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Armboth Fell

Height: 479 metres / 1572 feet Grid reference: NY 29684 15970 Category: The Central Fells

High Tove from Armboth Fell

High Tove from Armboth Fell

High Tove

Walked on 13/05/2009

Start point: Armboth (NY 305 170)

Armboth – Fisher Crag – Armboth Fell – High Tove – Raven Crag – Armboth

Distance: 5.9 miles     Total Ascent: 489 metres     Time Taken: 2 hours 30 minutes

Weather: Sunny with cloud coming from the south west later. 16C.

This was another place I haven’t been to for a while, up to the much derided Armboth Fell and then along the central ridge before descending to Raven Crag. Armboth Fell is not a summit as such, being no more than a rock plinth on a hummock in a particularly boggy area. I must say on a day such as this though, the going was easy and the views all round were superb and it turned out to be a pleasant early summer walk.

 

High Tove

High Tove route map.

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Cascades on Fisher Gill. (f/22, 1 sec, 25mm)

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The Dodds across Thirlmere, climbing above the trees alongside Fisher Gill.

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Blencathra from Fisher Crag.

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Helvellyn across Thirlmere.

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The view along Thirlmere makes Fisher Crag well worth a visit.

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Heading for Armboth Fell, the highest point on the ridge ahead.

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Casper finds a rocky outcrop to rest on - but that's not the summit of Armboth Fell.

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Ullscarf.

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High Tove from Armboth Fell.

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A great view to the Scafells, Great Gable and Pillar from Armboth Fell today.

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Looking to Blencathra from the summit plinth of Armboth Fell. Raven Crag is the highest point of the forested area in the foreground of Blencathra.

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High Tove and High Seat ahead from the boggy wasteland on the climb to the central ridge.

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High Seat, Blencathra and Clough Head from High Tove.

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Great Gable and Pillar in the distance across Brandreth from the western side of High Tove.

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The north western fells including Grasmoor to the left and Grisedale Pike to the right.

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Looking back to a decidedly pleasant looking High Tove from the descent.

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A great view of the northern end of the Helvellyn ridge from the descent to Thirlmere Forest.

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Helvellyn on the left, Fisher Crag on the right.

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Crossing Middlesteads Gill.

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Following the Thirlmere Forest track towards Castle Crag alongside Shoulthwaite Gill.

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The summit of Raven Crag.

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Casper on Raven Crag.

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It was very windy up here and the cloud was thickening from the south west now. Casper does 'a Wainwright' on Raven Crag...

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...the aerial prospect of the dam directly below.

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High Rigg and Blencathra from Raven Crag.

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A great view of Skiddaw and Blencathra from the northern edge of Raven Crag.

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Raven Crag from below.

High Tove

Walked on 08/03/2006

Start point: Armboth (NY 306 172)

Armboth – High Tove – Middle Crag (465) – Shivery Knott (466) – Watendlath Fell (467) – Armboth Fell – Fisher Crag (468) – Armboth

Distance: 6 miles     Total Ascent: 704 metres     Time Taken: 2 hours 50 minutes

Weather: Rain. 8oC

The snow has virtually disappeared and the blue skies of last week have gone again. The warm front brought with it rain and general dreariness – not wonderful conditions for a walk, but at least we got some fresh air for our walk up to the central band of fells along the High Tove – Ullscarf ridge. These fells are renowned for their wetness and general bogginess at the best of times, so you can imagine what conditions were like today!

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Great Dodd, Watson's Dodd and Stybarrow Dodd across Thirlmere from the climb up to High Tove.

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Great Dodd.

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It may be raining, but it's still icy cold up here.

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Looking back to the Dodds again from further up the climb.

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Browncove Crags on the side of Helvellyn shows above the low lying clouds.

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A damp Angus has a lie down on High Tove.

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High Seat from High Tove.

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A distant Causey Pike appears from the mist with Catbells right of centre.

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Looking into Langstrath.

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High Seat and High Tove from Middle Crag. I managed to walk past this first time and had to double back!

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It's a bit damp on Shivery Knott now Angus!

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Still on Shivery Knott, looking north east at the clouds advancing on us. It was heavy rain from now on.

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Fisher Crag.

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An all too brief glimpse of Thirlmere looking to Great How from Fisher Crag.

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A ghostly reflection of Deergarth How island on Thirlmere.

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Great How.

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Fisher Gill.

High Seat

Walked on 13/09/2004

Start point: Armboth car park (NY 306 172)

Armboth – Armboth Fell (155) – High Tove (156) – High Seat (157) – Bleaberry Fell (158) – The Benn (159) – Castle Crag (Shoulthwaite) (160) – Raven Crag (161) – Armboth

Weather: Rain with hailstone showers and the odd sunny spell.

Today’s walk felt like it marked the end of summer, I am sad to report. It was a bitterly cold wind blowing on the tops with heavy hailstone showers. The central fells along the High Seat ridge are renowned for being boggy and today was no exception…

High Seat

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Great Gable, Kirk Fell and Pillar from Armboth Fell.

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High Seat from the summit of High Tove.

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The Coledale Fells from the boggy ascent of High Seat. Grasmoor is in the background sun to the left, Grisedale Pike to the extreme right.

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The summit of High Seat - looking towards the sunlit fells from a fierce hailstone shower.

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Skiddaw in the sunshine from the summit of Bleaberry Fell.

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Two views of Shoulthwaite Gill.

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A rainbow appears in front of Blencathra from The Benn summit.

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Skiddaw, Lonscale Pike and Blencathra along Shoulthwaite from the summit of Castle Crag, an ancient British Hill Fort.

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Watson's Dodd, Stybarrow Dodd and Raise from the summit of Raven Crag.

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Thirlmere from Raven Crag.

High Seat

Walked on 22/10/2003

Armboth – Armboth Fell (122) – High Tove (123) – High Seat (124) – Bleaberry Fell (125) – Shoulthwaite – Raven Crag (126) – Castle Crag (Shoulthwaite) – Thirlmere Dam – Armboth

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