16th August 2006

Today's walk (Keswick rambling club): Honister Hause - Great Gable - Styhead Tarn - Gable traverse - Beck Head - Honister Hause


climbing the old rail track above the mine at Honister Hause


higher up the track with Borrowdale far below


Crummock Water and Buttermere from the Moses Trod path


Great Gable comes into sight - we took the traversing path immediately below the cliffs


Green Gable and Great Gable from Moses Trod


Pillar with Pillar Rock in profile from Moses Trod


Ennerdale from Moses Trod ..


.. and from the climbers traverse path


on the traverse path with Green Gable disappearing in mist behind


on the steep ridge of Great Gable above Beck Head


the mist begins to clear from Wastwater and Wasdale ..


.. and from the Scafells


Westmorland Cairn - the perfect lunch spot


and by the end of lunch a perfect view into Wasdale


zooming in on the wall patterns of Wasdale Head


looking west to Red Pike, Scoat Fell and Pillar with Kirk Fell in front


the Scafells from Westmorland Cairn


another view westwards


zooming in on Seatallan with Stirrup Crag of Yewbarrow in front and Red Pike to the right


descending eastwards from Great Gable with a glimpse of Sprinkling Tarn ahead ..


.. Styhead Tarn below and the Langdale Pikes in the distance


Scafell Pike from the descent path


starting on the traverse path below Kern Knotts


Wastwater and Yewbarrow from the traverse path


Wasdale from the traverse path


looking back at the Scafells with Lingmell in front


Illgill Head, Wastwater and Wasdale Head from Beck Head


High Crag, Scarth Gap and Haystacks from Beck Head


Green Gable and Great Gable from Moses Trod


High Stile, High Crag and Haystacks in a line from Moses Trod


Crummock Water and Buttermere from Moses Trod


descending the old rail line to Honister with Borrowdale ahead