Start point: The Old Dungeon Ghyll car park (NY 286 062)
Old Dungeon Ghyll – Rossett Gill – Rossett Pike – Angle Tarn – Esk Hause – Esk Pike – Ore Gap – Bowfell – Three Tarns – The Band – Old Dungeon Ghyll
Distance: 9.2 miles Total Ascent: 986 metres Time Taken: 6 hours Start Time: 09:00
Weather: Cool and clear. 2°C
All I can say about today is wow! What a fantastic day to be out on the fells, the sunshine made it really warm so I was in shirt sleeves for most of the walk and there was snow – lots of snow – everywhere. The views were stunning, this really was day to remember and ones like this are all too few and far between.
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...and on and on. The going was quite arduous at times, the path was lost under knee deep snow so it was a best estimate only for the route.
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Mickleden from the Mickleden cairn. Dougal found a Philips screwdriver atop a rock here...if anyone's lost one, let me know (and more to the point, why?)!