The Backbone of the Eastern Fells
Sat 4 Oct 2003
Route: Rydal - Nab Scar - Heron Pike - Great Rigg - Fairfield - Grisedale Hause - Seat Sandal - Grisedale Tarn - Dollywaggon Pike - High Crag - Nethermost Pike - Swallow Scarth - Helvellyn - Helvellyn Lower Man - White Side - Raise - Sticks Pass - Stybarrow Dodd - Watson's Dodd - Great Dodd - Calfhow Pike - Clough Head - White Pike - Old Coach Road - Wanthwaite
Distance: 17.50 miles
Ascent: 6,200ft
Time: 8 hours 35 minutes
With: Andy, Lorraine and Carolyn (until Grisedale Tarn)
Notes:
Sunshine, blue sky, hail, sleet, strong winds
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Nab Scar from near Rydal Mount
Rydal Water, Loughrigg Fell and the Coniston Fells from the ascent of Nab Scar
Nab Scar summit cairn
The view west from Nab Scar's summit
Approaching Heron Pike's summit
The view west from the ridge to Great Rigg
Looking back down the ridge to Heron Pike from the ascent of Great Rigg with Windermere, Esthwaite Water, Coniston Water and Grasmere all in view
360 Panorama from Fairfield's summit
The view west from the start of the descent off Fairfield
Looking back up the steep descent off Fairfield
Saint Sunday Crag and our line of descent off Fairfield
Dollywaggon Pike, Grisedale Tarn and Saint Sunday Crag from the ascent of Seat Sandal
Great Rigg, Grisedale Tarn and Seat Sandal from the ascent of Dollywaggon Pike
Saint Sunday Crag from the summit of Dollywaggon Pike
High Crag and Nethermost Pike in sunshine with Helvellyn, Catstycam and Striding Edge behind in shaddow
Helvellyn and Catstycam from Nethermost Pike's summit
Looking back south from near Helvellyn's summit
Helvellyn's summit
Catstycam and Red Tarn with Ullswater in the distance
The view west from Helvellyn's summit
The ridge north from Helvellyn Lower Man with the clear path up White Side, our next top
Browncove Crags, Thirlmere and Skiddaw from Lower Man
Looking over High Rigg to Skiddaw
Descending to Sticks Pass with Stybarrow Dodd ahead
Ullswater
Stybarrow Dodd summit as it starts to get very dark
We were caught by a horizontal sleet shower on Watson's Dodd
The view back south from the ascent of Great Dodd
Clough Head summit
Blencathra from the Old Coach Road
Previous Walk: Grange Fell (Fri 3 Oct 2003)
Next Walk: A Boredale Round (Sun 12 Oct 2003)