Walk Information

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Walk route: Braithwaite - Kinn - Sleet How - Grisedale Pike - Hopegill Head - Sand Hill - Coledale Hause - Grasmoor - Eel Crag (Crag Hill) - Sail - Sail Pass - Force Crag Mine - Coledale - Braithwaite

Distance: 10.25 miles

Ascent: 4,100ft

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Time: 5 hours 40 minutes

With: Anne

Conditions: Blue sky and sunshine once we climbed above the fog. Warm when out of the wind

Photos

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Climbing out of the cloud on to Kinn with Skiddaw behindThe Vale of Keswick filled with cloud and the Helvellyn range from KinnA frosty field at High ColedaleLooking over the Vale of Keswick and Derwent Water to the Helvellyn ridgeAscending to Grisedale Pike's summit from Sleet HowLord's Seat and Whinlatter Forest with Binsey in the distance from Grisedale Pike's summitThe trig point on Grisedale Pike's summitSand Hill, Hopegill Head and Ladyside Pike from Grisedale PikeLooking back to Grisedale Pike's summit from its south west topHeading for Hopegill Head's summit with Ladyside Pike on the rightThe ridge to Whiteside from Hopegill HeadColedale from our ascent of Grasmoor from Coledale HauseGasgale Crags on the side of WhitesideThe summit shelter, GrasmoorLooking towards the Scafells from Grasmoor's summitMellbreak from Grasmoor's summit360 Panorama from Grasmoor's summitEel Crag with the Helvellyn range in the distance from GrasmoorSkiddaw and Blencathra from Eel Crag (Crag Hill) summitColedale and the village of Braithwaite from Crag HillThe valley of Sail Beck and the western fells from The ScarThe Helvellyn ridge from Sail's summitScar Crags and Causey Pike from SailOuterside from near Sail PassForce Crag MineBraithwaite and Keswick from the Coledale track

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