Gray Crag

After meeting outside the Patterdale Hotel in the glorious sunshine we made our way across the fields and onto the track that traverses the hillside. After even just a short while of climbing we got some amazing views back down to Ullswater. We continued up the track to Boredale Hause from which we continued along to the summit of Angletarn Pikes. On this summit it was quite windy, and we could also see a larger band of cloud sweeping in. Within just a few minutes many of the highest summits in the area were covered with cloud, so we thought our views for the day were gone. We made our way past the lovely Angle Tarn and towards The Knott, a rounded summit that stands high above Hayeswater Reservoir. Fortunately by the time we had got here the cloud had once again blown through and we could see the summit of our next objective, High Street.

We enjoyed views down to Haweswater as we climbed the long and sustained slope up to the summit. On the summit we stopped for lunch and enjoyed extensive views right across the entire national park.

After our stop we descended and then climbed up to the summit of Thornthwaite Crag, which holds the large impressive beacon. From this summit we made our way back northwards over Gray Crags and back down to Hartsop. From here we followed the long track back along past the fields and into Patterdale.

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.

A misty day climbing High Street from Hartsop today, we set off from Hartsop Village at 10am and followed the track to Hayeswater and climbed the path to The Knott.

As we climbed above Hayeswater we saw a group of Red Deer grazing on the slope, they seemed uninterested in us as we climbed the steep slope.

As we approached The Knott we entered the cloud, there was now very little to see so we didn't stop for long on the summit. The easy climb to the summit of High Street along the wall didn't take us too long so we continued to the summit of Thornthwaite Crag, stopping for our lunch out of the wind behind the pillar.

After lunch we descended the Gray Crag ridge, watching several groups of red deer in the valley below us. As we neared the summit of Gray Crag we emerged from the cloud and were rewarded with good views all around, particularly the view behind us, of Windermere across Threshthwaite Mouth.

We descended from the ridge to the Hayeswater path and followed it back to Hartsop Village.