Route: Mardale Head - Rough Crag - Caspel Gate Tarn - Long Stile - High Street - Mardale Ill Bell - Nan Bield Pass - Harter Fell - Gatescarth Pass - Mardale Head
Distance: 6.75 miles
Ascent: 2,700ft
Time: 5 hours 10 minutes
With: John Paterson
Notes:
Sunny periods
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Rough Crag, my route to the summit of High Street today
Riggindale with Rough Crag on the left and Kidsty Pike on the right. The island is called Wood Howe
The Rigg, Rough Crag and Riggindale
Harter Fell and Mardale Head
Mardale Head, the tides out! The reservoir is very low at the moment
Looking down on the head of the reservoir from Rough Crag
Haweswater from the ascent of Rough Crag
Caspel Gate Tarn and the Long Stile ridge onto High Street's summit
Looking back down on Rough Crag
Sparkle of sunlight on Blea Water
Harter Fell and Blea Water
Looking down into Riggindale
Approaching High Street's summit trig point
The view west from the summit as the cloud starts to build
Looking south to Ill Bell, Froswick and Windermere
Nan Bield Pass and the ridge onto Harter Fell
Small Water and Haweswater from above Nan Bield Pass
Kentmere Reservoir, Yoke and Ill Bell
Looking down on Small Water
Fell ponies above Kentmere
Fell ponies above Kentmere
Harter Fell's summit cairn
Haweswater from the north east end of Harter Fell
Blea Water with the top of High Street now in cloud
Descending from Gatescarth Pass down to Mardale Head
Almost back at the car park, Mardale Head
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