Overbeck Bridge (NY 168 068)
Overbeck Bridge – Bell Rib – Great Door – Yewbarrow – Dore Head – Red Pike – Scoat Fell – Steeple – Black Crag (Pillar) – Pillar –Looking Stead – Black Sails Pass – Wasdale Head – Overbeck Bridge
Distance: 10.6 miles Total Ascent: 1313 metres Time Taken: 5 hours 15 minutes
Weather: Clear and sunny. 8oC.
It was fantastically clear today with views for miles and miles. Certainly this is one of my favourite walks, it being quite arduous and rough at all times. Coupled with a visit to Pillar, my absolute favourite fell it made for a great day out on the high fells.
Over Beck.
Yewbarrow from Overbeck Bridge.
Casper waits further up the steep climb - come on!
Red Pike from the climb to Yewbarrow.
Middle Fell.
Always a wow moment popping up at Great Door.
Lingmell, Scafell Pike and Scafell at the head of Wasdale.
Wast Water and The Screes, Burnmoor Tarn to the left.
Kirk Fell and Great Gable from the South Top of Yewbarrow.
The Screes from higher up.
The Scafells from Yewbarrow.
Casperoonals on the North Top of Yewbarrow.
Sty Head above Wasdale.
Red Pike across Dore Head.
Kirk Fell and Great Gable, Mosedale below from the rough descent from Yewbarrow to Dore Head.
Wasdale Head.
Pillar above Mosedale. Even I make it onto this photo!
Red Pike across Dore Head Tarn.
Looking the other way to Kirk Fell and Great Gable.
The Chair is a prominent cairn at the southern end of Red Pike.
The Prince of the Fells on his throne! Below is Low Tarn with Middle Fell and Seatallan beyond.
Haycock across Scoat Tarn.
The view from The Chair is magnificent.
Scoat Fell and Red Pike up to the right.
Close-up on The Scafells.
Casper enjoys the view from Red Pike into Mosedale.
The Isle of Man across the Irish Sea.
Scoat Fell from the summit of Red Pike
The rocky climb to Scoat Fell
Steeple
Looking to Pillar and Black Crag from the traverse to Steeple
Steeple summit
Ennerdale water and the Scottish hills beyond from Steeple
Blencathra
Scoat Fell summit cairn is on top of the wall ahead.
Looking back to Steeple from Black Crag
Ennerdale
Wind Gap and the ascent to Pillar
Pillar summit
Victory roll for Casper on top of Pillar
Deserted Pillar
Skiddaw and the North Western Fells from Pillar
The mighty Pillar Rock
Mono Scafells, Great Gable and Kirk Fell
Looking back to Pillar from the decent to Looking Stead
Looking Stead cairn and the High Stile ridge
Tarn at Looking Stead
Reflected Pillar from Looking Stead
Descending Black Sails pass beside Gatherstone Beck
Mosedale
Row Bridge, Wasdale
The steep face of Kirk Fell
The Scafells