Green Crag
Sat 10 Oct 2009
Route: Dalegarth Hall - Stanley Force - Birkerthwaite - Great Crag - Green Crag - Low Birker Tarn - Low Birker - Doctor Bridge - River Esk - St Catherine's Church - Dalegarth Hall
Distance: 7.50 miles
Ascent: 1,800ft
Time: 4 hours 40 minutes
With: David Hall
Notes:
Low cloud and some rain, wet underfoot
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Little Langdale temperature inversion from Wrynose Pass as I head for Eskdale
Stanley Force
Great Crag from near Birkerthwaite
Looking back down on Birkerthwaite, the buildings on the right
A glimpse of Devoke Water from Great Crag
Green Crag in the cloud from Great Crag
Green Crag appears for a moment
Looking back to Great Crag
Green Crag's summit cairn
The boundary stone in the col between Green Crag and Crook Crag
Low Birker Tarn in the distance
Low Birker Tarn
The remains of the peat hut above Low Birker
Part of the Low Birker peat track, taking us back down into Eskdale
Doctor Bridge over the River Esk
River Esk
River Esk
Previous Walk: Harter Fell from Mardale Head (Wed 7 Oct 2009)
Next Walk: Derwent Water: Lodore to Hawes End (Sun 11 Oct 2009)