Start point: Armboth (NY 305 170)
Armboth – Fisher Crag – Armboth Fell – High Tove – Raven Crag – Armboth
Distance: 5.9 miles Total Ascent: 489 metres Time Taken: 2 hours 30 minutes
Weather: Sunny with cloud coming from the south west later. 16C.
This was another place I haven’t been to for a while, up to the much derided Armboth Fell and then along the central ridge before descending to Raven Crag. Armboth Fell is not a summit as such, being no more than a rock plinth on a hummock in a particularly boggy area. I must say on a day such as this though, the going was easy and the views all round were superb and it turned out to be a pleasant early summer walk.
High Tove route map.
Cascades on Fisher Gill. (f/22, 1 sec, 25mm)
The Dodds across Thirlmere, climbing above the trees alongside Fisher Gill.
Blencathra from Fisher Crag.
Helvellyn across Thirlmere.
The view along Thirlmere makes Fisher Crag well worth a visit.
Heading for Armboth Fell, the highest point on the ridge ahead.
Casper finds a rocky outcrop to rest on - but that's not the summit of Armboth Fell.
Ullscarf.
High Tove from Armboth Fell.
A great view to the Scafells, Great Gable and Pillar from Armboth Fell today.
Looking to Blencathra from the summit plinth of Armboth Fell. Raven Crag is the highest point of the forested area in the foreground of Blencathra.
High Tove and High Seat ahead from the boggy wasteland on the climb to the central ridge.
High Seat, Blencathra and Clough Head from High Tove.
Great Gable and Pillar in the distance across Brandreth from the western side of High Tove.
The north western fells including Grasmoor to the left and Grisedale Pike to the right.
Looking back to a decidedly pleasant looking High Tove from the descent.
A great view of the northern end of the Helvellyn ridge from the descent to Thirlmere Forest.
Helvellyn on the left, Fisher Crag on the right.
Crossing Middlesteads Gill.
Following the Thirlmere Forest track towards Castle Crag alongside Shoulthwaite Gill.
The summit of Raven Crag.
Casper on Raven Crag.
It was very windy up here and the cloud was thickening from the south west now. Casper does 'a Wainwright' on Raven Crag...
...the aerial prospect of the dam directly below.
High Rigg and Blencathra from Raven Crag.
A great view of Skiddaw and Blencathra from the northern edge of Raven Crag.
Raven Crag from below.