Two great days running a navigation course. Day one was spent on Silver How and on day two we negotiated lumps, bumps and tarns on Loughrigg Fell.
The weather was fantastic throughout.
Monthly Archives: April 2011
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NNAS Silver Course
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Helvellyn
Wonderful day on Helvellyn today. We ascended to Birkhouse Moor via Lanty's Tarn, then followed Striding Edge to the summit. After lunch and numerous photos, we descended Swirrall Edge, then onto Catstycam before returning to Glenridding via the Greenside Road. Fantastic weather and awesome views.
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Scafell Pike
Good day on Scafell Pike. From Seathwaite, we walked up to Styhead Tarn before ascending to Lingmell Col via the Corridor Route. We then continued to the summit.
Due to it being cold and poor visibility, we did not stay long on the top. After a brief stop for lunch, we descended to Esk Hause then followed the Grains Gill path back to Seathwaite. -
Langdale Rock Climbing
A good morning in the sun today rock climbing in the Langdale Valley. We climbed behind the New Dungeon Ghyll Hotel to Sticklebarn Crag.
We had good fun climbing several routes on the crag before descending back to the hotel for lunch.
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Haystack and Fleetwith Pike
A good climbing Haystacks from Gatesgarth today, we climbed to Scarth Gap and up to the summit of Haystacks, stopping to admire the god views as they unfolded on the way up before descending by Innominate Tarn and Blackbeck Tarn to stop for lunch on Green Crag with wonderful views down the length of the Buttermere Valley.
After lunch we descended by Little Round How to Dubbs Quarry before climbing above the quarries to the summit of Fleetwith Pike and the steep descent down Fleetwith Edge back to Gatesgarth Farm.
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Scafell Pike
Wonderful day on Scafell Pike. We ascended the Corridor Route and returned via Grains Gill.
As we had blue sky and sunshine for the whole day, we lingered for a while on the top enjoying fantastic views and taking photos. Well done to Lucy, who is the first toy poodle [to my knowledge] who has completed the highest peak in all counties of the UK. -
Langdale Rock Climbing
A good Rock Climbing Session this morning on Sticklebarn Crag in the Langdale Valley although a little damp. We had a good session climbing up the right hand side of the flake although a little slippery!
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Castle Crag
A good short walk today climbing Castle Crag from Grange.
We followed the path by Hollows Farm to Gowder Dub and climbed Castle Crag by Broadslack Gill. The views from the summit were magnificent, we stopped on the summit for a short stop to refuel and admire the views.
From the summit we descended south to meet the riverside path, following the River Derwent north. We found a god place for lunch by the riverside in High Hows Woods.
After lunch we climbed the path to Millican Daltons Cave before following the path back by Gowder Dub to Grange.
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Howtown to Pooley Bridge
A great day above Ullswater today, climbing over Steel Knotts from Howtown and following the ridge back to Pooley Bridge.
From Pooley Bridge we caught the 9.45 steamer to Howtown climbing above onto the flanks of Steel Knotts and up to the summit rocks, also known as Pikeawassa.
As we climbed there was a blustery breeze and drizzle, but as we climbed the slopes above towards Wether Hill the rain eased off and the clouds parted giving wonderful views for the rest of the day.
We stopped behind the wall on the summit ridge to eat our packed lunches, as we got up to continue walking we spotted the Golden Eagle circling a short distance away, being mobbed by a brave raven!
We followed the High Street Roman Road north crossing the summit of Wether Hill and climbing to the summit of Loadpot Hill by the remains of the shooting cabin on it's slopes, descending from Loadpot Hill to Bonscale Pike in bright sunshine, the views down the lake were wonderful and we followed the easy path north over Arthurs Pike before descending, now back on the High Street Roman Road down to The Cockpit, a stone circle above Pooley Bridge, following the track back down to the village.
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Silver How Navigation Training
A near perfect day again today on Silver How for a Navigation Training Course, we set off from Elterwater at 10am and climbed above Red Bank onto the Silver How Ridge near Dow Bank, running several navigation exercises along the ridge to reach the summit of Silver How for lunch.
After lunch we continued west along the ridge as far as Swinescar Pike before returning to descend to Chapel Stile by Megs Gill and following the river back to Elterwater.
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Rock Climbing in Langdale
A great afternoon rock climbing today.
We climbed several routes on Sticklebarn Crag before rounding the day off with some abseiling.
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High Street
A near perfect day today climbing High Street from Patterdale. We set off from the Patterdale Hotel just after 10am and climbed to Boredale Hause following the path below Stony Rigg to climb to the summit of the Angletarn Pikes.
The weather was near perfect, very little wind and clear skies giving us wonderful views across the valley towards Helvellyn and Fairfield. We continued past Angle Tarn and climbed past Satura Crag to the summit of The Knott, stopping for lunch at the Straights Of Riggindale, watching the deer in the valley below while we ate our sandwiches.
The short climb to the summit of High Street was climbed quickly after lunch and we stopped on the summit for a while to take in the views before pressing on, descending to the summit of Thornthwaite Crag with it's wonderful views south over Windermere.
The ridge north from Thornthwaite Crag gave us a good route back to the valley, over the summit of Gray Crag before the steep descent to Hartsop and the path back along the valley to Patterdale.
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The Langdale Pikes
A great day climbing the Langdale Pikes today, setting off from the New Dungeon Ghyll Hotel just after 10am we climbed by Stickle Ghyll and up the zig-zags by Tarn Crag to Stickle Tarn and followed the path around Stickle Tarn to the North Rake climbing to the summit of Pavey Ark.
From Pavey Ark a short walk brought us to the summit of Thunacar Knott and then to Harrison Stickle, our highest point of the day. We stopped out of the breeze just below the summit to eat our sandwiches before we continued, crossing Harrison Combe to climb to the rocky summit of Pike O'Stickle before descending over Loft Crag and down alongside Dungeon Ghyll back down to the valley.
A good day in good weather, many of the higher summits spent most of the day in cloud but we were dry and with good views all day!
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Helvellyn
A surprisingly good day on Helvellyn today, two groups set off from Paterdale at 9.30 in wind and rain, one climbing to Striding Edge and the other climbing by Grisedale Tarn and over Dollywaggon Pike and Nethermost Pike to the summit of Helvellyn.
Not long after leaving Patterdale the rain stopped and the skies cleared to give us a wonderful day with some spectacular views as far as Blackpool and the Cheviots!
Both groups descended by Swirral Edge and Red Tarn back to Patterdale over Birkhouse Moor in strong sunshine.
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