Start point: Wasdale Head (NY 186 084)
Wasdale Head – Beck Head – Great Gable – Westmorland Cairn – Great Hell Gate – Napes Needle – Moses Trod – Wasdale Head
Distance: 5.3 miles Total Ascent: 1036 metres Time Taken: 4 hours 30 minutes Start Time: 10:00
Weather: Warmer than of late, 7-15C
I hadn’t planned to walk today but the weather looked fabulous first thing this morning so I decided to head for Wasdale and Great Gable. I wasn’t disappointed, there was the predicted wall to wall sunshine and superb clarity all around. A great day to be on the fells!
Wasdale classic.
A different angle.
Great Gable, the fell we will climb today.
Lingmell and the Scafells reflected.
Wast Water was lovely and calm at the top end today.
Hardly a ripple.
On the track past St Olaf's Church, Great Gable ahead.
Crossing Gable Beck.
Wasdale Head field system.
Kirk Fell and Beckhead Tarn from the start of the climb. It was a case of skirting the snow and ice on this one.
Kirk Fell and the Mosedale fells from the summit.
The view across Sprinkling Tarn from the summit. Nice to meet two StridingEdge fans up there, the boys had bit of a photo call!
The summit.
Looking north, Skiddaw and Blencathra in clear view.
Ennerdale.
The Westmorland Cairn.
Lunch with a view (mine was Wast Water, Fletcher's was me eating!).
The way down.
The Napes.
Scafells looking good in the sunshine.
Napes Needle.
A cracking day.
The Lion Kings.
Looking back to Gable from the bottom.
Looking across to Red Pike.