Route: Patterdale - Arnison Crag - Trough Head - Birks - Gavel Pike - Saint Sunday Crag - Thornhow End - Glenamara Park - Patterdale
Distance: 6.00 miles
Ascent: 2,600ft
Time: 3 hours 40 minutes
With: Anne
Notes:
Sunny intervals, strong cold wind at times but generally mild
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Keldas catches the sun with Sheffield Pike in shadow behind
Ullswater from the ascent of Arnison Crag
Sheffield Pike and Glenridding Dodd behind Keldas, and Ullswater from the ascent of Arnison Crag
Birks from Arnison Crag's summit with a bit of snow on Saint Sunday Crag behind
Thornhow End, Birkhouse Moor and Catstycam
Place Fell from Arnison Crag's summit
Looking back to Arnison Crag with Place Fell behind
Birks, our route joined the wall just above the shadow. It felt a lot steeper than it looks!
Ullswater from Trough Head with Great Mell Fell in the distance
Looking back down on Arnison Crag with the far eastern fells behind
Saint Sunday Crag from Birks summit
Nethermost Pike's east ridge, High Spying How and Catstycam from Birks summit
High Spying How and Catstycam from Birks summit
Ascending Saint Sunday Crag from Birks (right) with Ullswater and Place Fell behind
Hart Crag and Fairfield both with their summits in cloud from Gavel Pike
The far eastern fells from Gavel Pike's summit
Zooming in on Hartsop Dodd, Gray Crag and High Street from Gavel Pike
Looking back to Gavel Pike with the far eastern fells behind from our route to Saint Sunday Crag's summit
The cloudy view west from Saint Sunday Crag's summit
Looking back to Saint Sunday Crag's summit
Birkhouse Moor across Grisedale from Saint Sunday Crag
Ullswater and Place Fell from the path on the side of Birks
St Patrick's Church, Patterdale
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