Sour Howes and Sallows
Sun 30 Apr 2006
Route: Troutbeck Church - Garburn Road - Backstone Barrow - Sour Howes - Sallows - Garburn Nook - Garburn Pass - Garburn Road - Troutbeck Church
Distance: 4.75 miles
Ascent: 1,400ft
Time: 2 hours 10 minutes
With: On Own
Notes:
Sunshine, blue sky and scattered clouds.
I bumped into David and Jennifer Hall on Sour Howes summit.
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Low down on the Garburn Road. I ascended Sour Howes by the ridge in the centre of the photo
Troutbeck Tongue with Caudale Moor on the left and the Ill Bell ridge (Thornthwaite Crag, Froswick, Ill Bell and Yoke) on the right
Wansfell
The village of Troutbeck on the slopes of Wansfell
Looking back down the Garburn Road
Caudale Moor, Troutbeck Tongue and the Ill Bell ridge from the ascent of Sour Howes
Wansfell from Applethwaite Common
Skyline: Red Screes, St Raven's Edge, Caudale Moor, Thresthwaite Mouth, Thornthwaite Crag, Froswick, Ill Bell and Yoke
Windermere from Sour Howes
The Coniston and Langdale fells from Sour Howes
Looking over Wansfell Pike to the Langdale fells
The top of Sour Howes
Windermere from Sour Howes summit
Northerly panorama from Sour Howes summit
Sallows from Sour Howes
Yoke, Harter Fell and Kentmere Pike from Sallows summit
Red Screes and Caudale Moor
The Garburn Road
The Garburn Road
A locked gate and motorbike traps to stop the 4x4s and scramblers using the Garburn Road without a permit
Wansfell Pike from the Garburn Road
Previous Walk: The spine of the central fells (Sat 29 Apr 2006)