Angletarn Pikes

Start Point: Hartsop (NY 409 131)

Hartsop – Brock Crags – Cat Crag – Angletarn Pikes (South) – Angletarn Pikes (North) – Boredale Hause – Dubhow – Hartsop

Distance:8.8km
Total Ascent: 528m
Time Taken: 2 hours 30 minutes
Start Time: 09:30
Weather: Sunny with snow. -2ºC
Finlay’s Wainwright Count:21/214 (2 new this walk)

After a long spell of poor weather, miraculously the forecast was good for this week after a heavy dump of snow over the weekend. Hmm, I had to pick somewhere not too arduous for Finlay but somewhere to get him up into the snow and a bit of a new experience. Today’s walk was the perfect place as it turned out, there was a decent amount of snow on the tops and stunning scenery in every direction. What a day!

Wow! What a stunning morning, there wasn’t a cloud in the sky and the snow covered fells were looking immaculate today – here looking back along the track to Hartsop.
Hartsop Dodd.
Looking along Pasture Bottom, the sun rising over Gray Crag.
Above 300m now and into the snowline looking back on the zig-zag.
Gray Crag.
Climbing higher with a view looking back along to Brothers Water. You can see a couple we passed with two dogs, Finlay was sent into a spiral of playfulness as we passed. I am not sure they were too bothered about any of that!
Caudale Moor and Hartsop Dodd, Raven Crag was looking especially magnificent in the snow today.
As the steep climb eased off the wind started to pick up along here, looking back to Hayeswater glinting in the bright sunshine.
The Sumit cairn of Brock Crags ahead, St. Sunday Crag central flanked by Fairfield and Helvellyn.
Looking across the frozen summit tarns to Angletarn Pikes and Place fell.
The summit of Brock Crags.
Wainright #20 for Finlay. Today’s lesson was all about snow and ice, a new phenomenon for this young lad. On Brock Crags, the wind was icy so it was time to layer up with winter jacket, hat and gloves.
To the south high cloud was beginning to appear as the sun got higher.
Brothers Water below looking into Dovedale. L-R: High Hartsop Dodd, Little Hart Crag, Dove Crag, Hart Crag and Fairfield. Harstop above How is the fell without snow above Brothers Water.
The descent to Angle Tarn, today we were going via Cat Crag and directly to Angletarn Pikes.
A panoramic view of Angle Tarn. It was beautiful here today, very peaceful with no one at all around the tarn.
Angletarn Pikes from Cat Crag.
…and looking back to Brock Crags from Cat Crag.
There is a great view across to Helvellyn from Angletarn Pikes with Striding Edge and Swirral Edge both in view with Catstycam looking bigger than all the others from this angle.
St. Sunday Crag and Gavel Pike.
Angle Tarn from the south summit.
Angletarn Pikes – north from south (north is the Wainwright summit).
Wainwright #21 for Finlay – Angletarn Pikes.
Angletarn Pikes – south from north.
A view into Deepdale with a beautiful contrast of the white snow and green and brown lower slopes.
Place Fell from the approach to Boredale Hause. I think the party was definitely at Boredale hause, when I got there it was like Piccadilly Circus with people coming from all directions.
A look back along the path to Hartsop, Patterdale, Glenrifdiing and Ullswater in view. What a day, it was fantastic!

15 thoughts on “Angletarn Pikes”

  3. Wendy Pidduck

    Amazing photographs. Thank you so much for sharing the Lake District with us. We enjoyed holidays there for 30 years but sadly we are no longer able to visit. Really enjoying Finlay’s progress. Thank you

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  4. John and Brenda

    Hi Sean,
    Well done to Finlay, and our thanks to you for a stunning set of photographs, especially the one of Angle Tarn which, as you probably know, is one of our favourite views.
    A fabulous day of weather too for your walk,, which makes everything so much more enjoyable.

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  5. Duncan White

    What a gorgeous walk, on a gorgeous (but chilly I’m guessing:-)) day. When you’re climbing up that zig zag path above the filter house on the way up Brock Crag, there are sometimes a colony of black rabbits higher up the slope – at least on sunnier days there are:-)

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    1. Sean McMahon

      Thanks Duncan, it was a truly memorable day (and a little chilly for sure!). I’ll look out for the rabbits on a warmer day but of course there were none around on Tuesday. It was lovely to be out in such conditions, especially after 2 or 3 weeks of miserable weather, let’s hope we get a little bit more ‘proper’ winter weather soon.
      Thanks, Sean

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  6. Rod Hepplewhite

    Stunning photos, Sean, I hope Finlay enjoyed his first day on snowy fells. What a day you two must have had.

    Mind, I cannot go before commenting on “Looking along Pasture Bottom” …. ooh, err, missus, titter ye not. I may be approaching my 65th birthday but you can’t beat a bit of school-boy humour! 🙂

    All the Best

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