Start point: Mardale Head (NY 469 127)
Mardale Head – Gatescarth Pass – Adam Seat (1) – Little Harter Fell (2) – Harter Fell (Mardale) (3) – Nan Bield Pass – Mardale Ill Bell (4) – High Street (5) – Rough Crag (Riggindale) (6) – Rampsgill Head (7) – Kidsty Pike (8) – Mardale Head
Weather: Sunny with snow and hail showers.
This is the start of my quest to climb the 541 Birkett Fells!
Haweswater from Mardale Head...
and Gatescarth Beck.
The Boundary Stone at the summit of Adam Seat, 'L' on one side
'H' on the other (Longsleddale and Haweswater).
Haweswater from the summit of Little Harter Fell. (Compare AW The Far Eastern Fells - Harter Fell 10).
Harter Fell summit in a snow shower.
Kentmere
A rainbow over Small Water ('the finest of Lakeland's tarns), from the descent to Nan Bield Pass.
Mardale Ill Bell summit with Yoke, Froswick and Ill bell in the background.
Two views of High Street summit.
Rough Crag and Haweswater from High Street. The area around the small tarn is called Caspel Gate.
Harter Fell and the Nan Bield Pass from Rough Crag summit, Small Water is just visible.
Hayeswater and the distant Patterdale Fells from the Roman Road.
The mist swirls across High Street on the walk to Rampsgill Head.
Looking North from Rampsgill Head's summit. The Nab is to the left with Hallin Fell in the centre adjoining Steel Knotts. Ullswater is just visible right of centre.
High Street from Kidsty Pike summit.
The sun shines on Riggindale and Rough Crag.
A long meander of Riggindale Beck...
and the ruins of Riggindale Farm.
The Mardale Skyline.