Mardale Ill Bell, High Street and Kidsty Pike
Sat 8 Sep 2007
Route: Mardale Head - Blea Water - north ridge - Mardale Ill Bell - High Street - Straits of Riggindale - Kidsty Pike - Kidsty Howes - Riggindale - Haweswater - Mardale Head
Distance: 7.25 miles
Ascent: 2,400ft
Time: 3 hours 50 minutes
With: Anne
Notes:
Sunshine and blue sky for most of the walk
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Mardale Ill Bell from Mardale Head
The path by Mardale Beck
Looking back towards Haweswater and Mardale Head
Looking ahead towards High Street, the near ridge rising to the left will be our ascent route onto Mardale Ill Bell
The route to Blea Water
Looking back along our route and across the valley to Branstree
Mardale Ill Bell's north ridge from Blea Water dam
Rough Crag from Blea Water
Another photo of Mardale Ill Bell's north ridge
Ascending Mardale Ill Bell's north ridge
Looking back down Mardale Ill Bell's north ridge to Blea Water
They way ahead to Mardale Ill Bell's summit, the steep part over
Nan Bield Pass and the ridge to Harter Fell
Blea Water, Long Stile, Kidsty Pike and High Raise in the far distance
Mardale Ill Bell's north ridge and Blea Water below, the Rough Crag ridge and Haweswater
Harter Fell from Mardale Ill Bell's summit
360 Panorama from Mardale Ill Bell's summit
Yoke, Ill Bell and Froswick from Mardale Ill Bell's summit
High Street from Mardale Ill Bell
Looking back to Mardale Ill Bell with Harter Fell behind from our route up High Street
The wall across the top of High Street with the white summit trig point on the skyline
Blea Water and Mardale Ill Bell's north ridge with Harter Fell behind
Long Stile, Caspel Gate Tarn and Rough Crag from High Street
Straits of Riggindale
Looking across to Helvellyn, the Dodds and Blencathra from High Street
Kidsty Pike and Riggindale
Looking back across the Straits of Riggindale to High Street
Heading for Kidsty Pike
Zooming in on Mardale Ill Bell's north ridge with Long Stile in front and Harter Fell behind left
High Raise (not the Langdale one!) from Kidsty Pike
Heading down the ridge from Kidsty Pike's summit
The ridge to Kidsty Howes with Selside Pike on the far side of Haweswater
Haweswater and The Rigg (wooded) from Kidsty Howes
Looking north east down Haweswater from below Kidsty Howes
Kidsty Pike (left) and Kidsty Howes (right) from Riggindale
'Riggindale Bay', Haweswater
The site of Riggindale Farm, one of the many properties destroyed with the flooding of the valley to provide water for Manchester
Speaking Crag sticking out into Haweswater
Harter Fell from Mardale Head
Mardale Beck flowing into Haweswater
Previous Walk: Binsey (Mon 27 Aug 2007)