the Langdale Pikes from Stool End

looking down on Stool End and Langdale from the path up the Band

birds flying over Pike o'Stickle

Pike o'Stickle seen over Mickleden

Crinkle Crags from the Band

looking down the Band from the slopes of Bowfell

looking into Langdale from the slopes of Bowfell

the climber's traverse path

looking east over the great slab on the slopes of Bowfell

looking north towards Langstrath with Skiddaw in the far distance

looking over the top of the great slab ..

.. and again from higher up with Windermere in the distance

Bowfell summit cairn

looking down Eskdale from Bowfell summit

the Scafells from Bowfell summit

the Langdale Pikes with the Fairfield horseshoe beyond from Bowfell summit

360 degree panorama from Bowfell - click on the image for a larger version

zooming over Lingmoor Fell to Windermere from the east ridge of Bowfell

descending to Three Tarns col with Crinkles Crags beyond

the Scafells from the third tarn which is often only a puddle

zooming in on Mickledore over the northernmost tarn

panoramic shot of the Scafells from the largest of the three tarns

panoramic shot of Bowfell from the largest tarn

looking east over the Langdale Pikes to St Sunday Crag and Fairfield from the smallest tarn

mist rolling in from the west onto the slopes of Bowfell

descending the Band

Stool End below with Lingmoor Fell beyond

the Langdale Pikes from Stool End

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