The Esk Hause Fells

Sat 22 Oct 2005

Route: Seathwaite, Borrowdale - Stockley Bridge - Grains Gill - Esk Hause - Great End - Broad Crag - Ill Crag - Esk Hause - Esk Pike - Ore Gap - Bowfell - Ore Gap - Lower Esk Hause - Allen Crags - Lower Esk Hause - Grains Gill - Stockley Bridge - Seathwaite

Distance: 11.75 miles

Ascent: 4,475ft

Time: 7 hours 40 minutes

With: David Hall

Notes:

Into the cloud at 1,000ft, damp, slippery underfoot

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Seathwaite, Borrowdale

Looking up the valley from Seathwaite

Stockley Bridge

Stockley Bridge

Looking up Grains Gill

Footbridge across Grains Gill

Great End's summit

Broad Crag's summit

Descending off Broad Crag

Ill Crag's summit

Descending into Calf Cove on our way back to Esk Hause

Ascending Esk Pike from Esk Hause

Esk Pike's summit

Looking down on Ore Gap

Bowfell's summit

Angle Tarn from the path down from Ore Gap

Angle Tarn with Rosset Pike just visible in the cloud

Langstrath with the tops of Sergeant's Crag and Eagle Crag left of centre

Allen Crags summit

Esk Hause from Allen Crags

The top of Ruddy Gill

Looking down Grains Gill

Waterfall in Grains Gill just above the footbridge

Looking down towards Seathwaite from Grains Gill

Back at Stockley Bridge

Previous Walk: Burnbank Fell, Blake Fell and Gavel Fell (Sun 16 Oct 2005)

Next Walk: Deepdale and Saint Sunday Crag (Sat 29 Oct 2005)

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