| A full days walk up the Langdale Pikes and High Raise. | |||
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Date: | 18th November 2008 |
| Start Location: | New Dungeon Ghyll | ||
| Time Started: | 10:00 | ||
| Duration: | 7 Hours | ||
| Distance: | 16.8km - 10.44 Miles | ||
| Ascent (m/ft): | 1125m (3691ft) | ||
| Highest Point: | High Raise (762m/2500ft) | ||
| Parking: | Car Park at New Dungeon Ghyll Hotel | ||
| Weather: | Partly Cloudy - Cloud around 680m | ||
| Difficulty: | Difficult | ||
| New Dungeon Ghyll Hotel - Stickle Tarn - Jack's Rake - Pavey Ark - Harrison Stickle (15) - Loft Crag (16) - Pike O'Sickle (17) - Thunacar Knott (18) - Sergeant Man (19) - High Raise (20) - Stake Pass - Cumbria Way - Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel - New Dungeon Ghyll Hotel | |||
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| Looking back along the path up to Stickle Tarn. | |||
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| Wetherlam from the ascent. Side Pike to the left. | |||
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| Pavey Ark, with our route of ascent via Jack's Rake seen at a 45 degree angle from right to left. | |||
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| Short scree slope to tackle first! | |||
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| James, giving the scene some scale... | |||
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| At one of the platforms on Jack's Rake with a view down to Stickle Tarn. | |||
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| An excellent scramble so far! | |||
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| Hands and feet all the way with a couple of rather tough sections. | |||
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| Wahooo! At the top of Jack's Rake with a stunning view down to Langdale. | |||
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| Heading round to Harrison Stickle with the cloud starting to creep in. All of the time we were on Harrison Stickle and Loft Crag we were unfortunately in cloud. | |||
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| Loft Crag from the path to Pike O'Stickle. | |||
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| Loft Crag. | |||
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| Harrison Stickle and Loft Crag from Pike O'Stickle. Now on to Thunacar Knott and Sergeant Man. | |||
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| Pavey Ark from Sergeant Man. | |||
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| Grasmere from Sergeant Man. | |||
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| Silhouette of the surrounding lakeland fells. | |||
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| On our decent from High Raise. Glaramara in front. | |||