Walk Information
Walk route: Seathwaite, Borrowdale - Stockley Bridge - Seathwaite Fell - Sprinkling Tarn - Sty Head - Styhead Tarn - Taylorgill Force - Seathwaite, Borrowdale
Distance: 5.50 miles
Ascent: 1,750ft
Time: 3 hours 20 minutes
With: on own
Conditions: overcast with the occasional ray of sunshine, cold in the strong wind
Comment: I visited Wainwright's top (601m), Seathwaite Fell's North Top (632m) and Seathwaite Fell's South Top (631m)
Route Map
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Photos
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Seathwaite Fell
Stockley Bridge
The view north down Borrowdale from the ascent
The 601m summit cairn at the north end of the fell
This top was chosen by Wainwright as his summit in preference to the higher ground to the south
360 Panorama from Seathwaite Fell's summit (Wainwright's top) - click on image for a larger version
Lingmell, Yewbarrow, Great Gable and Green Gable
The view north to Skiddaw and Blencathra from the highest point of Seathwaite Fell (632m)
Glaramara
The Glaramara to Allen Crags ridge - click on image for a larger version
Esk Pike from an unnamed tarn on Seathwaite Fell
Great End from an unnamed tarn on Seathwaite Fell
Great Gable and Green Gable
Wasdale Head and Yewbarrow
Sprinkling Tarn
Seathwaite Fell from Sprinkling Tarn
Great End, Broad Crag and Scafell Pike from Styhead Tarn
Broad Crag, Scafell Pike and Lingmell from Styhead Tarn
The Bridge across Styhead Gill
Why is it located here in the middle of nowhere? Cross to the right bank for Stockley Bridge, keep on the left for Taylorgill Force
Styhead Gill
Taylorgill Force
The hamlet of Seathwaite
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