Start point: Hardknott Pass summit (NY 230 014)
Hardknott Pass – Border End – Eskdale Needle – Hard Knott – Hardknott Pass
Distance: 1.6 miles Total Ascent: 188 metres Time Taken: 1 hour Start Time: 13:35
Weather: Hot, clear. 20C
What a change in the weather over this weekend, it only seems like minutes ago I was dressed in full winter gear but today it was absolutely boiling, shorts and tee shirt was the order of the day. Dougal and Casper are still sporting their winter attire, but not for much longer I reckon – any small bog, any little droplet of moisture up there today and they were in it. Sean Scissorhands is on the prowl…
Hard Knott route map.
Bowfell, Crinkle Crags and Little Stand at the head of the Duddon Valley.
Hard Knott and Castle How.
Looking along the Duddon to Hard Knott from further up the valley.
Wrynose Pass from the climb.
First sight of Slight Side and Scafell through the gap between Border End and Hard Knott - always a jaw-dropper.
The Isle of Man in view from Border End.
What a view from Border End.
The Scafells.
Esk Pike and Bowfell.
Eskdale.
Long tongues tell the weather story today.
The Watcher.
Great views to the Isle of Man now the haze has disappeared.
A panoramic of the Scafells.
Ill Crag and Esk Pike at the head of Upper Eskdale.
Upper Eskdale.
Heading for Eskdale Needle.
Eskdale Needle.
The summit of Hard Knott.
Looking across the Duddon Valley to Great Carrs and Grey Friar.
Calm waters.