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Lang How

Height: 414 metres / 1358 feet Grid reference: NY 31838 07042

Lang How

Lang How

Silver How and Windermere looking into the bright sun from Lang How

Silver How and Windermere looking into the bright sun from Lang How

Silver How

Walked on 07/10/2011

Start point: Grasmere Church (NY 336 073)

Grasmere – Allan Bank – Silver How – Lang How – Brigstone Moss – Allan Bank – Grasmere

Distance: 3.8 miles     Total Ascent: 377 metres     Time Taken: 1 hour 30 minutes     Start Time: 09:30

Weather: Sunny, cold wind. 12ºC

The day certainly didn’t promise much as I set off this morning when everything was flat and dull. As I climbed towards Silver How, the skies began parting and the sun came out to light up the fells in autumnal glory. A great little walk this turned out to be and I wished I had more time to let me walk a while longer. The wind that accompanied the sunshine and blew away all the clouds was a cold one though, bringing a little touch of winter to the proceedings. Today I had some new Scarpa Trek GTX to try out too so we’ll see how they fare over the next couple of months.

Silver How

Silver How

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Dull Seat Sandal over Grasmere rooftops.

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After the initial rather dull climb past Allan Bank from Grasmere, that looks more like it as a patch of sunshine lights up Tarn Crag.

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Now the sun has caught us, looking across the Vale of Grasmere. Perhaps today will turn out okay after all.

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Helm Crag.

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Looking to Helm Crag from further up the climb, Seat Sandal beyond.

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Come on Casper.

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Once up onto Brigstone Moss the sun was shining brightly, here looking to Lang How.

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Dappled Langdale Pikes.

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A lovely view opening up to Crinkle Crags and Bowfell.

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Helvellyn and Fairfield from Silver How.

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Bowfell and the Langdale Pikes from the summit.

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Windswept Casper and Dougal on Silver How.

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Wassat?

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Grasmere and Rydal Water.

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Absolutely clear over on the Coniston fells now too. When I set off they were covered in cloud.

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Doggone Dougal.

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Lang How.

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Helvellyn and Fairfield across a tarn below Lang How.

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The Fairfield group.

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Looking back to Silver How.

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Bowfell and the Langdale Pikes.

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Closer.

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Great Langdale from the climb to Lang How.

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Silver How and Windermere looking into the bright sun.

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Dougal leads the way on the steep and pathless descent back to Brigstone Moss.

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Fairfield, Great Rigg and Stone Arthur across sunny Grasmere.

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A peep over the wall.

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Helm Crag.

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Autumn colours in Grasmere.

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Stone Arthur.

Silver How

Walked on 30/09/2004

Start point: Grasmere (NY 338 078)

Grasmere – Easedale Tarn – Blea Rigg (174) – Castle How (175) – Swinescar Pike (176) – Lang How (177) – Silver How (178) – Grasmere

Weather: Rain with low lying cloud.

Today’s walk was a damp traverse of the Langdale Edge and Silver How; the cloud was so low that there was no chance of a decent view today from the tops except for a brief clearing of the cloud towards the end of the walk.

Silver How

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Sourmilk Gill in full spate.

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The power...

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...and the glory...

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Easedale Tarn.

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The Matterhorn shape of Belles Knott above Easedale Tarn.

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The cloud lifts briefly to give a glimpse of Lingmoor Fell across Great Langdale from Lang How.

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A wet Silver How from Lang How.

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One of the many grassy knolls reflected in a tarn beneath Lang How.

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Looking across Brigstone Moss from the summit of Silver How.

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Helm Crag from the descent back into Grasmere.

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Grasmere below Silver How.

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