Lingmoor Fell and Pike o'Blisco
Sat 16 Dec 2006
Route: Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel, Great Langdale - Side Pike - Lingmoor Tarn - Lingmoor Fell - Bleatarn House - Blea Tarn Carpark - Blea Tarn - Blake Rigg - Pike O'Blisco - Red Tarn - Oxendale - Stool End Farm - Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel
Distance: 7.75 miles
Ascent: 3,300ft
Time: 5 hours 30 minutes
With: David Hall
Notes:
Overcast, cold in the wind, snow on the high fells. Only a couple of spots of rain, positively dry for a change!
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Mickleden with Rossett Pike at its head
The Band with snow on Crinkle Crags and Bowfell
Blea Tarn from Side Pike
The Langdale Pikes from Side Pike's summit
Oxendale and Mickleden separated by The Band, from Side Pike's summit
Harrision Stickle, Pavey Ark and Sergeant Man with the sun lighting up Tarn Crag
David negotiating The Squeeze, the key to getting onto Lingmoor Fell from Side Pike
Side Pike
Side Pike and the Langdale Pikes
Lingmoor Tarn
A sunny interval on Lingmoor Fell
Sun catching the top of the Blea Rigg / Silver How ridge with snow on the Helvellyn and Fairfield fells behind
Looking over Blea Tarn to the crags on Blake Rigg, Pike O' Blisco and Crinkle Crags
Side Pike with the Langdale Pikes behind. Bleatarn House bottom left
Looking across Blea Tarn to Side Pike
Looking back down our route up Blake Rigg
Little Langdale from Blake Rigg's summit
Pike O' Blisco from Blake Rigg's summit cairn
Great Knott
Descending by Browney Gill
Descending into Oxendale
The top of Whorneyside Force, Hell Gill and Bowfell
Zooming in on Bowfell
Previous Walk: Friar's Crag, Derwent Water (Sun 10 Dec 2006)