Start Point :
Mungrisdale village (NY 361 303)
Distance : 9.2
miles Height Ascended : 760
metres
Route Map
Early morning showers Souther Fell
Showers persisting at the start of the walk
up the southern flank of The Tongue
Bannerdale rainbow
Looking down The Tongue and across to
Souther Fell from the path from Mungrisdale
Bannerdale Crags
Bruce enjoying the view down Bannerdale
Looking across the top of Bannerdale Crags
to Atkinson Pike now showing through the lifting cloud
Bannerdale Crags, Blencathra and
Mungrisdale Common from just below the summit of Bowscale Fell
The Northern Fells from Bowscale Fell
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From left to right Skiddaw (hidden),
Great Calva, Knott, High Pike and Carrock Fell
Waiting patiently........as usual
Looking along the Bannerdale Crags ridge
Looking east down Bannerdale Beck and
across the Vale of Eden
On the untidy summit cairn of Bannerdale
Crags - Atkinson Pike behind
Scales Fell and Blencathra from Bannerdale
Crags
Zooming in on Sharp Edge and Atkinson Pike
Mungrisdale Common summit cairn complete
with moat!!
Looking north across Blackhazel Beck to the
Caldbeck Fells
Looking back up to Brunt Knott and Atkinson
Pike from the path adjacent to the River Glenderamackin
Spot the dog....
The shoulder of White Horse Bent and the
alternative path from Mungrisdale
that follows the path of the River
Glenderamackin
Clough Head and the central fells from the
southern ridge of Souther Fell
Atkinson Pike & Bannerdale Crags from
Souther Fell
..and on the other side with Bruce
Looking up Bannerdale from the descent of
Souther Fell - the path taken earlier from
Mungrisdale to the top of the ridge can be
seen on the right cutting through the bracken
The Blencathra Saddleback (left),
Bannerdale Crags (centre) & Bowscale Fell (right)