Bowfell
Sat 6 Apr 2013
Route: Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel, Great Langdale - Stool End Farm - The Band - Three Tarns - Bowfell - Ore Gap - Angle Tarn - Rossett Gill - Mickleden - Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel
Distance: 7.75 miles
Ascent: 2,900ft
Time: 5 hours 40 minutes
With: Anne
Notes:
Blue sky, sunshine - my gloves, hat and coat stayed in the rucsac all day.
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On the way to Stool End with The Band centre, Crinkle Crags left and Bowfell right
Oxendale Beck and Crinkle Crags
Looking back down on Stool End
Bowfell
Heading for Three Tarns
Pike o'Blisco
Looking back down to The Band with the Langdale Pikes beyond
The Scafells from a frozen and snow covered tarn at Three Tarns
The Scafells from Three Tarns
Crinkel Crags (and many other fells) from the climb up Bowfell
Bowfell summit ahead
The Great Slab
Rescue Helicopter
Great visibility today, you could see for miles and miles
The Scafells from Bowfell's summit
Langstrath with the Skiddaw fells and Blencathra in the far distance
Heading for Ore Gap
The Scafells, again!
Wind sculptured snow
Angle Tarn below
Angle Tarn
Near the top of Rossett Gill
Great Langdale from the Rossett Gill path
Descending into Mickleden
Rossett Pike from Mickleden
Langdale Pikes from below
Looking back up Mickleden
Previous Walk: Round Kentmere Reservoir, no bell (Mon 1 Apr 2013)