Start point: Stonethwaite (NY 262 137)
Stonethwaite – Great Crag – Low Saddle of Coldbarrow Fell – High Saddle of Coldbarrow Fell – Ullscarf – Greenup Edge – Low White Stones – High Raise – Sergeant’s Crag – Eagle Crag – Stonethwaite
Distance: 9.1 miles Total Ascent: 941 metres Time Taken: 4 hours 30 minutes Start Time: 09:50
Weather: Some bright spells, cold wind. 10C
It started off brightly enough today but the clouds were soon rolling in and the wind was once again mighty cold. There was some fresh snow visible on High Crag showing just how cold it was and the going to Ullscarf from Dock Tarn was made that bit tougher by the boggy going underfoot.
Greenup route map.
Eagle Crag from Stonethwaite Bridge.
Looking back to Stonethwaite from the climb to Willygrass Gill.
Above the woods with a view to Grey Knotts and Fleetwith Pike, Honister lit up by the sunshine.
Greenup.
Eagle Crag and Sergeant's Crag, between them is High Raise with Pike o' Stickle just about in view to the right.
Skiddaw in the distance from the heathery walk to Great Crag.
Great Crag summit.
The route ahead - over Dock Tarn to Low Saddle, High Saddle and Ullscarf.
Down at Dock Tarn, Dougal and Casper camouflaged as rocks.
Looking across to Great Gable and High Stile from the climb of Coldbarrow Fell - this is a real boggy mess across here.
Bowfell at the head of Langstrath.
Water in a line - a puddle, Watendlath Tarn, Derwent Water and Bassenthwaite Lake.
It was really quite a cold wind up here and the cloud was rolling in from the west over Bowfell and the Scafells, Sergeant's Crag and Eagle Crag in the foreground.
Blea Tarn below, from Low Saddle.
Looking the other way, to High Saddle and Ullscarf.
Low Saddle and Great Crag from High Saddle.
Ullscarf summit, looking to High Raise.
Fleetwith Pike and the High Stile ridge.
After a boggy trudge along Greenup Edge, High Raise seemed near enough so I decided to squeeze that in today as well. This view is from Low White Stones looking to Helvellyn and Fairfield.
Up on High Raise I bumped into three StridingEdge fans from Chorley who were walking from Langdale, it was good to have a chat up there today...and Dougal and Casper enjoyed their biccies and sarnies (given, not stolen I hasten to add!).
A touch of sunshine in Langstrath...we're not going that way today boys!
Sergeant's Crag ahead.
High Raise and Pike o' Stickle from Sergeant's Crag.
Dougal works out the route to get to Eagle Crag.
High Raise and Sergeant's from Eagle.
Dougal and Casper - complete with evidence of their bog trotting - on Eagle Crag.
A bit of sunshine down in Borrowdale now.
The steep descent by the wall.
A nice place for the dogs to swim.
Eagle Crag from Stonethwaite Beck.