Wastwater Screes
Sun 8 Dec 2002
Route: Brackenclose, Wasdale - Wastwater - Wastwater Screes - east side of Greathall Gill - Whin Rigg - Illgill Head - Brackenclose
Distance: 8.50 miles
Ascent: 2,050ft
Time: 5 hours 10 minutes
With: Anne
Notes:
Sunshine, cold in the wind
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Screes path sign
Looking back to Kirk Fell, Great Gable and Lingmell from the lake shore path
Yewbarrow
An easy path to start with, no scree
One of the first sections of scree, still easy going
Looking up Wastwater Screes
Yewbarrow seen across Wastwater
Big boulders and no path to follow any more, Wastwater Screes
A sea of scree, Wastwater Screes
Wastwater from the climb up by Greathall Gill
Looking towards Illgill Head from Whin Rigg summit
The top of the screes, Wasdale
Looking down on Wastwater and Wasdale Hall (YHA) in front of the trees
The view back to Whin Rigg
Great Gable, Lingmell and The Scafells from Illgill Head summit
Yewbarrow from Illgill Head
Wasdale Head panorama
Great How, Burnmoor Tarn and Harter Fell from the descent off Illgill Head
Looking up Lingmell Gill to The Scafells
A section of the Wastwater Screes
The view, classic Wasdale
Previous Walk: Kirk Fell direct and Great Gable (Sat 7 Dec 2002)
Next Walk: Loughrigg Fell (Sat 14 Dec 2002)