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Yewbarrow

Walked on 01/03/2011

Start point: Overbeck Bridge (NY 168 068)

Overbeck Bridge – Bell Rib – Great Door – Yewbarrow (South Top) – Yewbarrow (North Top) – Dore Head – Low Tarn – Overbeck – Overbeck Bridge

Distance: 5 miles     Total Ascent: 725 metres    Time Taken: 3 hours 15 minutes     Start Time: 09:45

Weather: Some bright spells, generally overcast. 9C

I obviously didn’t get enough of the rough stuff yesterday on Great Gable and I was irresistibly drawn back to Wasdale and had a walk across Yewbarrow. I couldn’t help thinking back to Friday’s walk to High Pike – on the trig. column there is an inscription which says ‘Caldbeck fells are worth all England else’. Whoever thought of that one surely can’t have been to Wasdale…

Yewbarrow

Yewbarrow route map.

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A profile of Bell Rib at the southern end of Yewbarrow. Earlier there were blue skies but once again a sheet of cloud had moved in to make the day largely grey over this side of the Lakes.

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Wast Water reflections.

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The Scafells from the climb and Wast Water is very calm this morning.

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Scafell Pike and Scafell.

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This photo is looking across to Bell Rib from later on in the walk - two paths can be seen; the one to the right in this photo leads directly to Great Door, the one to the left leads to the second cleft.

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The view from Great Door.

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To the right of Great Door is a short climb to Bell Rib (the top of the pointy bit in the first photo) which gives a great view of Wast Water and The Screes.

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The way ahead to Yewbarrow from Bell Rib - first I have to climb down to Great Door which is where the central cleft of rock is in this photo.

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The Scafells from the climb of the Yewbarrow ridge.

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The second cleft on the Yewbarrow ridge, often mistaken for Great Door.

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Looking back.

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Strange light on Burnmoor Tarn and Eel Tarn, Harter Fell in the left distance.

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Scafell.

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Caspaaar!

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The summit of Yewbarrow up to the left, Kirk Fell and Great Gable to the right.

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Close up on Great Gable and Great Napes - where we were yesterday.

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Robinson, Skiddaw and Hindscarth over the North Top of Yewbarrow from the summit - there are two little men in view!

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Red Pike, Dore Head Tarn below right.

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Pillar and Mosedale.

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Kirk Fell and Great Gable.

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Wasdale Head.

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Little Dougal Doo contemplates the rough and steep descent of Stirrup Crag.

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Red Pike and frozen Dore Head Tarn.

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Good old Casper showed Dougal how a rocky scramble should be done.

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Pillar.

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Scrambling around Great Knott to climb to Low Tarn.

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Frozen Low Tarn.

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Red Pike reflected.

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On the way back.

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Over Beck. Back down in Wasdale...

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Scafell reflections.

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Great Gable.

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Scafell.

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Flat and calm Wast Water.

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Signs of spring at Galesyke.

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