Langdale Pikes

DATE 18.05.2018 | DISTANCE approx 11.5km| HIGHEST POINT 724M

Posted by Matt | Filed under LAKE DISTRICT

 

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Today was about getting Catherine doing a classic Lakeland scramble but also to tick off a bunch of surrounding Wainwright's too. It may have only been 11km but adding the scramble to some pretty rugged terrain meant we were really feeling it towards the end of the day. Luckily we had great weather!

 

All parked up near the New dungeon ghyll. our summits for the day in the background

FOLLOWING THE STICKLE GHYLL

THE VIEW BACK DOWN INTO GREAT LANGDALE

ON THE PATH AT TARN CRAG

STICKLE TARN AND PAVEY ARK. THE SCRAMBLE ROUTE IS QUITE OBVIOUS IF YOU HAVE BEEN ON IT BEFORE

HARRISON STICKLE AND PAVEY ARK

PAVEY ARK

CAN YOU SEE THE SCRAMBLE ROUTE? FOLLOW THE TRACK AT THE BOTTOM MIDDLE THAT THEN CUTS LEFT DIAGONALLY INTO THE CLIFF

YEP, THAT'S LOOKING UP AT THE SCRAMBLE ROUTE. IT ACTUALLY FEELS QUITE PROTECTED ON EITHER SIDE SO ITS FALLING BACKWARDS THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO DO. LOL

ABOUT HALF WAY UP YOU REACH THIS LEVEL PLATFORM. IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO HAVE LUNCH BUT IMMEDIATELY BACK ONTO THE SCRAMBLING YOU ARE MET WITH THE MOST EXPOSED PART WHICH YOU CAN SEE HERE. IT'S ACTUALLY EASIER THAN IT LOOKS, ONCE YOU GET YOUR HANDS ON IT AND YOU DON'T LOOK DOWN OF COURSE.

SEE WHAT I MEAN? GREAT PLACE FOR LUNCH!

VIEW DOWN TO LANGDALE FROM THE SUMMIT OF PAVEY ARK

HARRISON STICKLE NEXT

LOOKING BACK TO PAVEY ARK FROM HARRISON STICKLE

HELLO

ONE WAY OF CEEBRATING A SUMMIT IS TO HUG IT

HARRISON STICKLE FROM LOFT CRAG

PIKE OF STICKLE

VIEW FROM PIKE OF STICKLE

THUNACAR KNOTT

THE VIEW FROM THUNACAR KNOTT TO HIGH RAISE. WE WON'T BE GOING TO HIGH RAISE TODAY, INSTEAD WE WILL CUT RIGHT TO SERGEANT MAN

VIEW OVER TO PAVEY ARK

SERGEANT MAN AHEAD

VIEW FROM SERGEANT MAN

VIEW FROM BLEA RIGG

HEADING BACK DOWN STICKLE GHYLL

FEELING RATHER TIRED. NOW DOWN TO THE NEW DUNGEON GHYLL PUB FOR DINNER AND COUPLE OF PINTS