27th January 2008

Today's walk (Keswick rambling club): Buttermere village - Whiteless Pike - Wandope - Crag Hill - Sail - Scar Crags - Causey Pike - Portinscale


High Stile, Sour Milk Gill and Red Pike just in cloud from Buttermere village


the path up beside Mill Beck


Mill Beck from the path


Haystacks, the cloudy High Stile ridge and Buttermere from the ascent path


looking down Rannerdale to Crummock Water with Loweswater beyond


coffee stop looking down on our ascent ridge with Robinson and High Snockrigg beyond


very windy ascent onto Whiteless Pike


Mellbreak and Crummock Water from Whiteless Pike


the ridge to Wandope from Whiteless Pike


looking back at Whiteless Pike from the ridge to Wandope


view east from Wandope to the distant Helvellyn ridge with Ard Crags in front


ascending Crag Hill with Grasmoor behind


descending from Crag Hill towards Sail


descending from Sail towards Scar Crags


looking back at Sail from the path onto Scar Crags


Whiteside, Hopegill Head and Force Crag from the slopes of Scar Crags


on the ridge from Scar Crags to Causey Pike


approaching the col before Causey Pike


looking back at Scar Crags from the slopes of Causey Pike


Derwentwater from near the top of Causey Pike


panoramic view west from Causey Pike to Ard Crags, Rigg Beck and the Scar Crags ridge


Rowling End, Cat Bells and Little Town from Causey Pike


High Spy, Dale Head, Hindscarth and Scope End from Causey Pike


the steep descent from Causey Pike with Newlands Valley below


descending into Newlands Valley with Skiddaw ahead


bridge over Newlands Beck


Catbells and Maiden Moor from the path beside Newlands Beck