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Causey Pike

Date ... Saturday, 10 May 2008
Distance ... 6.5 miles
Ascent ... 3050 feet
Time ... 4 hours 50 mins
Weather ... 23 ºC, light winds, humid, hazy sun (am), cloudy (pm)
Summits ... Causey Pike - 2035'(aw124)(en36)
Scar Crags - 2205'(aw101)(en203)
Sail - 2530'(aw52)(en198)
Outerside - 1863'(aw141)
Barrow - 1494'(aw188)
Start ... Uzzicar - roadside parking (NY232217)  
Maps ... Ordnance Survey - Outdoor Leisure Nº4 (1:25,000) or Landranger Nº90 (1:50,000)
Books ... Pictorial Guide Nº6 by Alfred Wainwright (ISBN 0718140672)


Looking up Stonycroft Gill towards Causey Pike, at the start of the walk

Looking up Stonycroft Gill towards Causey Pike, at the start of the walk

Looking up our ascent route up Rowling End, it is as steep as it looks!

Looking up our ascent route up Rowling End, it is as steep as it looks!

Looking up Stonycroft Gill towards Grisedale Pike, from higher up Rowling End

Looking up Stonycroft Gill towards Grisedale Pike, from higher up Rowling End

A hazy view of Derwent Water from Rowling End

A hazy view of Derwent Water from Rowling End

Sheena negotiating one of the many rocky steps on the ascent of Rowling End

Sheena negotiating one of the many rocky steps on the ascent of Rowling End

Causey Pike and Ard Crags (left) from Rowling End

Causey Pike and Ard Crags (left) from Rowling End

The Newland's Valley from Rowling End

The Newland's Valley from Rowling End

Barrow (foreground) with a hazy Skiddaw in the distance

Barrow (foreground) with a hazy Skiddaw in the distance

Looking back along the ridge to Rowling end as we started the last steep section onto Causey Pike

Looking back along the ridge to Rowling end as we started the last steep section onto Causey Pike

Looking up Rigg Beck, Ard Crag's on the left and Scar Crag's on the right, from Causey Pike

Looking up Rigg Beck, Ard Crag's on the left and Scar Crag's on the right, from Causey Pike

Looking along the ridge to Scar Crag's from Causey Pike

Looking along the ridge to Scar Crag's from Causey Pike

Looking back along the ridge to Causey Pike from Scar Crag's

Looking back along the ridge to Causey Pike from Scar Crag's

Sail and Eel Crag (in the background) from Scar Crag's

Sail and Eel Crag (in the background) from Scar Crag's

Eel Crag from Sail

Eel Crag from Sail

Eel Crag to Grisedale Pike as seen from our lunch stop on the summit of Sail

Eel Crag to Grisedale Pike as seen from our lunch stop on the summit of Sail

Looking back along the ridge to Scar Crag's and Causey Pike, from Sail

Looking back along the ridge to Scar Crag's and Causey Pike, from Sail

The path towards Outerside, from the col between Sail and Scar Crag'sThe path towards Outerside, from the col between Sail and Scar Crag's

Sail and Eel Crag from Outerside summit

Sail and Eel Crag from Outerside summit

The path towards Outerside, from the col between Sail and Scar Crag's

Keswick and Derwent water from the summit of Barrow

Keswick and Derwent water from the summit of Barrow

Looking back at our route from the summit of Barrow

Looking back at our route from the summit of Barrow