High Street from Mardale Head
Thu 15 Apr 2010
Route: Mardale Head - Rough Crag - Caspel Gate Tarn - Long Stile - High Street - Mardale Ill Bell - Nan Bield Pass - Small Water - Mardale Head
Distance: 5.75 miles
Ascent: 2,200ft
Time: 3 hours 30 minutes
With: Anne
Notes:
Sunny to start but cloud building
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Mardale Beck with Mardale Ill Bell in the distance
Harter Fell from the path round to Riggindale, it did not use to be this wide
I'm told that the new wide lower path was made to get the digger for path repairing round to Riggindale
Riggindale
The start of the ascent of Rough Crag
Haweswater
Kidsty Pike, seen across Riggindale
Looking back down on The Rigg
Blea Water and Mardale Ill Bell
Rough Crag summit
Long Stile from Caspel Gate Tarn
Looking back down on Rough Crag from Long Stile
Over Blea Water to Harter Fell
High Street's summit trig point
The 'repaired' path to Mardale Ill Bell, for better or worse?
High Street from Mardale Ill Bell's summit
Heading down to Nan Bield Pass
Small Water with Haweswater beyond
Yoke and Ill Bell above Kentmere Reservoir from Nan Bield Pass
Nan Bield Pass (low point on skyline) from the Small Water shelters
Looking down on Mardale Head from Small Water Beck
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