Blencathra and Mungrisdale Common
Sun 6 Nov 2011
Route: Blencathra Centre, Threlkeld - Blease Fell - Knowe Crags - Gategill Fell Top - Blencathra - Atkinson Pike - Mungrisdale Common - Glenderterra - Blencathra Centre
Distance: 6.75 miles
Ascent: 2,050ft
Time: 3 hours 30 minutes
With: On own
Notes:
Blue sky and sunshine, icy on Blue Screes
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Inversion over Derwent Water
Castle Head rising out of the mist
Looking over to Latrigg and the north western fells from Blease Fell
Zooming in on Keswick
Latrigg
Looking south west from the Blease Fell zig-zags
The top of Latrigg, Swinside and Barrow
St John's in the Vale and High Rigg
Lonscale Fell with Skiddaw Little Man and Skiddaw behind
South west from Blease Fell
Gategill Fell Top
Looking back to Blease Fell/Knowe Crags from Gategill Fell Top
Towards Hallsfell top (Blencathra's summit)
Blencathra's summit
Scales Fell with the North Pennines in the distance and the Eden Valley under cloud
Skiddaw from Blencathra's summit tarn
The White Cross in the saddle between Hallsfell Top and Atkinson Pike
Mungrisdale Common ahead
The path to Mungrisdale Common
Mungrisdale Common's summit
Looking across to Skiddaw
The cairn at grid reference NY307290
Burnt Horse with Skiddaw behind from beside Sinen Gill
Looking back along the Skiddaw House track with Great Calva in the distance
Almost back at the car parking near the Blencathra Centre with the Helvellyn ridge in the distance
Previous Walk: Tarn Hows (Sat 5 Nov 2011)
Next Walk: Circuit of Buttermere (Sat 3 Dec 2011)