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Ullscarf

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

The route map of our walk

Hazel Bank with a misty Grange Fell behind

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

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

Looking across the frozen fields towards Base Brown

The lane leading along the Stonethwaite valley

The lane leading along the Stonethwaite valley

A robin with all his feathers plumped up to keep him warm

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 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 towards High Spy, where we walked yesterday

Looking back down the Stonethwaite valley as we climbed towards Lining 
	Crag

Looking back down the Stonethwaite valley as we climbed towards Lining Crag

Poundsey Crag on the side of Eagle 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

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

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

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

Another view of the Sca Fells

Fairfield from one of the frozen tarns on the ridge up to Ullscarf summit

Fairfield from one of the frozen tarns on the ridge up to Ullscarf summit

Tim investigating for left over butties on Ullscarf summit

Tim investigating for left over butties on Ullscarf summit

Honister Crag with the High Stile range behind, seen from the summit

Honister Crag with the High Stile range behind, seen from the summit

Helvellyn from the summit

Helvellyn from the summit

Heading north from the summit towards Low Saddle, the last snowy 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

Standing Crag with Helvellyn behind as seen from High Saddle

Watendlath and Derwent Water from Low Saddle

Watendlath and Derwent Water from Low Saddle

Eagle Crag, with Esk Pike in the distance, 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

Great Crag (in the foreground) with High Spy behind from the descent from Low Saddle

A frozen Dock Tarn

A frozen Dock Tarn

Looking back to Low Saddle and Ullscarf from Dock Tarn

Looking back to Low Saddle and Ullscarf from Dock Tarn

Skiddaw from near to Watendlath

Skiddaw from near to Watendlath

Tim enjoying the late afternoon sun

Tim enjoying the late afternoon sun

Watendlath and the tarn

Watendlath and the tarn

A lovely winter's sunset over Great Gable

A lovely winter's sunset over Great Gable

A cold and frosty Borrowdale valley

A cold and frosty Borrowdale valley

Looking across to Dale Head as we reached Rosthwaite village at the end 
	of the walk

Looking across to Dale Head as we reached Rosthwaite village at the end of the walk