Broadcrag Tarn and Foxes Tarn
Mon 29 Jun 2009
Route: Wha House Farm, Eskdale - Taw House - Scale Bridge - River Esk - Great Moss - Little Narrowcove - Broad Crag Col - Scafell Pike - Broadcrag Tarn - Mickledore - Foxes Tarn - Scafell - Long Green - Slight Side - Catcove Beck - Terrace Route - Wha House Farm
Distance: 11.50 miles
Ascent: 4,100ft
Time: 8 hours 40 minutes
With: David Hall
Notes:
Hot, sunburning weather
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Harter Fell
River Esk
Bowfell in the distance
River Esk
The River Esk above where it is joined by Lingcove Beck
Steep drops
The path stays well above the river
Cam Spout Crag
Scafell Pike and Ill Crag
A welcoming committee meets us as we reach Great Moss
Little Narrowcove
Little Narrowcove
Looking back down
The last section up to Broad Crag Col
Little Narrowcove with Pen on the right
Lingmell with Pillar behind from Broad Crag Col
Mickledore and Scafell from Scafell Pike
Scafell from Broadcrag Tarn
Mickledore's stretcher box
Looking back down the steepest part of Foxes Tarn gully
Scafell Pike from Foxes Tarn
The delightful scree slope above Foxes Tarn with a walker helping to give scale
Scafell Pike from Scafell's summit with Symonds Knott on the left
Long Green and Slight Side
Looking over Great Moss to Bowfell
Slight Side's summit
The memorial to two Polish pilots who were killed in 1941 when their Hurricane aircraft struck the mountainside
Looking back to Slight Side
Previous Walk: Arthur's Pike and Bonscale Pike (Sun 28 Jun 2009)
Next Walk: Dufton Pike (Tue 14 Jul 2009)