Route: Threlkeld - Hall's Fell Ridge - Blencathra - Atkinson Pike - Foule Crag - Sharp Edge - Scales Tarn - Lower slopes of Scales Fell - Scales - Doddick Fell - Upper part of Scales Fell - Blencathra - Gategill Fell Top - Knowe Crags - Blease Fell - Threlkeld
Distance: 9.00 miles
Ascent: 4,500ft
Time: 6 hours 30 minutes
With: Andy Wallace
Notes:
Overcast, windy at times
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Clough Head from the lower slopes of Hall's Fell Ridge
Hall's Fell Ridge leads directly to the summit of Blencathra
The view south to the Dodds from Hall's Fell Ridge
Hall's Fell Ridge
Ascending Hall's Fell Ridge
Looking up Hall's Fell Ridge to Blencathra's summit
Hall's Fell Ridge
Hall's Fell Ridge
Ascending Hall's Fell Ridge
Gategill Fell Top with Derwent Water and the north western fells beyond from Hallsfell Top (Blencathra's summit)
Looking down on Sharp Edge and ScalesTarn
Sharp Edge
Looking back up Foule Crag
Sharp Edge
Crossing the notch to get to the 'awkward slab' and 'Pillar-box'
Looking back to the 'Pillar Box' and 'Awkward Slab', Sharp Edge, Blencathra
'The Pavement', Shap Edge, Blencathra
Looking back up Sharp Edge towards Foule Crag
Sharp Edge, Blencathra
The end (or start if ascending) of Sharp Edge
Sharp Edge from Scales Tarn
The River Glenderamackin with Sharp Edge on the left
Souther Fell
Descending to Scales
Great Mell Fell
The A66 with the North Pennines in the distance from Doddick Fell
Doddick Fell with Hallsfell Top (Blencathra's summit) on the left
Doddick Fell
Hallsfell Top from Doddick Fell
Looking down Doddick Fell
Sharp Edge and Scales Tarn from Scales Fell
The zig-zags at the top of Scales Fell
Skiddaw from Blencathra's summit
Looking down on Gategill Fell
Knowe Crags from Gategill Fell Top
Looking back to Gategill Fell Top from Blease Fell
Latrigg, Derwent Water and the north western fells from the descent off Blease Fell
Gategill Fell from above Threlkeld
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