Gillercomb Round
Mon 29 Dec 2003
Route: Seathwaite, Borrowdale - Sourmilk Gill - Gillercomb - Base Brown - Green Gable - Gillercomb Head Tarns - Brandreth - Grey Knotts Tarns - Grey Knotts - Seathwaite
Distance: 5.75 miles
Ascent: 2,620ft
Time: 3 hours 55 minutes
With: On Own
Notes:
Blue sky, snow on the tops, light winds
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Base Bown from near Seathwaite
Sourmilk Gill, Borrowdale
Looking northwards, down Borrowdale
Raven Crag (Gillercomb Buttress)
Esk Pike and Great End from Base Brown's summit
360 Panorama from Base Brown's summit
Looking over Borrowdale and Rosthwaite Fell to the Helvellyn range from Base Brown
Green Gable and the top of Great Gable
Looking back to Base Brown from the ascent of Green Gable with the Helvellyn ridge in the distance
Looking east to the Langdale Pikes
Looking north to Blencathra with Skiddaw on the far left and the Dodds on the right
Great Gable from Green Gable summit
Kirk Fell and Pillar
Ennerdale
Great End, Ill Crag, Broad Crag, Scafell Pike and Scafell from Green Gable's summit
Northwesterly panorama from Green Gable summit
High Crag, Haystacks, Buttermere, Crummock Water and Grasmoor from Green Gable
Looking north to Brandreth
Gillercomb
Looking back to Green Gable and Great Gable
The Helvellyn ridge from Brandreth's summit
Buttermere and Crummock Water from Brandreth
Pillar, Ennerdale, High Stile, Buttermere and Grasmoor from Brandreth
The northwestern fells from Grey Knott's western top
Glaramara, the Scafells and Great Gable from Grey Knotts
Looking down on Seathwaite from above the Plumbago mines
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