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Bow Fell & Crinkle Crags (17km)

Really hot weather for yesterdays walk which went great except for getting lost and making a rough/loose descent of Pike o'Blisco via Skull Gill!


Four wainwrights completed;

1. Bow Fell (902m)
2. Crinkle Crags (859m)
3. Cold Pike (701m)
4. Pike o'Blisco (705m)

The infamous 'Bad Step' on Crinkle Crags is pictured below and you can access a full walk report on my new mountainstuff.net site here.

mountainstuff website

You can look at walk reports (including maps and gradient profiles) for some of my walks via my new website which is nearly completed at mountainstuff.net.

Scafell group (21km)

A longish walk at 13miles on friday taking in the highest mountain in England - Scafell Pike at 978m. (pic above)
Started out from the Brotherikeld farm at the bottom of the Hardknott pass following the River Esk to Esk Hause. From here it was up Great End then over Broad Crag and Ill Crag before reaching Scafell Pike. Descended from Mickledore besides How Beck which turned out to be quite scrambly.

Just the two Wainwrights summited;

1. Great End (910m)
2. Scafell Pike (978m)

Coniston Old Man (11km)

A short walk (3.5hrs) in some great weather today. Scrambled up 'The Bell' (pictured) from Walna Scar road then headed up the tourist path to the Old Man, nipped over to Brim Fell then headed back via Dow Crag, Buck Pike & Brown Pike.


Three Wainwrights summited;

1. Coniston Old Man (803m)
2. Brim Fell (796m)
3. Dow Crag (778m)

Black Sail 15-17 April 07

Thirteen Wainwrights ticked over 3 days at the Black Sail Hut YHA in Ennerdale.

Walk in from Buttermere (8km 640m):

1. Haystacks (597m)

Day 1 (19km 1320m):

1. Haycock (797m)
2. Scoat Fell (841m)
3. Steeple (819m)
4. Pillar (892m)

Day 2 (14km 1405m):

1. Great Gable (899m)
2. Green Gable (801m)
3. Base Brown (646m)
4. Brandreth (715m)

Day 3 (10km 845m):

1. High Crag (744m)
2. High Stile (807m)
3. Red Pike (755m)
4. Dodd (502m)

See the gallery here and the walk report here (soon).

Deepdale Horseshoe (10mi/16km)

A 'good friday' walk around this less popular horseshoe including a bit of scrambling up Cofa Pike (see pic) and part of Arnison Gill.



The following Wainwrights completed in about 7.5hrs;

1. Arnison Crag (433m)
2. Birks (622m)
3. St. Sunday Crag (841m)
4. Fairfield (873m)
5. Hart Crag (822m)
6. Hartsop above How (580m)

Birketts; Cofa Pike & Gale Crag.

See the gallery here and the walk report here (soon).