| Time for a quick outing on the fells this morning before work, and seeing as I didn't get up on these fells last time I did the Coledale Horseshoe, I thought them to be perfect for a morning like this. | ||||
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Date: | 9th January 2012 | Ascent (m/ft): | 625m (2051ft) |
| Start Location: | Uzzicar | Highest Point: | Scar Crags (672m/2205ft) | |
| Time Started: | 09:10 | Parking: | Car Park at Uzzicar | |
| Duration: | 2 Hours 10 Minutes | Weather: | Windy, Showers - Clearing | |
| Distance: | 8.06km - 5.01 Miles |
Difficulty: | Moderate | |
| Uzzicar - Stoneycroft - Sleet Hause - Causey Pike - Scar Crags - High Moss - Stonycroft Gill - Uzzicar | ||||
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| I've wanted to walk these two fells again for a while (ever since Sept 09) when I though the scramble down Causey Pike was great and I wanted to go up the rocks. Today was the day and the weather to begin with was pretty poor as it rained most of the way up Sleet Hause. | ||||
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| This photo was taken from the same place but looking to Hindscarth rather than Barrow. | ||||
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| The same view looking down to Newlands as I start the approach to Causey Pike. | ||||
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| Derwent Water with nearly all the surrounding fells (including Causey Pike at this point) shrouded in cloud. | ||||
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| The wet rocky scramble just below the summit of Causey Pike. | ||||
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| Would you look at that! 50 Minutes to the top of Causey Pike (30 minutes of rain) and I timed it so the cloud broke as soon as I got to the top! This view looking to a cloud covered Skiddaw and Blencathra. | ||||
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| The thick cloud slowly clearing off Dale Head, Hindscarth and Robinson. | ||||
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| Scar Crags (the next fell of the walk), Sail and Crag Hill. Coledale Hause is the depression to the right. | ||||
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| Looking down to Rowling End and the path I took to ascend to this point clearly visible heading diagonally up the fellside. The view from Causey Pike does offer a grand profile view of Catbells as seen in the photo. | ||||
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| Causey Pike summit cairn. | ||||
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| Blue skies high above. | ||||
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| Time to head across to Scar Crags in the sunshine. | ||||
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| The path up to Scar Crags on the left and an escape route down to High Moss to the right. | ||||
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| Sun beams lighting up the Newlands Valley. | ||||
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| A view back to Causey Pike. | ||||
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| Outside to the very left, Stile End and Barrow with the Stonycroft Gill path heading from left to right. | ||||
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| Scar Crags summit cairn. | ||||
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| Causey Pike and Catbells from Scar Crags. | ||||
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| Sail and Crag Hill. Doesn't the 'Fix the Fells' effort up Sail look horrible... | ||||
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| Hopegill Head and Grisedale Pike with Force Crag Mine far below. | ||||
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| Force Crag Mine. | ||||
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| Low Force next to the mine falling down Force Crag. | ||||
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| My path down towards Uzzicar along Stonycroft Gill. | ||||
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| One final view up to a silhouetted Causey Pike. | ||||