Dale Head from Honister
Fri 10 Aug 2007
Route: Honister Pass - High Scawdel Tarn - Launchy Tarn - Dalehead Tarn - Dale Head - above Yew Crag - Honister Pass
Distance: 3.50 miles
Ascent: 1,550ft
Time: 2 hours
With: On Own
Notes:
Overcast with cloud hiding the high summits but improving during the walk.
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The Honister Slate Mine buildings at Honister Pass as I start my ascent of Dale Head
Honister Crag
Looking back down on Honister Pass, the building on the left is the YHA and the rest are all part of Honister Slate Mine
Launchy Tarn with High Spy behind right and the Sail - Scar Crags - Causey Pike ridge in the distance left
Launchy Tarn with High Spy behind
Dale Head with Dalehead Tarn just right of centre from High Scawdel
Dalehead Tarn and sheepfold from above
Looking back down on Dalehead Tarn from my ascent of Dale Head with the man carrying a red rucsac providing scale
Dalehead Tarn with Launchy Tarn on High Scawdel behind
High Spy from Dale Head's summit
The view north down Newlands to the Skiddaw fells (in cloud) from Dale Head's summit
Hindscarth from Dale Head
Walkers heading down the path to Honister Pass from Dale Head's summit
Buttermere and the High Stile ridge from above Yew Crag
Honister Crag
An old mine building with Grey Knotts on the other side of Honister Pass
Another old mine buidling with Glaramara, Allen Crags (top in cloud), Base Brown and Grey Knotts behind
Old winding drum at the top of the incline
All that is left of the old railway line up the incline with Honister Pass below
Another shot of Honister Crag
Looking down on Honister Pass
A photo of Yew Crag and the incline taken from the other side of the pass
Previous Walk: Carrock Pike and High Pike (Wed 8 Aug 2007)