Route: Haweswater Road - north ridge - Branstree - Branstree Tarn - High Howes - Selside Pike - Old Corpse Road - Brown Howe (Rowantreethwaite) - Old Corpse Road - Haweswater Road
Distance: 4.75 miles
Ascent: 1,680ft
Time: 2 hours 15 minutes
With: On own
Notes:
Sunny, windy
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The bottom part of Branstree's north ridge
Mardale Head
The Rigg and Rough Crag onto High Street from beside the Hollow Stone
Looking across Haweswater to Riggindale
One of the two ruined buildings on Branstree's north ridge with Kidsty Pike on the skyline
Branstree's north ridge, above the buildings the bracken ends and the angle eases
Looking back down Branstree's north ridge
Branstree's summit, looking south
Looking towards Harter Fell from Branstree's summit
The higher cairn on Artle Crag with the rounded Selside Pike beyond and the North Pennines in the distance
High Howes from the lower of the two cairns on Artle Crag
The survey post, Branstree
Looking back towards Artle Crag with the cairns on the skyline (left) from the survey post
Selside Pike from High Howes
High Street from Captain Whelter Bog
The fence to Branstree (if you don't want to visit High Howes) from Captain Whelter Bog
Selside Pike's summit cairn with the North Pennines in the distance
Selside Pike's summit cairn is actually a shelter!
The descent northwards off Selside Pike with Hare Shaw ahead
Looking down into Swindale
Rowantreethwaite (Brown Howe) with Kidsty Pike and High Raise on the far skyline
Brown Howe (a Birkett)
Brown Howe's summit
Branstree's north ridge, Harter Fell and Mardale Head from the Old Corpse Road
Haweswater from the Old Corpse Road
Mardale Head from the Old Corpse Road
Riggindale and Kidsty Pike from the buildings next to the Old Corpse Road
The Rigg and Rough Crag leading on to High Street
Branstree's north ridge
Mardale Head from the Old Corpse Road
The Rigg, Wood Howe (island) and Riggindale
Wood Howe and Riggindale
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