Seat Sandal
Fri 5 May 2006
Route: Mill Bridge, Grasmere - Little Tongue - above Hause Riggs - Grisdale Hause - Seat Sandal - south ridge - Mill Bridge
Distance: 4.25 miles
Ascent: 2,200ft
Time: 2 hours 10 minutes
With: On Own
Notes:
Beautiful sunny evening, not a breath of wind, excellent visibility.
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Seat Sandal from the A591 at Mill Bridge
Steel Fell
Seat Sandal and Little Tongue (my route of ascent) to the left of the tree and Great Tongue to the right
Looking up the track to Little Tongue
View back down the valley from the bottom of Little Tongue
The view south from Little Tongue
The path traverses right above the small outcrops (Hause Riggs)
Southerly panorama from the top of Little Tongue
The path to Grisedale Hause from Hause Riggs with Fairfield directly in front
Dollywaggon Pike from Grisedale Hause
Grisedale Tarn at the head of Grisedale with Dollywaggon Pike on the left and Saint Sunday Crag on the right
Dollywaggon Pike, Grisedale Tarn, Saint Sunday Crag and Fairfield from the ascent of Seat Sandal
Seat Sandal's summit tarn with Great Rigg and the two tops of Heron Pike behind
Crinkle Crags to Pillar from Seat Sandal's summit
Saint Sunday Crag from Seat Sandal's summit
The view south from Seat Sandal with Loughrigg Fell in the centre of the photo
The Helvellyn ridge with the Skiddaw fells in the distance (far left)
Grasmere from the top of Seat Sandal's south ridge
Southerly panorama from the top of Seat Sandal's south ridge
Southerly panorama from Seat Sandal's south ridge
Seat Sandal's south ridge with the Coniston Fells in the distance (right)
Low down on Seat Sandal's south ridge
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