Eel Crag via Shelf Route
Sat 27 Sep 2008
Route: Braithwaite - Coledale (mine road) - Shelf Route - Eel Crag (Crag Hill) - Coledale Hause - Grisedale Pike - Sleet How - Kinn - Braithwaite
Distance: 8.50 miles
Ascent: 3,150ft
Time: 4 hours 20 minutes
With: Anne
Notes:
Hazy sunshine to start and finish with cloud in the middle.
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The mine road up Coledale to Force Crag Mine
Looking up at Grisedale Pike
Coledale
Force Crag Mine
A spaghetti western set? Force Crag Mine
Looking back down into Coledale
Coledale as we head towards Wainwright's Shelf Route
'Tower Ridge' up to the left
The shelf up to the notch on the skyline
Looking back down the 'Shelf Route'
Heading up Eel Crag with Coledale Hause below
A sad looking trig point at Crag Hill's summit
The path down to Coledale Hause
Looking across Coledale Hause to Eel Crag
Looking back towards Eel Crag and Grasmoor as we head for Grisedale Pike
Grisedale Pike
Looking back to Grisedale Pike's south western top
The descent off Grisedale Pike to Sleet How
Sleet How
The path off Sleet How down on to Kinn
Looking back up to Grisedale Pike from Kinn
The Skiddaw fells from Kinn
Heading down to Braithwaite
Previous Walk: Scafell Pike via the Piers Gill path (Fri 26 Sep 2008)
Next Walk: The Dodds (Sun 28 Sep 2008)