Route: Lonscale Fell
Area: Northern Lake District
Date of walk: 5th January 2013
Walkers: Andrew
Distance: 4 miles
Ascent: 1,500 feet
I parked at the end of the track beyond the Underscar Hotel, crossed Whit Beck and went along the flank of the fell, turning uphill to make a stiff climb of about 1,300 feet. I forgot the camera and had to make do with the iphone, annoyingly. It wasn’t the disaster it could have been, since half way up I climbed into the clouds and there were no views at all.
After reaching the summit (2,344 feet), I descended via the ‘motorway’ to Skiddaw, where there were plenty of people making the climb up, though most of it would have been in zero visibility.
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On the lower slopes of Lonscale Fell - low cloud base
A little higher up and about to go into the mist
The summit! Not much of a cairn and not much of a view
High Rigg
Keswick and Derwent Water
The Hawell Memorial
