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Date: 26/02/2016
From: Mungrisdale
Parking: Roadside parking at Undercrag
Start Point: Mungrisdale
Region: Northern Fells
Route length: 5.7 miles (9.2 km)
Time taken: 02:28
Average speed: 2.3 mph
Ascent: 596m
Descent: 590m
Wainwrights on this walk:
Bannerdale Crags (683m), Bowscale Fell (702m)
Additional summits: The Tongue (553m)
Other points of interest: Bannerdale Crags east ridge
Some fine weather has finally taken hold in the Lake District I was keen to make the most of a pre-arranged weekend with friends. In order to achieve this, I took Friday off work, partly on account of having a doctor's appointment but mainly because the forecast was looking very promising. I didn't anticipate arriving until after lunch so I chose a shorter walk than normal that I'd be able to squeeze into a winter afternoon.
I picked Bannerdale Crags after being recommended the east ridge by a friend. I climbed the fell last summer but our hopes of a view of its impressive crags were thwarted by grey skies and rain. Today would be different. The route would take me up the east ridge to the summit, along to Bowscale Fell and return down The Tongue, a ridge worthy of a place as a Wainwright but mysteriously overlooked.
The Tongue with Bannerdale Crags in the distance |
The washed-out section of path |
Looking towards Bannerdale Crags |
The River Glenderamackin |
Souther Fell |
Bannerdale Crags east ridge |
Bannerdale Crags and Bannerdale |
The east ridge |
Looking up the east ridge |
The ruins of the hut on the ridge |
View down the ridge from the hut |
Bannerdale |
Bannerdale Crags |
Cornices below the summit |
Bannerdale Crags summit |
Clouds over Scales Fell |
Blencathra |
Blencathra |
Looking towards Bowscale Fell |
Foule Crag |
Bannerdale Crags |
Bowscale Fell summit |
Knott |
High Pike |
Looking back to Bowscale Fell |
The Tongue |
Souther Fell |
The River Glenderamackin |
The Tongue |
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