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Angletarn Pikes

Height: 567 metres / 1860 feet Grid reference: NY 41333 14830 Category: The Far Eastern Fells

Brothers Water from Angletarn Pikes northern and main summit

Brothers Water from Angletarn Pikes northern and main summit

Angle Tarn from Angletarn Pikes southern summit

Angle Tarn from Angletarn Pikes southern summit

Angletarn Pikes

Walked on 05/05/2011

Start point: Hartsop (NY 409 131)

Hartsop – Brock Crags – Angletarn Pikes – Satura Crag – The Nab – Rest Dodd – Hayeswater Gill – Hartsop

Distance: 7.4 miles     Total Ascent: 846 metres     Time Taken: 3 hours 15 minutes     Start Time: 09:15

Weather: Overcast with spots of rain. 15ºC

After endless days of sunshine and warm weather, this morning was dull and threatened rain constantly. It was good to be back on the high fells and I made it back before the rain eventually came. I ended up doing a few direct routes to places rather than following the paths today for a bit of a change.

Angletarn Pikes

Angletarn Pikes route map.

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Gray Crag from Hartsop.

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Gray Crag again from the foot of the climb.

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Brothers Water through the gap.

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Hawthorn on the climb.

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Place Fell and Angletarn Pikes from Brock Crags.

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Angle Tarn.

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Going for it Dougal? The view from Cat Crag.

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Angle Tarn from the south summit of Angletarn Pikes.

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Casper and Dougal on the northern - and highest - summit.

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The descent back towards Angle Tarn.

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Angle Tarn panoramic - Dougal and Casper are in there having a dip too.

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The gateway to Satura Crag and Rest Dodd.

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Peat hag nightmare, The Nab.

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Deer-y me.

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Rest Dodd from The Nab.

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It was a bit grey over Ullswater.

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Threading a way through the hags, this must be the driest they will ever be.

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Phew, that was a steep climb to Rest Dodd.

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The wind has whipped up here now as well and there are spots of rain - time to escape.

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Descending back to Hartsop the steep way.

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Hartsop barn.

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Blackthorn.

Martindale Round

Walked on 05/10/2009

Start point: Martindale Old Church (NY 434 184)

Martindale Old Church – Beda Fell – Angletarn Pikes – Angle Tarn – Brock Crags – Satura Crag – Rest Dodd  – The Knott – Rampsgill Head – Kidsty Pike – High Raise – Red Crag – Martindale Old Church

Distance: 10.6 miles     Total Ascent: 1048 metres     Time Taken: 5 hours 40 minutes

Weather: Long sunny spells. 13C.

Today I was joined by StridingEdge stalwarts Andy Lang and Gary Jones for a circuit of Martindale. The occasion was to take in my final two Wainwrights to complete my third time round them, namely Beda Fell and High Raise. After the early mist lifted, the sun shone making it a great end to the walk and of course to completion of the 642!

Martindale-Round

Martindale Round route map.

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Dawn at Martindale Old Church.

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Beda Fell beyond Christy Bridge.

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Howe Grain from the climb to Beda Fell. There was a definite nip in the air this morning.

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The view to Ullswater along Boredale from the ridge to Beda head.

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The mist is forming over Ullswater and creeping up the valleys.

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As we climb higher the mist completely circles Hallin Fell, here with Winter Crag in the foreground.

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The view from higher up the ridge.

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Place Fell and St. Sunday Crag from the first cairn on the summit ridge.

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Beda Head, the summit of Beda Fell with Hallin Fell, Bonscale Pike and Steel Knotts in view.

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A bit of sunshine on Place Fell.

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Looking back to Beda Head now drenched in early morning sun.

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Walking the ridge to Angletarn Pikes.

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Bannerdale just before the mist started pouring over the tops from the south and obliterated everything for a while.

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Looking towards Glenridding and Ullswater from Angletarn Pikes.

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The mist starting to clear at Angle Tarn.

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Angletarn Pikes from the climb to Brock Crags - all clear now!

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Angle Tarn in sunshine but Angletarn Pikes in mist again, showing how quickly conditions were changing.

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Brothers Water from Brock Crags.

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Gray Crag and Hayeswater with some dramatic clouds pouring over High Street and Caudale Moor.

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Martindale from Satura Crag.

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Today's walk was to a background chorus of rutting stags bellowing around Martindale. We saw many smaller herds of deer but were fortunate to see this stag on the horizon.

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Brock Crags from the climb to Rest Dodd.

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Casper on the summit of Rest Dodd.

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Rest Dodd from the start of the climb to the Knott.

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High Street from The Knott.

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Hayeswater Gill and Hayeswater from The Knott.

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Looking across to The Knott from the crossing to Rampsgill Head.

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High Street from the summit of Rampsgill Head.

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High Raise and blue skies ahead.

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Andy, Gary and Casper crossing to Kidsty Pike.

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Riggindale and a glimpse of Haweswater from Kidsty Pike.

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No sign of the Golden Eagle but the Casper has landed.

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Still tarn below High Raise.

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Golden sunshine once more on the summit of High Raise.

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Me with Casper on High Raise, my third completion of the 214 Wainwrights.

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Following the High Street ridge to Red Crag.

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Redcrag Tarn.

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Looking over to Helvellyn from Red Crag.

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The descent back into Martindale.

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Ullswater along Fusedale Beck.

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Steel Knotts ahead but we descended the path to the left of the summit.

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Beda Fell across Martindale.

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All is lovely now on Steel Knotts.

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Beda Fell from Martindale Old Church.

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Ullswater on the way home.

