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Yewbarrow

Walked on 30/11/2009

Start point: Overbeck Bridge (NY 168 068)

Overbeck Bridge – Bell Rib – Great Door – Yewbarrow (South Top) – Yewbarrow (North Top) – Dore Head – Over Beck – Overbeck Bridge

Distance: 3.9 miles     Total Ascent: 580 metres     Time Taken: 2 hours 30 minutes

Weather: Clear with long sunny spells. 3oC

Firstly, an apology to regular viewers about the length of time taken for the site to load over the last week or so. This has been caused by the number of hits received from people looking at the flood photos. Hopefully things have calmed down a bit now and the site should be back to normal.

Things have turned decidedly colder over the weekend with many of the fells having a snow cap on them now. I headed to Wasdale for a walk over Yewbarrow but there wasn’t much snow around up there, just a sprinkling really. It was mighty cold though and temperatures are set to plummet further overnight so perhaps winter has finally arrived.

Yewbarrow

Yewbarrow route map.

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A cold looking view over to the Scafells for Dougal on the start of the climb to Yewbarrow.

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Wast Water.

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To the west the sky seems to be clearing and it looks promising in the steep climb to Yewbarrow too.

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Middle Fell over Bowderdale.

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Red Pike is in the distance but we are heading up to the right towards Great Door of Yewbarrow.

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The cleft of Great Door.

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Lingmell, Scafell Pike and Scafell.

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Middle fell and Seatallan beyond Great Door.

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Seatallan with Caw Fell and Haycock with a cap of cloud.

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Kirk Fell and Great Gable from the first cairn on the ridge.

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It was icy up here today and the strong wind was raw.

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An icy view to Great Gable.

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Pillar and Yewbarrow summit.

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The summit of Yewbarrow.

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The Scafells from the summit.

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The head of Mosedale.

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More iciness.

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Kirk and Gable - sounds like a TV cop series.

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Hair raising! Dougally doo braves the arctic blast and finds out why he has all that hair.

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Casper on Yewbarrow, Red Pike beyond.

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Red Pike.

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Ominous, snow laden clouds over Pillar from the highest North Top of Yewbarrow looking to the cairned North Top.

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Red Pike and Scoat Fell.

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Casper and Dougal wonder where Dougal's other ear has gone.

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Kirk Fell and Great Gable.

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Wasdale Head.

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The Lion King surveys his kingdom over Dore head to Red Pike.

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Mosedale with a great pyramidal shadow of Yewbarrow.

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Mosedale and Kirk Fell.

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Snow capped Great Gable.

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Red Pike from the descent of Over Beck.

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Over Beck cascades. Last time I was here I swam in this pool, no chance of that today.

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Red Pike along Over Beck.

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Wasdale view.

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Yewbarrow.

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