Seat Sandal
Sun 18 May 2014
Route: Grasmere (A591) - Mill Bridge - Tongue Gill - Grisedale Hause - Seat Sandal - south ridge - Mill Bridge - Grasmere (A591)
Distance: 5.00 miles
Ascent: 2,200ft
Time: 3 hours
With: Anne
Notes:
Hazy, warm lower down, cooler higher in the wind. Lots of cloud cover but the sun still broke through.
© Crown copyright. All rights reserved. Licence number AL100038401
Seat Sandal ahead
Looking across to Greenburn with Steel Fell on the right
The weir used to collect and divert some of the water into the new Tongue Gill Hydro Electric Scheme
Looking up Tongue Gill
...and back down
Waterfall, well thats what it says on the map.
Approaching Grisedale Hause
A bit of Grisedale Tarn, St Sunday Crag and Fairfield as we head up Seat Sandal
Dollywaggon Pike, Grisedale Tarn and St Sunday Crag
Zooming in on Grisedale with Ullswater in the distance
Grisedale Tarn
St Sunday Crag and Fairfield from Seat Sandal's summit
The view west from the summit cairn
...and north to Skiddaw
Seat Sandal's south ridge
Grasmere
The lower part of the ridge
Looking back up
...and again from near Mill Bridge
Seat Sandal from the A591
Previous Walk: Cross Fell from Kirkland (Sat 17 May 2014)
Next Walk: High Pike and Carrock Fell (Sat 24 May 2014)