Causey Pike to Outerside
Sat 12 Jul 2008
Route: Stonycroft near Stair - Sleet Hause - Causey Pike - Scar Crags - Sail Pass - High Moss - Outerside - Low Moss - Stonycroft Gill - Stonycroft near Stair
Distance: 4.75 miles
Ascent: 2,200ft
Time: 2 hours 40 minutes
With: Anne
Notes:
A few sunny moments to start then overcast with a light shower on Scar Crags.
After the walk we visited the site of Rigg Beck (the purple house) which burnt down on 30 June this year.
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Stonycroft Bridge
Looking up towards Causey Pike
On the path up to Sleet Hause
The wooded Swinside with Latrigg and Blencathra behind and Derwent Water with Clough Head behind
Barrow from the zig-zags up to Sleet Hause
High Spy, Dale Head and Hindscarth
On the short scramble onto Causey Pike's summit
Rowling End below with our ascent path on the left, Catbells, Bleaberry Fell and High Seat and Helvellyn and the Dodds in the far distance
Stile End and Barrow below and the Skiddaw fells
Hopegill Head and Grisedale Pike from Causey Pike's summit
Scar Crags, Sail and Eel Crag from Causey Pike's summit
Ard Crags and the valley of Rigg Beck
Looking back to Causey Pike as we head for Scar Crags
A sunny moment as we ascend Scar Crags
Sail with Eel Crag behind from Scar Crags summit cairn
The path to High Moss from Sail Pass with the Skiddaw fells behind Outerside
The main track down to Stonycroft from High Moss. We turned left here to ascend Outerside first
Crag Hill (Eel Crag) and Coledale Hause from Outerside
Looking back across to Sail Pass from Outerside
Outerside's summit
Descending Outerside's northeast ridge
Causey Pike from the sheepfold at NY 217216
The old mine track by Stonycroft Gill
Rigg Beck, the purple house, was destroyed by fire on 30 June this year
All that remains is the base
A badly burnt tree
Previous Walk: Helvellyn from Swirls (Wed 9 Jul 2008)
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