking back along the ridge from Causey Pike's summit

The wooded Swinside, Derwent Water, Keswick and Blencathra

Rowling End, Catbells, Bleaberry Fell & High Seat and the Helvellyn ridge

The Newlands valley

Braithwaite from above Braithwaite Lodge

The General Store, Braithwaite

Previous Walk: Great Gable from Honister Hause (Thu 3 Mar 2011)

Next Walk: Five Coniston fells (Sat 26 Mar 2011)

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