Kirk Fell direct and Great Gable
Sat 7 Dec 2002
Route: Wasdale Head - Kirk Fell - Kirkfell Tarn - Kirk Fell (East Top) - Beckhead Tarn - Beck Head - Great Gable - Sty Head - St Olaf's church - Wasdale Head
Distance: 6.00 miles
Ascent: 3,320ft
Time: 5 hours 25 minutes
With: Anne
Notes:
Windy out of the valley
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Wasdale Head Inn
Kirk Fell, we took the direct route
Looking back down on Wasdale Head, with Illgill Head and Wastwater in the distance, from near the start of the climb up Kirk Fell
Steep grass, Kirk Fell direct
Steep scree, Kirk Fell direct
Wasdale, Yewbarrow and Red Pike, taken while climbing Kirk Fell
Wasdale from the direct route, Kirk Fell
Looking across to Great Gable
Pillar and High Stile from Kirk Fell's summit
360 Panorama from Kirk Fell's summit
Kirk Fell's east top, Kirkfell Tarn (there are actually two tarns) and Great Gable
The Scafells from Kirkfell Tarn
Red Pike, Scoat Fell, Black Crag and Pillar from Kirk Fell
Green Gable and Great Gable from Kirk Fell
Looking down into Ennerdale with the High Stile ridge and Haystacks behind
Nearing the top of Great Gable from the route up from Beck Head
Nearing the top of Great Gable from the route up from Beck Head
Wastwater and Wasdale Head from Great Gable
The Fell and Rock Climbing Club's war memorial on Great Gable summit
Great Gable's summit
Southwest to north panorama from Great Gable's summit
Wasdale from the Westmorland Cairn, Great Gable
The Langdale Pikes in the distance behind the Glaramara to Allen Crags ridge from the descent to Sty Head off Great Gable
Yewbarrow and Wasdale Head from the Sty Head path
Inside St Olafs, Wasdale Head
The Fell and Rock Climbing Club Memorial window - 'I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills from whence cometh my strength.'
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