Nan Bield Pass and Kentmere Pike
Sun 25 Nov 2007
Route: Kentmere Village - Low Lane - Overend - The Tongue - Nan Bield Pass - Harter Fell - Kentmere Pike - Shipman Knotts - High Lane - Kentmere Village
Distance: 9.50 miles
Ascent: 2,500ft
Time: 5 hours 20 minutes
With: David & Jennifer Hall and Anne
Notes:
Overcast and dull but with a few sunny intervals
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Looking up the Kentmere valley towards Mardale Ill Bell, Harter Fell and Kentmere Pike from Low Lane
Heading through upper Kentmere having passed Overend
Looking back down Kentmere from The Tongue
Disused quarry below Brown Howe
Rainsborrow Crag and Yoke
Looking over Kentmere Reservoir to Ill Bell and Froswick
Froswick, High Street and Lingmell End at the head of Kentmere
Heading for Nan Bield Pass
The path to Nan Bield Pass in a short sunny interval
Approaching Nan Bield Pass
Yoke, Ill Bell and Froswick from below Nan Bield Pass
Looking back down our ascent path as we near the summit of Nan Bield Pass
The shelter at Nan Bield Pass with Yoke and Ill Bell behind
Looking down on Small Water
Mardale Ill Bell with Thornthwaite Crag and High Street behind from the ridge up to Harter Fell's summit
Just follow the fence to Kentmere Pike from Harter Fell
The Howgill Fells in the distance to the south east
Kentmere Pike trig point
Looking back to Kentmere Pike's summit as we head for Shipman Knotts
Goat Scar (left) and Shipman Knotts (right)
Shipman Knotts summit from the south
Upper Kentmere from our descent off Shipman Knotts
Kentmere Pike and the hamlet of Hallow Bank
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