Mellbreak

Sat 12 Dec 2009

Route: Loweswater Village - Mellbreak (northern top) - Mellbreak - Low Ling Crag - Crummock Water - Lowpark - Loweswater Village

Distance: 5.25 miles

Ascent: 1,500ft

Time: 4 hours 35 minutes

With: Jo Hall, Roger & Ann Hiley and Anne

Notes:

A beautifully sunny winter's day, hardly any wind

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Grasmoor

Heading up Mellbreak's 'north face'

Darling Fell and a bit of Loweswater

Mellbreak's shadow over part of the Lorton Vale

Grasmoor from our ascent

Grasmoor reflecting in Crummock Water

Looking back to Mellbreak's north top from the slightly higher southern top

Crummock Water, Buttermere and Fleetwith Pike. Low Ling Crag bottom left

Crummock Water, Buttermere and Fleetwith Pike

Fleetwith Pike

A golden Grasmoor reflecting in Crummock Water

Fleetwith Pike from Low Ling Crag

Looking down Crummock Water from Low Ling Crag, not a ripple

A frosty Low Ling beach and a reflecting Rannerdale Knotts

Previous Walk: Circuit of Buttermere (Sat 5 Dec 2009)

Next Walk: Helvellyn (Fri 18 Dec 2009)

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