| Date ... | Saturday, 2 May 2009 |
| Distance ... | 8.75 miles |
| Ascent ... | 2575 feet |
| Time ... | 5 hours 20 mins |
| Weather ... | 14ºc, fresh SW winds, dry with blue skies and lots of sun! |
| Summits ... | Bowscale Fell - 2306'(aw86)(en20) |
| Atkinson Pike - 2772' (en3) | |
| Blencathra - 2847' (aw14)(en16) | |
| 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) |
View the photo's from this walk as a slideshow ...
The route map of our walk
The Tongue with Bannerdale Crags in the background seen as we walked through Mungrisdale village at the start of the walk
The Glenderamackin valley seen as we climbed the steep slopes above Raven Crags
Looking back down onto Mungrisdale village from the top of the very steep section
Looking across Souther Fell towards the Helvellyn range from the ridge to Bowscale Fell
The Mosedale valley, the steep scree and heather covered slopes are Carrock Fell, and High Pike is peak in the far distance
Sheena and Tim with Carrock Fell behind them
The wind shelter on the summit of Bowscale Fell, looking towards Blencathra
Foule Crag and Atkinson Pike
Looking north from the 'col' with Knott in the distance
Looking down into Bannerdale as we started the climb up onto Atkinson Pike
Zooming in on walkers on Sharp Edge
Skiddaw from the wind shelter about half way up the climb to Atkinson Pike
Looking back towards Bowscale Fell from the same spot
A panoramic view of the 'northern fells' from the steep scree path up to Atkinson Pike
Tim waiting patiently for us to catch him up!
Skiddaw from the summit of Atkinson Pike
The memorial cross on Atkinson Pike, with the 'North Western' fells in the distance
Looking south from the summit of Blencathra, with Thirlmere in the distance
Looking 'west' along the summit ridge
and 'east' over Scales Fell, our descent route
Scales Tarn with Bannerdale Crags behind
A closer view of Scales Tarn, it doesn't really show it in this picture but there were dozens of people heading up to Sharp Edge
Heading down Bannerdale, our route would be down the path in the centre of the photo to cross the river
and here we are heading down the path to cross the river!
Zooming in on Sharp Edge
Since we were last along this valley in October last year they have planted hundreds of new tree's
Looking back along the valley we had just come along, with The Tongue on the right
Heading back to the village and a pint at The Mill Inn!