Sunday 18th
March 2009
Start Point :
Distance : 6.6
miles Height Ascended : 430
metres
Route Map
The first hazy view up towards Stainton Fell
– today’s two objectives The Knott (middle left) and Stainton Pike (right)
The pyramidal shape of Yoadcastle at the
head of Stainton Fell
Rowantree Gill
A
section of the spectacular ravine of
Rowantree Gill
Looking back down Rowantree Gill
Rowantree Force
Rowantree Force with Stainton Pike on the skyline
Nearing the upper reaches of the main falls
Holehouse Tarn - Stainton Pike left and
Yoadcastle right
Holehouse Tarn
Martha and Hetty reach the summit of
Stainton Pike
Stainton Pike's summit cairn
Looking down on the next objective The
Knott, seen across the marshy expanse between it and Stainton Pike
On the skyline an idea of the extent of the
haze can be gauged – unfortunately no extensive views today.
White Pike and Yoadcastle
Martha and Hetty enjoy a runaround
The Knott seen from White Pike's lower
western crags
A hazy view of Stainton Pike from The Knott
White Pike and Yoadcastle from the summit
of The Knott
White Pike over the summit of The Knott
Martha looks for a way out of the gorse
Stainton Beck overseen by Yoadcastle
The new plantation described by AW in his
Outlying Fells of Lakeland has now been
deforested - the tight wire fence remains!!
Stainton Pike