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Fairfield Horseshoe

A wonderful day on the Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside today taking in eight Wainwright summits along the way. Great weather and god views throughout.

This entry was posted in Dove Crag, Fairfield, Fairfield Horseshoe, Great Rigg, Hart Crag, Heron Pike, High Pike (Scandale), Low Pike, Nab Scar and tagged low sweeden bridge, scandale, high pike scandale, ambleside, low pike, dove crag, hart crag, fairfield, great rigg, heron pike, rydal, nab scar, fairfield horseshoe on July 27, 2013 by The Lake District Walker.

77 Peak Challenge Day 4

A big day today taking in 16 Wainwright summits between Kirkstone Pass and St Johns in the Vale, including Fairfield and Helvellyn.

This entry was posted in Dollywaggon Pike, Dove Crag, Fairfield, Great Dodd, Hart Crag, Helvellyn, High Hartsop Dodd, High Pike (Scandale), Little Hart Crag, Middle Dodd, Nethermost Pike, Raise, Red Screes, Stybarrow Dodd, Watson's Dodd, White Side and tagged high pike scandale, high hartsop dodd, little hart crag, middle dodd, kirkstone pass, legburthwaite, great dodd, red screes, watsons dodd, stybarrow dodd, raise, white side, nethermost pike, dollywaggon pike, helvellyn, dove crag, hart crag, fairfield on May 28, 2013 by The Lake District Walker.

Fairfield Horseshoe

A great day on the Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside, climbing Nab Scar, Heron Pike, Great Rigg, Fairfield, Hart Crag, Dove Crag then High & Low Pike

This entry was posted in Dove Crag, Fairfield, Fairfield Horseshoe, Hart Crag, Heron Pike, High Pike (Scandale), Low Pike, Nab Scar and tagged high pike scandale, ambleside, low pike, dove crag, hart crag, fairfield, great rigg, heron pike, rydal, nab scar, fairfield horseshoe on May 7, 2013 by The Lake District Walker.

24 Peak Challenge

We had a group tackling the challenge over 2 days.Starting in Buttermere and finishing in Langdale on day 1. And starting on The Kirkstone Pass and finishing the challenge at St Johns in the Vale on day 2.

This entry was posted in 24 Peaks in 24 Hours, Bowfell, Dollywaggon Pike, Dove Crag, Esk Pike, Fairfield, Great Dodd, Great End, Great Gable, Green Gable, Hart Crag, Haycock, Haystacks, Helvellyn, High Crag, High Stile, Lingmell, Little Hart Crag, Nethermost Pike, Raise, Red Pike (Buttermere), Red Screes, Scafell Pike, Seat Sandal, Stybarrow Dodd, Watson's Dodd, White Side and tagged seat sandal, 24 peak challenge, little hart crag, kirkstone pass, haystacks, high crag, high stile, red pike buttermere, esk pike, brandreth, great dodd, red screes, green gable, great gable, bowfell, watsons dodd, stybarrow dodd, raise, white side, nethermost pike, dollywaggon pike, helvellyn, great end, langdale, lingmell, scafell pike, dove crag, hart crag, fairfield on April 27, 2013 by The Lake District Walker.

Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside

A wonderful day climbing the Fairfield Horseshoe in near perfect conditions, setting off from Ambleside at 10am we had a great day climbing 8 Wainwrights.

This entry was posted in Dove Crag, Fairfield, Fairfield Horseshoe, Great Rigg, Hart Crag, Heron Pike, High Pike (Scandale), Low Pike, Nab Scar and tagged high pike scandale, ambleside, low pike, dove crag, hart crag, fairfield, great rigg, heron pike, rydal, nab scar, fairfield horseshoe on April 20, 2013 by The Lake District Walker.

Fairfield from Patterdale

A great day climbing Fairfield from Patterdale, this route is also known as the Deepdale Horseshoe, a wonderful days walking from Patterdale Village.

This entry was posted in Arnison Crag, Birks, Fairfield, Fairfield from Patterdale, Hart Crag, Hartsop Above How, Saint Sundays Crag and tagged arnison crag, birks, cofa pike, hartsop above how, fairfield from patterdale, patterdale, st sundays crag, hart crag, fairfield on April 19, 2013 by The Lake District Walker.

