Crinkle Crags, Bowfell and Esk Pike

Wed 31 Mar 2004

Route: Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel, Great Langdale - Stool End Farm - Oxendale - Red Tarn - Crinkle Crags (Long Top) - Three Tarns - Bowfell - Ore Gap - Esk Pike - Esk Hause - Angle Tarn - Rossett Gill - Mickleden - Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel

Distance: 10.75 miles

Ascent: 3,850ft

Time: 5 hours 30 minutes

With: On Own

Notes:

Hazy sunshine, mild, easterly wind

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Stool End Farm at the bottom of The Band

The Langdale Pikes

Crinkle Crags from Oxendale

The Langdale Pikes from Brown Howe

Pike O' Blisco behind Great Knott and Cold Pike on the right from the route from Red Tarn to Crinkle Crags

Crinkle Crags

Looking north across Great Cove to the second Crinkle (Long Top, highest Crinkle), Mickle Door and the third Crinkle

Long Top the second and highest Crinkle (from the south)

The 'bad step', Crinkle Crags

Bowfell from Crinkle Crags

Scafell and Scafell Pike from Three Tarns

Looking back across Three Tarns to Crinkle Crags from the route up Bowfell

The Great Slab of Flat Crags, Bowfell

The Scafells from Bowfell's summit

Great Slab, Bowfell from near the top of Easy Gully

Looking across Ore Gap to Esk Pike

Looking back to Bowfell from Esk Pike

Great End and Esk Hause from Esk Pike

Great Gable and Green Gable from Esk Hause

Angle Tarn and Hanging Knotts

The Langdale Pikes from the top of Rossett Gill

Mickleden

Looking back to Rossett Gill and Pike

Looking up at Pike O' Stickle and Gimmer Crag (the main rock face of Loft Crag) from Mickleden

Previous Walk: Aira Force and Gowbarrow Fell (Sun 28 Mar 2004)

Next Walk: Great Mell Fell (Mon 5 Apr 2004)

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