Start point: Kiln Bank Cross (SD 215 933)
Kiln Bank Cross – Park Head Road – Long Mire – Caw (OF) – Park Head Road – Kiln Bank Cross
Distance: 3.5 miles Total Ascent: 300 metres Time Taken: 1 hour 20 minutes Start Time: 12:00
Weather: Freezing.0°C
I think I struck lucky with the weather today – the prediction was for an inversion but that didn’t seem particularly likely as I could see the fell tops through grey gloom and it was windy but as I started walking the sky began to clear. It was certainly cold and there was a strong wind as well making the temperature well below zero up there.
The Park Head Road below; Caw, today's objective, can be seen above the crags in the foreground.
Following the frozen track.
The Duddon Valley.
Caw looked so inviting from here, the summit lit up by the sun.
Looking back towards Hesk Fell from the climb.
A frozen view to the Duddon Estuary.
The Coniston fells from Caw.
The frozen Duddon Valley below.
The icy summit of Caw.
It was windier than you might have thought up here as my two able companions demonstrate - and that means it was incredibly cold...not a place to hang around for too long today.
The Duddon Estuary from the summit.
Looking the other way.
It looks oh so cold on this photo.
Casper and Dougal look down on Seathwaite and the Duddon Valley with a fine view to Pillar and the Scafells, Harter Fell in the foreground.
The summit from the descent.
Looking across a frozen pool.
...and how it looked the other way across the same pool.
The route of descent (the wall below is the one in the third photo, above), Stickle Pike to the left.
A panoramic view of Caw.
Heading back along the Park Head Road, Stickle Pike ahead.