The Fairfield Horseshoe: Tuesday 26th February 2013

A wonderful days guided walk on the Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside on Tuesday 26th February 2013

This entry was posted in Dove Crag, Fairfield, Fairfield Horseshoe, Great Rigg, Hart Crag, Heron Pike, High Pike (Scandale), Low Pike, Nab Scar and tagged ambleside, low pike, dove crag, hart crag, fairfield, great rigg, heron pike, rydal, nab scar, fairfield horseshoe, high pike on February 26, 2013 by The Lake District Walker.

The Fairfield Horseshoe

A great day today climbing The Fairfield Horseshoe.

We set off from The Lake District Walker Shop in Ambleside at 9am and followed the road to the start of the Coffin Route, taking us to Rydal Hall and the start of the climb up Nab Scar. The forecast weather of low cloud didn't materialise this morning and we were in sunshine all the way up the steep climb to Nab Scar and then along the ridge to Heron Pike. From Heron Pike we followed the ridge north to the summit of Great Rigg and then up the long drag to the summit of Fairfield.

There was quite a chilly breeze on the summit of Fairfield today, we stopped in the wind shelter to admire the views over Helvellyn and eat our sandwiches before pressing on, crossing to the summits of Hart Crag and Dove Crag before descending the long ridge over High Pike and Low Pike dropping down to High Sweden Bridge and following the track back to Ambleside, getting back just after 3pm.

Towards the Scafell and Great Gable range

Towards the Scafells from Dove Crag

The Coniston Fells, The Crinkles and Bowfell from the climb up Nab Scar

Looking over Rydal Water from Nab Scar

Windermere from Nab Scar

Red Screes

Over Windermere

Grasmere

Windermere from Hart Crag

Dove Crag

The view down Rydal

On Hart Crag

Back towards Heron Pike

This entry was posted in Dove Crag, Fairfield, Fairfield Horseshoe, Great Rigg, Hart Crag, Heron Pike, High Pike (Scandale), Low Pike, Nab Scar on December 18, 2012 by The Lake District Walker.

The Fairfield Horseshoe

A glorious day on the Fairfield Horseshoe today.

We set off from Ambleside at 9am and headed out of town on the Rydal Road, shortly turning off onto the track to Rydal Hall.

From Rydal Hall we climbed the steep path up Nab Scar, the views this morning were wonderful, there was a mist over Windermere and blue sky and snow capped mountains.

From Nab Scar We followed the ridge over Heron Pike and up onto Great Rig before reaching the summit of Fairfield.

After a short lunch top on the summit of Fairfield we were off again, crossing to the summit of Hart Crag and then Dove Crag, following the wonderful ridge down over High Pike and Low Pike and then down by High Sweden BRidge back to Ambleside, getting back to the village just before dark.

This entry was posted in Dove Crag, Fairfield, Fairfield Horseshoe, Great Rigg, Hart Crag, Heron Pike, High Pike (Scandale), Low Pike, Nab Scar on November 30, 2012 by The Lake District Walker.

The Fairfield Horseshoe

Another great day today on the Fairfield Horseshoe.

We left Ambleside a little after 9am today and headed out on the Fairfield Horseshoe, following the Coffin Route to Rydal before heading up the steep slopes of Nab Scar.

We were soon at the top of Nab Scar with some wonderful views down over Rydal Water and Grasmere and as far south as Blackpool Tower!

From Nab Scar we followed the ridge north over the summits of Heron Pike and Great Rigg before climbing to the summit of Fairfield. There was a slight dusting of snow on the high tops today and quite a chilly breeze on the summit of Fairfield as we sat and ate our lunches in the wind shelter.

After lunch we crossed the head of the horseshoe to the summits of Hart Crag and Dove Crag, two showers just missed us as we descended from Dove Crag towards High Pike and then down to Low Pike, dropping down to High Sweden Bridge.

As we followed the track back to Ambleside we got caught in our first shower of the day, but it didn't last too long and we were soon descending into Ambleside in the dry.