18th February 2009

Today's walk (Keswick rambling club): Haystacks - High Crag - High Stile


heading into Warnscale Bottom


climbing up from Warnscale Bottom with Buttermere below


High Crag from the track


zooming in on Mellbreak, Crummock Water and Buttermere


Crummock Water and Buttermere from the crags near Blackbeck Tarn


Innominate Tarn from one of the nearby crags


Haystacks summit tarn looking towards mist covered Pillar


descending from Haystacks with Seat and High Crag ahead


Fleetwith Pike from Seat


High Crag from Seat


the Gables and Kirk Fell from Seat


zooming in on Great Gable


Pillar Rock with Pillar behind in mist


looking back at Seat from the steep climb up Gamlin End onto High Crag


the Gables and Kirk Fell now clear of cloud above upper Ennerdale


arriving at High Crag summit


a glimpse of Buttermere from the ridge to High Stile


climbing onto High Stile with the ridge from High Crag in mist behind


a glimpse of Bleaberry Tarn and Crummock Water from the rather misty top of High Stile


High Stile summit cairn


dropping out of the mist on High Stile to see Buttermere below with Robinson beyond


Fleetwith Pike and High Crag from the northeast ridge of High Stile


looking over Crummock Water and the Solway to the Scottish coast


Grasmoor and the Coledale fells with Buttermere village below


Robinson from the ridge


the steepest part of the descent with Buttermere below


the head of Buttermere with Dale Head and Fleetwith Pike beyond


Buttermere from the descent path


looking down Buttermere from the descent path