Gatesgarthdale Round
Wed 16 Apr 2008
Route: Gatesgarth - Hassness - Robinson - Littledale Edge - Hindscarth - Hindscarth Edge - Dale Head - Honister Pass - Black Star - Fleetwith Pike - Fleetwith Edge - Gatesgarth
Distance: 8.75 miles
Ascent: 3,950ft
Time: 5 hours
With: On Own
Notes:
Scattered cloud, blue sky and sunshine to start but cloud building during the walk
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Looking across Buttermere to High Crag and High Stile
Haystacks and the Buttermere Pines
Weir, Hassnesshow Beck
Goat Gills
High Crag, Burtness Comb and High Stile
This ladder stile did not exist in Wainwright's day
Looking back down on Buttermere
Looking back down on Buttermere and Hassness (white building)
Looking back down on Hassness from the top of the steep part of the ascent of Robinson
High Snockrigg with Grasmoor, Wandope and Eel Crag seen over Buttermere Moss
Red Pike, Buttermere and Goat Crag
Zooming in on Red Pike and Dodd
The steep bit over but Robinson's summit is still some way off
Fleetwith Pike and Haystacks with Great Gable and Kirk Fell behind
The High Stile ridge with Pillar behind on the left
Almost at Robinson's summit
Robinson's summit
Rannerdale Knotts, Crummock Water, Mellbreak and Loweswater from Robinson's summit
Hindscarth and Dale Head on the right from Robinson
Pillar and Pillar Rock
Looking down Little Dale to Causey Pike and the Skiddaw fells
Pillar and the High Stile ridge from the ascent of Hindscarth
The Grasmoor fells from Hindscarth's summit
Great End, Ill Crag, Broad Crag, Scafell Pike behind Green Gable, and Great Gable from Hindscarth's summit
Dale Head from Hindscarth Edge
Gatesgarthdale Beck below, the bottom of Fleetwith Edge, Pillar, the High Stile Ridge and Buttermere from the ascent of Dale Head
Newlands Valley from Dale Head
Dale Head summit
Hindscarth from Dale Head's summit
Looking south to Bowfell, Esk Pike, the Scafells and Great Gable from the Dale Head to Honister Pass path
The slate mine at Honister Pass
Honister Crag
A quarry truck heads down to the mine buildings
Honister Hause
Hindscarth and Dale Head from Black Star's summit
Fleetwith Pike from Black Star
Robinson with Hindscarth on the right
The Butteremere valley from Fleetwith Pike's summit
The High Stile ridge and Buttermere from Fleetwith Edge
Buttermere from Fleetwith Edge
Buttermere from Fleetwith Edge
Fanny Mercer Memorial at the bottom of Fleetwith Edge
Previous Walk: Grike, Crag Fell and Lank Rigg (Sun 13 Apr 2008)