Aira Force and Gowbarrow Fell
Thu 6 Feb 2014
Route: Aira Force middle carpark (Park Brow) - Aira Force - High Force - Gowbarrow Fell - shooting lodge - traverse above Yew Crag - Aira Force - carpark
Distance: 4.00 miles
Ascent: 1,100ft
Time: 2 hours 5 minutes
With: On own
Notes:
Rain at times, high fells lost in cloud, a couple of minutes of sunshine. Windy on the summit.
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The Duke of Portland Boathouse, Ullswater
Aira Force
Aira Beck above Aira Force
High Force
Ullswater from my ascent
A wet and windy Gowbarrow Fell summit with Great Mell Fell in the distance
Path restoration work since last time I was here, this section is now a lot less boggy/muddy. Little Mell Fell in the distance
Heading for the shooting lodge
The remains of the shooting lodge
Sandwick
Above Yew Crag on the traverse path
Ullswater
Aira Point and Lyulph's Tower
Aira Force from below
...and from above from the top bridge
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