Boredale Circuit

Walked on 24/04/2006

Start point: Sandwick (NY 423 196)

Sandwick – Beda Fell (475) – Heck Crag – Angletarn Pikes – Boredale Hause – Place Fell – High Dodd –Sleet Fell – Sandwick

Distance: 9.4 miles     Total Ascent: 1300 metres     Time Taken: 4 hours 20 minutes

Weather: Sunny at first, gradually worsening. 13oC.

It was lovely and sunny this morning when I set off from Sandwick for a circuit of Boredale – so much so that the legs were soon zipped off from my trousers to make the first walk in shorts this year (was it really only a month ago I was on Harter Fell in the snow?). This was Casper’s first ‘big’ walk and he seemed to cope okay, with a few tips thrown in from the master, Angus.

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Beda Fell from Martindale.

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Walking beside Howgrain Beck at the start of the walk.

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Martindale.

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Winter Crag and Beda Head.

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Gowbarrow Park across Ullswater.

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Looking back to Hallin Fell from the climb up to Beda Fell.

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Boredale.

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It's so warm today.

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Winter Crag in the foreground with Hallin Fell behind, Ullswater and Little Mell Fell in view beyond from Beda Head, the summit of Beda Fell.

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Enough heads for Cerberus? Casper's first Wainwright on Beda Fell and (almost!) Angus' last (not forever, only of the 214 count, of which there are 5 left).

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Fairfield, Saint Sunday Crag, Helvellyn and Catstycam from Beda Fell - some stubborn snow persisting up there.

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Angus has a look over Boredale to Place Fell.

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The Nab across Bannerdale with the High Street ridge beyond.

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Bannerdale from Heck Crag.

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Cloud shadow on Beda Fell.

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Angle Tarn from Angletarn Pikes southern summit.

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Brothers Water from Angletarn Pikes northern and main summit.

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Place Fell from the approach to Boredale Hause.

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The summit of Place Fell.

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A swim in Place Fell summit tarn for these two as the weather closes in.

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Ullswater from High Dodd.

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Beda Fell from High Dodd.

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Arthur's Pike and Bonscale Pike at the end of the High Street ridge.

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Looking back to High Dodd from Sleet Fell.

High Street

Walked on 15/07/2004

Start point: Hartsop (NY 410 130)

Hartsop – Gray Crag (110) – Thornthwaite Crag (111) – High Street – The Knott (112) – Rest Dodd (113) – The Nab (114) – Satura Crag – Angle Tarn Pike South (115) – Angletarn Pike North (116) – Brock Crags (117) – Hartsop

Weather: Overcast, some rain later.

Another walk chosen by my 13 year old son today, principally to take in some wildlife; the promise of wild ponies on Thornthwaite Crag, a Golden Eagle over Riggindale and deer in the Martindale Deer Forest spurring him into action. Of course, there was also the lure of walking in the footsteps of Roman soldiers across High Street.

From the car park through the hamlet of Hartsop, we followed the old mine road along Hayeswater Gill and over Wath Bridge.

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Threshwaite Mouth from the Hayeswater Gill path. We decided to ascend Gray Crag by the direct route - straight up the sickeningly steep nose leading directly to the summit.

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The Eastern Fells from the summit of Gray Crag, Catstycam is the conical peak on the right. From the summit, it is a simple stroll along the grassy undulations to Thornthwaite Crag, sometimes referred to as Thornthwaite Beacon due to the distinctive 14 feet high column on its summit.

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Thornthwaite Beacon. From the beacon the path U-turns on to the Roman road and follows the gentle rise to the summit of High Street.

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Yoke, Ill Bell, Froswick and Windermere from the Roman road on High Street. We then left the Roman road to cross the wall which traverses the summit plateau and headed for the trig. column that marks the highest point.

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The summit of High Street looking to Fairfield and Dollywagon Pike. From the summit, we headed over to the Eastern side of the fell to look over Haweswater and along Riggindale with binoculars out trying to spot the Golden Eagle. Oh dear, no wild ponies and no eagle!

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Blea Water from High Street

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and looking along the Roman road to The Knott and Rest Dodd.

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A view along Riggindale to Haweswater. After returning to the Roman road, it was a simple climb to the summit of The Knott.

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The Knott summit with Rest Dodd near left and The Nab to the right. From The Knott, a steep descent/ascent following the wall took us to the summit of Rest Dodd.

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Rampsgill Head from the summit of Rest Dodd. Again from Rest Dodd, it was straight over the nose and onward over the difficult peat hag terrain of the Deer Forest to The Nab.

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The peat hags of the Martindale Deer Forest and The Nab.

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Rest Dodd from the summit of The Nab. Then it was back along the same peaty path to the wall - at last we were rewarded with the sight of a deer herd. We then followed the wall over to Satura Crag and then skirted Angle Tarn to ascend the northern top of Angletarn Pikes quickly followed by the southern top as the rain set in.

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Hayeswater from Satura Crag,

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and Place Fell from the northern top of Angletarn Pikes.

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Angle Tarn from the southern summit of Angletarn Pikes. Skirting around the other side of Angle Tarn, we ascended directly to the summit Brock Crags with views over Hartsop and Brothers Water.

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Brothers Water from the summit of Brock Crags. From Brock Crags, we followed the old wall straight down to Hayeswater Gill and picked up the grassy path between two walls which led us back to Hartsop.

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Did we really climb straight up the face of that! - Gray Crag from the descent of Brock Crags.

Angletarn Pikes

Walked on 10/11/2003

Hartsop – Hayeswater – The Knott – Rest Dodd (144) – The Nab (145) – Satura Crag – Angletarn Pikes (146) – Brock Crags (147) – Hartsop

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