Route: Rydal - Nab Scar - Heron Pike - Erne Crag top - Great Rigg - Fairfield - Link Hause - Hart Crag - Dove Crag - High Pike - Low Pike - High Sweden Bridge - Ambleside - Rydal Park - Rydal
Distance: 12.25 miles
Ascent: 3,440ft
Time: 6 hours
With: David Hall
Notes:
Sunny intervals. Cold wind at times
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Ambleside and Windermere as we head up Nab Scar
Looking across to the Langdale Fells
Heron Pike summit
Helm Crag
Looking back to Heron Pike as we ascend Great Rigg
Helm Crag with snow on the higher fells beyond
Great Rigg summit
Hart Crag from Great Rigg
Zooming in on Dollywaggon Pike, with Helvellyn behind. Grisedale Tarn bottom left
The view west
The shelter on Fairfield's summit
Cofa Pike and St Sunday Crag
Dollywaggon Pike, Nethermost Pike and Helvellyn
The far eastern fells from Fairfield's summit
Coniston Water and the Coniston fells
The Hartsop Above How ridge from Link Hause
Windermere
Looking back to Fairfield and Hart Crag
The Nab and Rest Dodd catch the sun
High Pike summit and the wall
Scandale Pass
Looking down on Low Pike
High Pike from Low Pike's summit with Little Hart Crag on the right
'Warning Deep Bog'
High Sweden Bridge
Nab Scar, Heron Pike, Erne Crag top and Great Rigg from Rydal Park
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