A Mosedale Horseshoe
Wed 28 Dec 2005
Route: Overbeck Bridge, Wasdale - Yewbarrow - Dore Head - Red Pike - Steeple - Little Scoat Fell - Black Crag - Wind Gap - Pillar - Looking Stead - Black Sail Pass - Wasdale Head - road - Overbeck Bridge
Distance: 11.00 miles
Ascent: 4,300ft
Time: 7 hours 10 minutes
With: David Hall
Notes:
Frosty, blue sky and sunshine
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Sunrise over the Coniston Fells from high up on Yewbarrow
Kirk Fell and Great Gable from Yewbarrow
Haycock, Red Pike and Pillar from Yewbarrow's summit
Pillar from our ascent of Red Pike from Dore Head
Yewbarrow with Scafell behind
Seatallan, Sellafield and the West Coast from 'The Chair', Red Pike
Low Tarn, Middle Fell and Seatallan from The Chair, Red Pike
The Helvellyn ridge, Kirk Fell and Great Gable from Red Pike
Heading for Red Pike's summit
Middle Fell, Seatallan and Haycock from Red Pike
Haycock, Scoat Fell, Black Crag and Pillar from Red Pike's summit
Pillar from Scoat Fell
Ennerdale from Steeple
Steeple
Red Pike with the Scafells behind from Scoat Fell
Looking across Wind Gap to Pillar
Pillar's summit
360 Panorama from Pillar's summit
The route off Pillar to Looking Stead and Black Sail Pass
The view east from Pillar
Mosedale and Wasdale Head
Looking back up Black Sail Pass
Pillar from the Wasdale Head Inn
Classic Wasdale lit by the setting sun
Previous Walk: Lingmoor Fell and Side Pike (Tue 27 Dec 2005)
Next Walk: Longside Edge and Skiddaw (Thu 29 Dec 2005)