| Date ... | Sunday, 30 November 2008 |
| Distance ... | 8.75 miles |
| Ascent ... | 2550 feet |
| Time ... | 6 hours 30 mins |
| Weather ... | -1 ºC, light NW winds, dry, with sunny spells |
| Summits ... | Ullscarf - 2370' (aw75)(en230) |
| Low Saddle - 2152' (en166) | |
| Start ... | Rosthwaite - NT pay + display car park (NY257148) |
| Maps ... | Ordnance Survey - Outdoor Leisure Nº4 (1:25,000) or Landranger Nº90 (1:50,000) |
| Books ... | Pictorial Guide Nº 3 - The Central Fells by Alfred Wainwright (ISBN 07181400284) |
This was the second walk of our long weekend in Borrowdale, after the excellent walk on High Spy yesterday we decided to have a go at ticking off Ullscarf, one of the few remaining Wainwright summits in the Central Fells we still had to climb, today would be an ideal opportunity as the bogs would be frozen making the going easier read more ...
The route map of our walk
Hazel Bank with a misty Grange Fell behind
The sun was just starting to burn through the early morning mist as we left the village
Looking across the frozen fields towards Base Brown
The lane leading along the Stonethwaite valley
A robin with all his feathers plumped up to keep him warm
Looking along the Stonethwaite valley, our route was up the valley to the left of Eagle Crag
Looking back towards High Spy, where we walked yesterday
Looking back down the Stonethwaite valley as we climbed towards Lining Crag
Poundsey Crag on the side of Eagle Crag
Looking back down onto the top of Lining Crag, the hill in the distance with cloud on it is High Spy
Tim loved the snow, the only problem was that his fur froze, as you can tell from his chest
Sheena coming up the last of the steep slopes above Lining Crag, with the Sca Fells in the distance, the view made up for all the hard work and effort getting up the frozen rocks beside the crag
Another view of the Sca Fells
Fairfield from one of the frozen tarns on the ridge up to Ullscarf summit
Tim investigating for left over butties on Ullscarf summit
Honister Crag with the High Stile range behind, seen from the summit
Helvellyn from the summit
Heading north from the summit towards Low Saddle, the last snowy summit in this picture
Standing Crag with Helvellyn behind as seen from High Saddle
Watendlath and Derwent Water from Low Saddle
Eagle Crag, with Esk Pike in the distance, from Low Saddle
Great Crag (in the foreground) with High Spy behind from the descent from Low Saddle
A frozen Dock Tarn
Looking back to Low Saddle and Ullscarf from Dock Tarn
Skiddaw from near to Watendlath
Tim enjoying the late afternoon sun
Watendlath and the tarn
A lovely winter's sunset over Great Gable
A cold and frosty Borrowdale valley
Looking across to Dale Head as we reached Rosthwaite village at the end of the walk