Start point: Lanthwaite Green (NY 159 208)
Lanthwaite Green – Whin Ben – Whiteside (349) – Gasgale Crags (350) – East Top of Whiteside (351) – Hopegill Head – Sand Hill – Grasmoor (352) – Wandope (353) – Thirdgill Head Man (354) – Whiteless Pike (355) – Whiteless Breast – Low Bank – Rannerdale Knotts (356) – Rannerdale – Lanthwaite Green
Distance: 10.1 miles Total Ascent: 1943 metres Time Taken: 3 hours 55 minutes
Weather: Dull and overcast, rain later. 10oC.
The cloud was lying heavily on the higher tops today, so I knew there wouldn’t be any views from my round of Grasmoor. The wind was howling and quite cold, there was a great moment descending to Whiteless Pike when the mist cleared all of a sudden and I was rewarded with great views; five minutes later the mist and drizzle closed back in. I descended Rannerdale Knotts into Rannerdale to see the famous Bluebells, now in bloom and well worth a visit.
Grasmoor route map.
Whin Ben with Whiteside lost in the mist behind.
Mellbreak across Crummock Water.
Loweswater.
The arête to Hopegill Head is a mini-Striding Edge, totally lost in the clag today.
A bit of a breeze on Thirdgill Head Man!
Descending through the mist to Whiteless Pike.
Mellbreak and Crummock Water.
Looking back to Thirdgill Head Man, left, and Wandope to the right.
Crummock Water and Loweswater.
Rannerdale Knotts.
Loweswater, Crummock Water and the Loweswater Fells from Rannerdale Knotts.
Whiteless Pike from Rannerdale Knotts.
The Bluebells are out at Rannerdale...
...lots of them.
Rannerdale.