A good day out today climbing Great Gable and Green Gable from Seathwaite a little cloudy at times but some clear views and even a dusting of snow on the high tops.
We set off from Seathwaite at 10am and took the path over the wooden footbridge and above the beck towards Taylorgill Force.
It was a little damp underfoot along the valley, not as bad as it can be though and as we started heading up towards the gate by the waterfalls the ground dried up. We scrambled up the path alongside the waterfalls to the wall above and followed the path up by Styhead Gill, soon joining the busier footpath by the footbridge and following it up to the stretcher box at Sty Head Pass.
From Sty Head we took the Breast Route, the direct path up Great Gable from Sty Head Pass, steep but a much better path in recent years since the pitched path was put in.
There was a little murk over the Scafell range, when we looked closer we realised that there was snow falling over there, as we climbed higher the clouds passed to reveal a light dusting of snow on the higher tops.
We were soon up onto the summit of Great Gable, stopping behind the summit rocks to eat our sandwiches by the war memorial.
After lunch we took the path down towards Windy Gap, dropping down above Gable Crag to a particularly unwindy Windy Gap and th short climb up towards the summit of Green Gable.
The views from Green Gable were better than the summit of Great Gable today, as well as the view across to Gable Crag we had some great views over Ennerdale and across Haystacks towards Crummock Water and by now the Scafell range had cleared nicely with Bowfell behind.
To the east we could see the Langdale Pikes with Windermere beyond and past that we could make out Ingleborough in the distance.
From Green Gable we took the path down towards Base Brown opting to take the path down into Gillercombe when we reached Blackmoor Pols, dropping own into the wonderful Gillercombe Valley, admiring Gillercombe Buttress across below Grey Knotts.
We were soon descending alongside Sour Milk Gill, stopping to admire the waterfalls on the way down to Seathwaite Farm.
