Start point: Wasdale Head (NY 187 088)
Wasdale Head – Black Sails Pass –Pillar – Wind Gap – Black Crag (Pillar) – Scoat Fell – Steeple – Red Pike – Dore Head Screes – Wasdale Head
Distance: 9.4 miles Total Ascent: 1009 metres Time Taken: 4 hours 30 minutes
Clear Temperature 4 ℃ Felt like 2 ℃ Wind Speed 4.1 mi/h Wind Direction NE
What a fantastic day for being out on the fells. February was pretty much a wash out/blow out after a number of named storms and a day of settled and fine weather came as a blessed relief! It’s a good while since I have done this route (12 years!) but I picked the perfect day to visit my favourite fell and area. There was perfect clarity and hardly a breath of wind throughout and I even caught the sun a little too.

Crossing Gatherstone Beck looking down to Mosedale and across to Dore Head, the route of descent later (gulp!).

I can see for miles and miles...across Ennerdale...across Buttermere...across the Vale of Keswick to Skiddaw and Blencathra.

A new haircut for Fletcher. We sat on Steeple for a while, a great place for lunch in the relatively warm conditions.