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Dawsonground Crags

Height: 397 metres / 1302 feet Grid reference: NY 20354 02689

The head of Eskdale from Dawsonground Crags

The head of Eskdale from Dawsonground Crags

Lower Eskdale

Walked on 27/05/2005

Start point: Woolpack Inn, Eskdale (NY 190 010)

Woolpack Inn, Eskdale – Dawsonground Crags (361) – Whin Crag (Eskdale) (362) – Goat Crag (363) – Woolpack Inn, Eskdale

Distance: 4.2 miles     Total Ascent: 543 metres     Time Taken: 2 hours

Weather: Grey skies, clearing to give sunny intervals. A warm 17°C.

This morning’s walk was a fairly round of Lower Eskdale which brought a mixed bag of weather with the greyness clearing towards the end with a fair amount of warmth. Even though these fells were small in stature for Eskdale, there were superb views to the head of the valley, especially from the lowly Goat Crag. The valley was very quiet today, a scene which will change for sure next week during the school holidays.

Lower Eskdale

Lower Eskdale route map.

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Stony Tarn with Whin Rigg and Illgill Head behind.

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The head of Eskdale from Dawsonground Crags.

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Harter Fell.

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The grey, rocky mound of Goat Crag with Harter Fell behind.

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Angus on the summit of Whin Crag.

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The head of Eskdale from Goat Crag.

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Looking west along Eskdale from the summit of Goat Crag. The cairn is complete with summit tarn and Cotton Grass!

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Scafell and Slight Side.

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Waterfall on Blea Beck.

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