Walk Information

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Walk route: Peter House Farm - above Dead Crags - Bakestall - Skiddaw - Skiddaw Little Man - Jenkin Hill - Lonscale Fell - Burnt Horse - Skiddaw House - Cumbria Way - Whitewater Dash - Peter House Farm

Distance: 10.50 miles

Ascent: 3,200ft

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Time: 4 hours 40 minutes

With: on own

Conditions: Drizzle to start and then a few odd spots of rain. Overcast with a cloud base around 3,000ft

Comment: Everest the Easy Way ascent 3

Photos

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The Cumbria Way with Whitewater Dash (waterfall) in the distance and Dead Crags on the rightMy route up Bakestall between Dead Crags on the left and Dead Beck on the rightLooking back down my line of ascentIts not so steep higher up but hard work with no path to follow and tussocks to crossBakestall's summit cairn but the fence corner 100m further on is actually higherLooking across to Great Calva from Bakestall, can you spot the horse and fish?Lonscale Fell from the fence corner and Bakestall's true summitLooking back down on Bakestall from the path up SkiddawLooking up towards Skiddaw's north top, out of the clouds at the momentLooking back down the path from Broad End as I approach Skiddaw's north topSkiddaw summitLonscale Fell ahead as I descend to the col between Skiddaw and Skiddaw Little ManCarsleddam (left) and the Vale of Keswick far belowSkiddaw Little Man's summit cairnDerwent Water from Jenkin HillLooking back to Skiddaw Little Man (left) and Skiddaw (still in cloud) from Lonscale Fell's new summit cairnHigh Rigg and Thirlmere in the distance from Lonscale FellBurnt Horse (its the name of the short ridge in the centre of the photo!)Great Calva and Skiddaw House in the trees from my descent off Burnt HorseSkiddaw HouseThe footbridge across the infant River Caldew with Mungrisdale Common in sunshine and Blencathra in shadeLooking back along the track to Skiddaw HouseBakestall from the Skiddaw House trackDead Crags and Binsey from above Whitewater DashThe Cumbria Way below Dead CragsWhitewater Dash

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