Friday 21st January 2005

Start point: Tilberthwaite car park (NY 306 010)

Tilberthwaite - Tilberthwaite Gill - Blake Rigg (261) - Haystacks (Tilberthwaite) (262) - Hawk Rigg (263) - High Fell (264) - Great Intake on Low Fell (265) - Kitty Crag (266) - Long Crag on Yewdale Fells (267) - High Wythow (268) - Low Wythow (269) - Brackeny Crag (270) - Tilberthwaite

Route Map

Weather: Cool and clear.

Today's walk is a round of the Tilberthwaite Fells. Nestling between Coniston and Langdale and bearing the scars of an industrial past, this route with fells of small stature offers some excellent and surprising views.

Elevation profile of the route.

Key: BR=Blake Rigg, H=Haystacks (Tilberthwaite), HR=Hawk Rigg, HF=High Fell, GI=Great Intake, KC=Kitty Crag,        LC=Long Crag, HW=High Wythow, LW=Low Wythow, BF=Brackeny Fell

High Tilberthwaite Farm.

Wetherlam from Blake Rigg.

The Langdale Pikes from Haystacks (the Tilberthwaite one!).

Haystacks and Blake Rigg from Hawk Rigg.

Red Screes and Caudale Moor flank the Kirkstone Pass in the centre distance, the near hummock is Great Intake from High Fell.

The Langdale Pikes and Blea Tarn from Great Intake.

Looking across to Pike O' Blisco and The Crinkle Crags. See below for an annotated version of this photo.

Crossing and un-named beck above Tilberthwaite Gill, Wetherlam is behind.

Looking back to the sunlit Tilberthwaite Fells.

Hole Tarn, left and Levers Hawse and the Brim Fell - Swirl How ridge from Kitty Crag, right.

Kitty Crag and the Coniston fells from Long Crag, left and Windermere and the eastern fells from High Wythow, right.

The full length of Coniston Water can be seen from Low Wythow.

The south face of Wetherlam from Brackeny Crag.

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