Route: Whinlatter Pass - Hobcarton Valley - Ladyside Pike - Hopegill Head - Grisedale Pike - Hobcarton End - Whinlatter Pass
Distance: 5.75 miles
Ascent: 2,250ft
Time: 3 hours 45 minutes
With: Anne and Roger & Ann Hiley
Notes:
Dry, overcast, windy
Area
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Graystones from Swinside Plantation, Whinlatter Pass
Hobcarton Valley. Grisedale Pike is the peak on the left
Panorama from the climb upto Ladyside Pike: Graystones, Broom Fell, the long ridge of Whinlatter and Skiddaw with its top in cloud
Climbing Ladyside Pike's north ridge
Hopegill Head from Ladyside Pike
Ascending the slabs onto Hopegill Head
Ladyside Pike from the top of the slabs onto Hopegill Head
Grisedale Pike from Hopegill Head
Gasgale Gill and the Whiteside ridge from Hopegill Head
Leaving Grisedale Pike's subsidiary top for the main top
The weather closing in. Sand Hill and Hopegill Head with Grasmoor (left) in cloud from Grisedale Pike summit
Walkers heading for Grisedale Pike's east ridge, with the cloud building over Skiddaw and Blencathra
Descending Grisedale Pike's north ridge to Hobcarton End
Looking back up to Grisedale Pike from Hobcarton End
Descending to Whinlatter Pass from Hobcarton End
Hopegill Head and Ladyside Pike seen from the descent off Hobcarton End
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