Great Gable from Honister Hause
Wed 12 May 2010
Route: Honister Pass - Drum House - Moses' Trod - Beck Head - Great Gable - Windy Gap - Green Gable - Gillercomb Head - Gillercomb Head Tarns - Brandreth - Grey Knotts Tarns - Grey Knotts - Honister Pass
Distance: 6.00 miles
Ascent: 2,350ft
Time: 3 hours 30 minutes
With: On own
Notes:
Lots of sunshine but cloud building, a cool breeze at times
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Honister Crag from Honister Hause
The Drum House, well the remains of it
The Buttermere Valley with Haystacks in shadow on the left
Ennerdale with Pillar on the left
Green Gable and Great Gable
Gable Crag
Wasdale and Wastwater from Beck Head
Kirk Fell from the ascent of Great Gable from Beck Head
The Fell and Rock Climbing Club's war memorial on Great Gable summit
Wasdale from the Westmorland Cairn
The Scafells from the Westmorland Cairn with Great Hell Gate below
Wasdale Head
North towards Skiddaw and Blencathra from Great Gable's summit
Green Gable from the descent to Windy Gap
Looking across Windy Gap to Green Gable
Sunshine on Kirk Fell and Pillar in the shade
Looking back over the tarns at Gillercomb Head to Green and Great Gable from the slopes of Brandreth
Brandreth's summit
Dale Head from the descent to Honister Hause from Grey Knotts
Little Gatesgarthdale
Honister Mine buildings and the YHA hostel at Honister Hause
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