Easedale and Stickle Tarns
Sun 29 May 2005
Route: Grasmere Village - Easedale - Sourmilk Gill - Easedale Tarn - Tarn Crag - Codale Head - High Raise - Thunacar Knott - Pike O'Stickle - Loft Crag - Harrison Stickle - Stickle Tarn - Blea Rigg - Easedale Tarn - Sourmilk Gill - Easedale - Grasmere Village
Distance: 11.50 miles
Ascent: 3,500ft
Time: 10 hours
With: David & Jennifer Hall and Jill, Nigel & Matthew Batchelor
Notes:
Overcast to start but cloud breaking to give lots of sunshine, windy at times.
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Codale Head and Tarn Crag from Easedale
Sourmilk Gill, Easedale
Climbing steeply up onto the ridge from Easedale Tarn
The Blea Rigg ridge (in shadow) and Codale Head on the far right with the Coniston Fells and Harrison Stickle behind from Tarn Crag
Codale Tarn
Calf Crag and Steel Fell in sunshine with the Helvellyn ridge and Saint Sunday Crag behind
Sergeant Man with Crinkle Crags and Bowfell behind from Codale Head
High Raise from Codale Head
Skiddaw from High Raise's summit trig point
360 Panorama from High Raise (Langdale)'s summit
Zooming in on Honister Crag
Looking across Langstrath towards Great Gable
Harrison Stickle from Thunacar Knott
The Helvellyn fells, Saint Sunday Crag and the Fairfield fells on the skyline from Thunacar Knott
Pike O' Stickle
Loft Crag from Pike O' Stickle's summit
Looking down South Scree into the Langdale valley
Looking back to Pike O' Stickle from our route to Loft Crag
Harrison Stickle from Loft Crag
Pike O' Stickle with Bowfell, Scafell Pike, Great End and Great Gable behind from Harrison Stickle
South westerly panorama from Harrison Stickle
Windermere from our ascent of Harrison Stickle
Pavey Ark and Stickle Tarn from Harrison Stickle
Westerly panorama from Harrison Stickle's summit
Stickle Tarn
Stickle Tarn, Harrison Stickle and Pavey Ark
Easedale Tarn with Tarn Crag on the left from Blea Rigg
Wild camping at Easedale Tarn
Easedale from the top of Sourmilk Gill
Previous Walk: Reston Scar and Hugill Fell (Sat 28 May 2005)
Next Walk: Glenridding Dodd and Sheffield Pike (Mon 30 May 2005)