Seathwaite Tarn Round
Sun 4 Jun 2006
Route: Walna Scar Road, fell gate (Seathwaite) - Walna Scar Road - Brown Pike - Buck Pike - Dow Crag - Goat's Hause - Coniston Old Man - Brim Fell - Levers Hawse - Swirl How - Great Carrs - Fairfield - Grey Friar - Seathwaite Tarn - fell gate
Distance: 10.00 miles
Ascent: 3,500ft
Time: 4 hours 40 minutes
With: Anne
Notes:
Overcast to begin, but the cloud breaking to give blue sky and scattered clouds. Warm, light breeze, hazy.
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Heading up the Walna Scar Road with Green Crag and Crook Crag on the skyline
Harter Fell (Eskdale) and the Scafells from the Walna Scar Road
Buck Pike and Coniston Old Man from Brown Pike
Blind Tarn and Brown Pike from the path up Buck Pike
The view south from our ascent of Buck Pike
Dow Crag from Buck Pike
Looking down Easy Gully, Dow Crag
Dow Crag's rocky summit
The path from Goat's Hause to the summit of the Old Man of Coniston
Goat's Water
Brown Pike, Buck Pike and Dow Crag from Coniston Old Man
Wetherlam from Coniston Old Man with Low Water straight down and a glimpse of Levers Water
Brim Fell from Coniston Old Man's summit with the Scafells in the distance
Swirl How from Brim Fell
Levers Water with Coniston Water beyond
Looking back to Brim Fell with Dow Crag on the right
Great Carrs from Swirl How's summit
Halifax Bomber crash memorial, Great Carrs
The 'Matterhorn Rock' on Grey Friar with the Helvellyn ridge and Fairfield in the distance
Coniston Old Man and Dow Crag from Grey Friar's summit
Seathwaite Tarn
Seathwaite Tarn panorama
Seathwaite Tarn's dam
Grey Friar from Seathwaite Tarn's dam
White Pike and the Walna Scar Road
Harter Fell (Eskdale) and the Scafells in the distance
Previous Walk: Catstycam to Glenridding Dodd (Sat 3 Jun 2006)
Next Walk: Castlerigg Stone Circle and High Rigg (Thu 8 Jun 2006)