Start point: Troutbeck (NY 409 032)
Troutbeck – Nanny Lane – The Hundreds – Wansfell – Wansfell Pike – Nanny Lane – Troutbeck
Distance: 3.7 miles Total Ascent: 350 metres Time Taken: 1 hour 30 minutes Start Time: 09:50
Weather: Sunny with snow showers. 4ºC
More cold weather today and it was sunny around the fringes of the Lake District but many of the higher tops were shrouded in cloud; cloud that looked heavily snow laden. Even lowly Wansfell had a good few snow flurries blowing across whilst I was up there but in between there were some decent views.
At the start of Nanny Lane.
Ill Bell across the fields.
Following the walls...
...right to the end.
Sunshine and snow clouds.
On the summit of Wansfell.
Windermere and Wansfell.
Caught in the sun - Dougal and Casper.
It's behind you! A snow storm blowing in.
Looking across Ambleside....all was good until I realised I had dropped a glove so made a return to Wansfell summit. Luckily it hadn't blown away, so not too bad.
Wansfell Pike ahead.
Kirkstone Pass.
Looking back to Wansfell.
Across Ambleside, Loughrigg and Lingmoor to Crinkle Crags, Bowfell and the Langdale Pikes.
A panoramic view from Wansfell Pike. Select on the image to see a larger version.
Close up on Bowfell and The Langdales.
Crinkle Crags and Bowfell.
Mono Windermere in the bright sunshine.
Heading back to Troutbeck.