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Thursday 16th March 2006
Start point: Brown Howe car
park on the Torver - Greenodd road.
(SD 290 910)
Beacon Fell
(OF)
from Brown Howe
Distance: 3.75 miles
Total Ascent: 382 metres
Time Taken: 1 hour 30 minutes
Weather: Snowy with snow showers, 3oC
Route Map
The original intention today was to
complete a circuit of the Coniston fells - when I reached Coniston this
morning, there was a heavy snowstorm which stopped me from going; I was
worried about getting home again. As it happened, it cleared up later,
although it had started snowing yet again when I set off for Beacon Fell
and I could see there were snow clouds over the high fells, which
occasionally cleared briefly to allow at least some views.
Winter on Beacon Fell.
The summit ahead.
The Coniston fells appear from a snow
shower - I should have gone up there!
Wainwright's rocky gully has turned
into a snowy gully.
Coniston Water.
Dow Crag, The Old Man in a snow shower
and Wetherlam.
A monochromatic view of the Coniston
fells.
The summit of Beacon Fell.
Black Combe.
Looking back along the summit ridge.
Caw.
'Sparkly Tarn' lives up to its name (remember?).
...and the treasure was still there!
The way back along the Cumbria Way...
...usually boggy, now frozen.
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