Great Gable plus
Sat 15 Feb 2003
Route: Honister Pass - Grey Knotts - Grey Knotts Tarns - Brandreth - Gillercomb Head Tarns - Gillercomb Head - Green Gable - Windy Gap - Great Gable - Beck Head - Beckhead Tarn - Kirk Fell (East Top) - Kirk Fell - Black Sail Pass - Beck Head - Moses' Trod - Drum House - Honister Pass
Distance: 9.50 miles
Ascent: 3,600ft
Time: 7 hours 20 minutes
With: Anne, Andy Wallace and Jill Rowland
Notes:
Blue sky, sunshine and light winds
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Dale Head from the climb up Grey Knotts from Honister Pass
360 Panorama from Grey Knotts' summit
Buttermere from Grey Knotts summit
Brandreth's summit
360 Panorama from Brandreth's summit
Pillar from Gillercomb Head
Looking down into Gillercomb
Kirk Fell, Pillar and the High Stile ridge from Green Gable
The northwestern fells from Green Gable summit
360 Panorama from Green Gable's summit
Windy Gap and Great Gable from Green Gable
Heading up Great Gable from Windy Gap
Green Gable from the ascent of Great Gable
Great Gable summit
Crossing the snow to get to the summit rocks
360 Panorama from Great Gable's summit
Looking down on Beck Head with Kirk Fell and Pillar beyond
Wasdale and Yewbarrow from the descent to Beck Head
A frozen Beckhead Tarn
Looking back to Great Gable from the climb up Kirk Fell
Great Gable and the Scafells from Kirk Fell's summit
Black Sail Pass
Wastwater from Beck Head
Buttermere from Moses' Trod
Ennerdale and Buttermere separated by Haystacks and the High Stile ridge from Moses' Trod
The Helvellyn ridge from the Drum House above Honister Pass
Previous Walk: Little Town to Honister Pass (Sun 9 Feb 2003)
Next Walk: High Tove and Armboth Fell (Sun 16 Feb 2003)