Route: Seathwaite, Borrowdale - Taylorgill Force - Styhead Tarn - Sty Head - Corridor Route - Lambfoot Dub - Great End - Calf Cove - Esk Hause - Sprinkling Tarn - Seathwaite Fell - Stockley Bridge - Seathwaite
Distance: 8.00 miles
Ascent: 2,900ft
Time: 5 hours 5 minutes
With: On own
Notes:
A bit hazy, lots of sunshine, a stiff breeze on the tops.
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Seathwaite Fell from Seathwaite
Instead of taking the main track to Sty Head via Stockley Bridge I took the less used route via Taylorgill Force
The firsts short scramble up to the gate. Taylorgill Force comes into view.
The second short scrambling section
Taylorgill Force
Looking back along my route
Looking down Styhead Gill
The main path to Sty Head from Borrowdale is on the left and crossed Styhead Gill at the bridge in the centre of the photo
Great End from beside Styhead Gill
Styhead Tarn
Lingmell from the Stretcher Box at Sty Head
The Corridor Route crossing the bottom of Skew Gill
Looking down towards Wasdale Head
Skew Gill
Sty Head from the Corridor Route
Great Gable
Lambfoot Dub
Looking across to Lingmell from near Lambfoot Dub with the Corridor Route below
Looking back to Lambfoot Dub with Great Gable behind
Zooming in on Lambfoot Dub
Broad Crag
Round How with Lingmell behind from my route up on to Great End
Great End's northwest top
A birds eye view of Sprinkling Tarn
Seathwaite Fell and Sprinkling Tarn
Seathwaite Fell, Sprinkling Tarn and Glaramara
Looking over Seathwaite Fell to the north western fells
Great End's south eastern (and main) summit
Ill Crag on the left, Broad Crag with Scafell Pike behind on the right from Great End's summit
Calf Cove and Esk Pike
Iron ring in Calf Cove, used to tether ponies, visitors continued to Scafell Pike's summit on foot from here
The 'Borrowdale path' from Esk Hause
Central Gully, Great End
Straight on for Sty Head via Sprinkling Tarn, right for Seathwaite via Grains Gill
Sprinkling Tarn from its outflow, the high point right is Allen Crags
Sprinkling Tarn and Great End from the 631m spot height on Seathwaite Fell (a Nuttall)
Sprinkling Crag Tarn also called Great Slack Tarn
Looking towards Seathwaite Fell's main top at 632m
This distinctively shaped tarn is really useful for finding Seathwaite Fell's summit in poor weather
Sty Head
Seathwaite Fell's main summit at 632m (a Nuttall and Birkett), Wainwright's top at 601m can be seen in the near distance at the north end of the fell
Heading to Wainwright's top on Seathwaite Fell
Base Brown from Wainwright's Seathwaite Fell top
Borrowdale from Seathwaite Fell
At the top of the steep descent off Seathwaite Fell to join the Sty Head to Stockley Bridge path
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