| I had a linear route planned for today and was dropped off at Glenridding and picked up at Aira Force. This allowed me to get in several Wainwrights as well as a series of Birketts that I needed to summit. | ||||
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Date: | 21st April 2014 | Ascent (m/ft): | 1566m (5138ft) |
| Start Location: | Glenridding | Highest Point: | White Stones (795m/2608ft) | |
| Time Started: | 11:00 | Parking: | Car Park at Glenridding | |
| Duration: | 5 Hours 37 Minutes | Weather: | Sunny - Slight Haze | |
| Distance: | 17.2km (10.68 Miles) |
Difficulty: | Difficult | |
| Glenridding - The Rake - Glenridding Dodd (442m/1450ft) - Heron Pike (612m/2008ft) - Sheffield Pike (675m/2215ft) - White Stones (795m/2608ft) - Hart Side (756m/2480ft) - Birkett Fell (725m/2379ft) - Brown Hills (551m/1808ft) - Swineside Knott (553m/1814ft) - Watermillock Common - Common Fell (552m/1811ft) - Round How (387m/1270ft) - Bracken How (373m/1270ft) - High Force - Aira Force | ||||
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The lovely valley of Glenridding with Birkhouse Moor high to the left and Raise over to the right. |
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 I am at the top of The Rake here which was a very steep path (and because of the wind direction it was a sweaty walk too). The rocky peak over there is Heron Pike which is the same height as the other Heron Pike near Grasmere. |
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The summit of Glenridding Dodd. Thats Place Fell behind and Angletarn Pikes over to the right. |
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Ullswater from Glenridding Dodd. |
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 Lots of fells to the south east. The little one in the foreground is Arnison Crag. |
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Heron Pike. The ridge along the left is the one I will take up to the top. |
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Catstye Cam. |
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Hart Side - thats the last Wainwright I will do today. |
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Birks and St Sunday Crag. |
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Gowbarrow Fell and Ullswater. |
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Still some snow on Helvellyn. |
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The summit of Heron Pike (Birkett). |
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Now thats a cracker of a view!! |
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The small cairn on Heron Pike with Helvellyn behind. |
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 Sheffield Pike summit with an old boundary marker. |
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And here again but looking towards Ullswater. |
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 Helvellyn from Sheffield Pike. |
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White Stones to the left (the highest point today) and Hart Side to the right. |
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Thats the ridge I will be following which takes me down to High Force and Aira Force which are both in the trees on the far right below Gowbarrow Fell. |
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Raise... |
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... And its Ski Lift. |
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A mighty quarry on the eastern side of White Stones. |
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One of the many cairns on White Stones. |
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Hart Side as seen from White Stones. |
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A view to Stybarrow Dodd from White Stones. |
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This is the summit cairn on Hart Side. The small cairn you can see over to the left is Birkett Fell - where I am headed next. |
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And this is the top of Birkett Fell. |
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Deepdale and Dowthwaitehead. |
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Great Mell Fell. |
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Sheffield Pike. |
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The small cairn on Brown Hills. |
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The top of Swineside Knott. |
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Common Fell as seen from Watermillock Common. |
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The summit cairn on Common Fell. |
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This is the view from Round How. |
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And this cairn marks the summit of Bracken Fell. |
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Round How from Bracken How. |
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High Force. |
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 The top of Aira Force. |
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 Aira Force. |
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