High Street from Mardale Head
Sun 1 Sep 2013
Route: Mardale Head - Rough Crag - Caspel Gate Tarn - Long Stile - High Street - Mardale Ill Bell - Nan Bield Pass - Small Water - Mardale Head
Distance: 5.75 miles
Ascent: 2,200ft
Time: 3 hours 40 minutes
With: Anne
Notes:
Overcast, windy. Not the brightest of days
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The tide is out
The start of the ridge with Harter Fell on the left
Haweswater
Nan Bield Pass, the low point on the skyline
A glimpse of Small Water, below Nan Bield Pass
Blea Water
Rough Crag summit cairn
Caspel Gate Tarn and Long Stile leading to High Street's summit
Looking back down on Rough Crag
Harter Fell and Blea Water
High Street summit
To the west, Fairfield to Catstycam
The start of the motorway to Mardale Ill Bell
Zooming in on Ill Bell and Froswick with Windermere beyond
The Ill Bell ridge from Mardale Ill Bell's summit
Small Water and Haweswater
Reaching Nan Bield Pass
Small Water
Descending by Small Water Beck
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