Start point: Overbeck Bridge (NY 168 068)
Overbeck Bridge – Over Beck – Dore Head – Red Pike – Scoat Fell – Steeple – Scoat Tarn – Nether Beck – Overbeck Bridge
Distance: 8.2 miles Total Ascent: 930 metres Time Taken: 4 hours 45 minutes
Weather: Absolute clarity, 7C
Wow, what a day it was – the clarity was superb with views for miles and miles today. There was a fresh covering of snow on the fells overnight but even so it was really warm in the sunshine – I ended up with a decent tan!
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Bell Rib on Yewbarrow - we're not going that way today but we are going round to the left along Over Beck.
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Looking back to Red Pike from the climb to Scoat Fell, the lone figure to the right was the first of two people I saw today.
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Heading for Steeple but someone has beaten me there this morning - he gave a cheery wave before heading down into Ennerdale.
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The view from Steeple. I did think here that if I only could do one more walk, it would include all the fells walked today and probably in the same conditions.
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Ennerdale Water and a clear view across the Solway Firth to Scotland. There seems to be a lot less snow to the north.
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The ridge to and from Steeple was a little tricky in places - not for these two mountain goats though.