Wednesday 5th
August 2009
Start Point :
Wasdale Head (NY 187 085)
Distance : 6.2
miles Height Ascended : 910
metres
Route Map
Memorial stone in the tiny churchyard at
Wasdale Head in
remembrance of a climbing party lost in 1959
on the Karakoram,
.and the inscription
A gloomy start to the day with the summit
of Great Gable, todays objective, hidden in cloud
The footbridge over Lingmell Beck near the
farm at Burnthwaite
Wasdale Head
Looking up to the Great Napes
Piers Gill
A look back to Wasdale Head - overlooked
here by Yewbarrow, Red Pike and Kirk Fell
Styhead Tarn and a distant view of
Blencathra
Great views towards Borrowdale and
beyond from the steep climb up Great
Gable from Sty Head
Styhead Tarn below Seathwaite Fell with
Glaramara, the high point on the skyline, behind
A sun-dappled Scafell massif
Another view towards Borrowdale - Clough Head centred in the far distance with the Dodds ridge extending right
to Helvellyn
Great End - the path from Sty Head to Esk
Hause clearly visible
Looking down on Green Gable
The bronze War Memorial tablet of the Fell
and Rock
Climbing club set into Great Gables summit
cairn
A delightful scene from the top of Great
Gable looking down into Ennerdale and across the High Stile ridge and Haystacks
to Crummock Water and Grasmoor
The westerly panorama from the Westmorland
Cairn overlooking Kirk Fell is equally impressive click on image for a larger
version
The Westmorland Cairn erected in 1876 by
the brothers Westmorland to mark what
they considered to be the finest mountain
viewpoint in the district
..
.not bad is it
The patchwork quilt of fields at Wasdale
Head
Looking steeply down on
Tophet Bastion and the upper wall of the Napes with scree of Great
Overlooking the Westmorland Cairn and Kirk
Fell to the Mosedale Horseshoe - Seatallan the highpoint to the left
Looking up Little Hell Gate
Back o' Sphinx Rock
Something catches Violets attention
Wast Water and Wasdale Head from the South
Traverse below Great Napes
The Great Napes
Front o' Sphinx Rock (also known as Cat
Rock)
The South Traverse crosses the scree run of
Little Hell Gate - a climber half way up on the left (red coat) gives an idea
of scale
Beck Head
Another view of Wasdale Head this time from
the descent down Gavel Neese
Looking up the steep slope of Gavel Neese
to the 'Napes'
Kirk Fell's Ill Gill
A last look back to Sty Head and Great End
from the footbridge at the foot of Gavel Neese
Kirk Fell
Great Gable from Wasdale Head - a rather
brighter scene than at the start of the walk
.even the butterflies and bees were
out (Small Tortoiseshell & White-Tailed Bumblebee)
