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Mungrisdale

Date ... Saturday, 6 January 2007
Distance ... 9.0 miles
Ascent ... 3140 feet
Time ... 5 hours 0 mins
Summits ... Souther Fell - 1680' (aw165)
Blencathra - 2847' (aw14)(en16)
Atkinson Pike - 2772' (en3)
Bannerdale Crags - 2230' (aw99)(en5)
Bowscale Fell - 2306' (aw86)(en20)
Start ... Honesty box parking in Mungrisdale village (NY362302)
Maps ... Ordnance Survey - Outdoor Leisure Nº5 (1:25,000) or Landranger Nº90 (1:50,000)
Books ... Pictorial Guide Nº5 - The Northern Fells by Alfred Wainwright (ISBN 9780711226678)


Tim checking out the route on Souther Fell, no sign of the 'ghost' army today

Tim checking out the route on Souther Fell, no sign of the 'ghost' army today

Looking across to Bannerdale Crags from Souther Fell

Looking across to Bannerdale Crags from Souther Fell

Looking across to Bowscale Fell from Souther Fell

Looking across to Bowscale Fell from Souther Fell

A very wet and cold Sheena, on the col between Souther Fell and Scales Fell

A very wet and cold Sheena, on the col between Souther Fell and Scales Fell

Looking back to Souther Fell as we started to climb Scales Fell

Looking back to Souther Fell as we started to climb Scales Fell

Looking down onto Scales tarn, the path leading to Sharp Edge can be rising behind the tarn

Looking down onto Scales tarn, the path leading to Sharp Edge can be rising behind the tarn

Bannerdale Crags and Souther Fell from higher up Scales Fell

Bannerdale Crags and Souther Fell from higher up Scales Fell

Looking across to Bannerdale Crags from the descent from Atkinson Pike

Looking across to Bannerdale Crags from the descent from Atkinson Pike

Sheena and Tim at the col leading to Bannerdale Crags

Sheena and Tim at the col leading to Bannerdale Crags

Bowscale Fell from Bannerdale Crags, with Carrock Fell in the far distance

Bowscale Fell from Bannerdale Crags, with Carrock Fell in the far distance

Sheena on Bannerdale Crags, with Atkinson Pike and Sharp Edge behind

Sheena on Bannerdale Crags, with Atkinson Pike and Sharp Edge behind

A view to the east from Bannerdale Crags summit, the weather had improved by now

A view to the east from Bannerdale Crags summit, the weather had improved by now

Looking back to Bannerdale Crags, as we walked to the summit Bowscale Fell

Looking back to Bannerdale Crags, as we walked to the summit Bowscale Fell

A cloud covered Atkinson Pike from the same point

A cloud covered Atkinson Pike from the same point

The Glenderamackin river from the descent over Raven Crag

The Glenderamackin river from the descent over Raven Crag