Mungrisdale Circuit
Sun 3 Mar 2013
Route: Mungrisdale - east ridge - Bowscale Fell - Bannerdale Crags - White Horse Bent - Souther Fell - Mungrisdale
Distance: 7.75 miles
Ascent: 2,150ft
Time: 4 hours 30 minutes
With: Anne and David & Jennifer Hall
Notes:
A delayed start in the hope that the forecast was right and it would be brighter, it wasn't!
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Looking back down on part of Mungrisdale as we head up onto the east ridge
Valley of the River Glendermackin, Souther Fell left, Blencathra and Bannerdale Crags centre and The Tongue right
Ascending Bowscale Fell's east ridge
Bannerdale Crags with Blencathra behind
Heading for Bowscale Fell's summit
Bowscale Tarn below
Bannerdale Crags and Blencathra from Bowscale Fell's summit
Grasses and snow
Bannerdale
Heading for Bannerdale Crags
Looking back to Bowscale Fell
Blencathra from Bannerdale Crags summit cairn
Great Mell Fell from White Horse Bent
Blencathra
Valley of the River Glendermackin, someone had the bright idea of planning trees and fencing it off
The view south and sunbeams
Blencathra and Bannerdale Crags from Souther Fell's summit
Heading back to Mungrisdale
Descending
So near yet so far. You can't cross this field...
...so turn right and keep above the intake wall until you reach the road
Previous Walk: The Greenburn Round (Sat 2 Feb 2013)
Next Walk: Circuit of Buttermere (Sun 17 Mar 2013)