Harter Fell from Mardale Head
Sun 21 Sep 2014
Route: Mardale Head - Small Water - Nan Bield Pass - Harter Fell - Adam Seat - Gatescarth Pass - Mardale Head
Distance: 4.25 miles
Ascent: 1,800ft
Time: 2 hours 5 minutes
With: On Own
Notes:
Late afternoon walk, hazy sunshine
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Mardale Head
Looking back down on Mardale Head as I head for Small Water
Small Water with Haweswater far below
Nan Bield Pass as I start up the ridge to Harter Fell
Looking over Small Water to Rough Crag
The ridge up Harter Fell
...and looking back with High Street beyond Mardale Ill Bell
Harter Fell summit cairn
Haweswater from Harter Fell
Heading for Adam Seat and Gatescarth Pass
Branstree
Boundary Stone at Adam Seat's summit, L for Lowther, landowner in Shap Rural parish to the north
...and H for Harrison, the landowner in Longsleddale parish
Heading back down to Mardale Head
Why does the sign say Gatesgarth (which is near Buttermere) and not Gatescarth?
The lack of rain over the Summer months means the reservior is low, exposing the old tracks and walls
Wood Howe
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