Bowfell

Wed 15 Sep 2004

Route: Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel, Great Langdale - Stool End Farm - The Band - The Climbers' Traverse - Great Slab - Bowfell - Ore Gap - Angle Tarn - Rossett Gill - Mickleden - Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel

Distance: 7.75 miles

Ascent: 2,900ft

Time: 4 hours 15 minutes

With: On Own

Notes:

Blue sky and sunshine, cloud building

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Great Knott, Crinkle Crags, The Band and Bowfell

The Langdale Pikes from the road to Stool End

Looking down on Great Langdale from The Band

Bowfell from The Band

Looking back down on The Band and Great Langdale from the start of the climbers' traverse. Windermere can be seen beyond Lingmoor Fell

Looking over the Langdale Pikes to Dollywaggon Pike, Saint Sunday Crag (in shaddow) and Fairfield

Skiddaw and Blencathra to the north from Bowfell

The start of the climbers' traverse, Bowfell

Bowfell Buttress

The Great Slab, Bowfell

The Great Slab, Bowfell

Eskdale from Bowfell's summit

360 Panorama from Bowfell's summit

Looking towards Esk Pike from Bowfell

The Scafells from Bowfell

Looking down into Great Langdale from the top of Easy Gully, Bowfell

The Great Slab from near the top of Easy Gully, Bowfell. The climber's traverse can be seen centre, bottom under the slab

The Scafells from Bowfell

The Scafells from Bowfell

Ore Gap

Allen Crags and Glaramara from the descent to Angle Tarn

Angle Tarn

Rossett Pike

The Langdale Pikes and Mickleden from the top of Rossett Gill

Pike o' Blisco

Previous Walk: Brant Fell (Mon 13 Sep 2004)

Next Walk: Angletarn Pikes, Brock Crags and Rest Dodd (Sun 19 Sep 2004)

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