Route: Wasdale Head - Gavel Neese - Little Hell Gate - Great Napes - Great Hell Gate - Kern Knotts - Sty Head - Styhead Tarn - Aaron Slack - Windy Gap - Beck Head - Black Sail Pass - Kirk Fell - Kirkfell Tarn - Kirk Fell (East Top) - Beckhead Tarn - Beck Head - Gavel Neese - Wasdale Head
Distance: 9.00 miles
Ascent: 4,100ft
Time: 7 hours 30 minutes
With: Andy Wallace
Notes:
Overcast with the cloud touching the tops. Light rain showers but mostly dry.
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Great Gable from near St Olaf's Church, Wasdale Head
Looking up Gavel Neese to Great Gable
Wasdale Head from Gavel Neese
White Napes directly above and Great Napes to the right
Looking down Gavel Neese from just above Moses' Finger
Wasdale Head and Wastwater
Heading up towards the Great Napes
Crossing Little Hell Gate
Looking up Little Hell Gate
Looking up to Napes Needle
Heading along the south traverse, Great Gable
On the south traverse with the Sphinx Rock (also called the Cat Rock) on the skyline
Wasdale Head and Yewbarrow from the south traverse on Great Gable
Looking up Great Hell Gate
Looking ahead to Kern Knotts with Skew Gill, Great End beyond
The south traverse, Great Gable
Below High Kern Knotts
Lingmell from the mountain rescue stretcher box at Sty Head
Great End from Styhead Tarn
Heading up Aaron Slack
Looking down Aaron Slack to Styhead Tarn
Windy Gap and the top section of Aaron Slack
Aaron Slack from just above Windy Gap
Ennerdale from Windy Gap
Descending into Stone Cove from Windy Gap
Green Gable and the path we used to descend from Windy Gap
Looking across Beck Head to Kirk Fell
Green Gable, Windy Gap, Great Gable and Beck Head as we traverse round to Black Sail Pass
Pillar from near Boat How
Looking across Ennerdale to High Crag, Scarth Gap and Haystacks
Kirkfell Crags from Black Sail Pass
Looking back down on Black Sail Pass as we head up Kirk Fell
Burnmoor Tarn, Illgill Head and Wast Water from Kirk Fell's summit
Great Gable from Kirk Fell
The Scafells from Kirkfell Tarn
Descending to Beck Head from Kirk Fell
Heading back down to Wasdale Head from Beck Head
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