Buttermere Trio

Sun 24 Dec 2006

Route: Buttermere Village - Bleaberry Tarn - Dodd - The Saddle - Red Pike - High Stile - High Crag - Gamlin End - Seat - Scarth Gap - Buttermere - Burtness Wood - Buttermere Village

Distance: 7.00 miles

Ascent: 2,800ft

Time: 6 hours 10 minutes

With: Roger & Ann Hiley and Anne

Notes:

In cloud up to 1,500ft with blue sky and sunshine above, great temperature inversion.

Found on Red Pike, one red glove. If you lost it please contact me...

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Ascending the path through Burtness Wood

Still in the cloud on a very slippery path, heading for Bleaberry Tarn

Dale Head and Fleetwith Pike as we break out of the cloud into another world

Eel Crag, Sail, Scar Crags, Knott Rigg, Blencathra and High Snockrigg as we climb above the cloud

Red Pike reflecting in Bleaberry Tarn

Looking over Newlands Hause to Blencathra from Dodd's summit

North easterly panorama from Dodd's summit

Roger capturing the view from Dodd with Mellbreak behind on the left

Looking east over Dodd from Red Pike

The Loweswater fells from Red Pike's summit

Starling Dodd and Great Borne from Red Pike with Crag Fell on the far left

North easterly panorama from Red Pike's summit

Looking back to Red Pike from our ascent of High Stile with Starling Dodd and Great Borne on the left and the Loweswater fells behind

Looking back to Red Pike and Dodd from our ascent of High Stile with Starling Dodd and Great Borne on the left and the Loweswater fells behind

The Eel Crag to Causey Pike ridge on the left, Robinson on the right and Skiddaw and Blencathra in the distance from High Stile

Dale Head and Fleetwith Pike from High Stile with the Helvellyn ridge in the distance

High Crag from High Stile with the Scafells behind right

Looking across Ennerdale to Pillar

Ennerdale

Dale Head and Fleetwith Pike from High Crag with the Helvellyn ridge in the distance

Starting the descent of Gamlin End with Great Gable at the head of Ennerdale

Fleetwith Pike from the descent of Gamlin End

The Grasmoor fells catch the evening light as we descend from Scarth Gap

Heading back down to Buttermere from Scarth Gap

Buttermere

Previous Walk: Skiddaw and Skiddaw Little Man (Sat 23 Dec 2006)

Next Walk: Helvellyn (Mon 25 Dec 2006)

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