| Date ... | Saturday, 14 February 2009 |
| Distance ... | 4.50 miles |
| Ascent ... | 1400 feet |
| Time ... | 4 hours 0 mins |
| Weather ... | 4ºc, light SW winds, dry, cloudy with some drizzle |
| Summits ... | Great Meldrum - 1434' |
| Gowbarrow Fell - 1579' (aw181) | |
| Start ... | National Trust pay+display car park at Aira Force (NY400200) |
| Maps ... | Ordnance Survey - Outdoor Leisure Nº5 (1:25,000) or Landranger Nº90 (1:50,000) |
| Books ... | Pictorial Guide Nº1 - The Eastern Fells by Alfred Wainwright |
On Saturday we met with Dave L again, he was down in the Lakes for a few days, and we had arranged with him while we were up at Loch Ordie in January that we would have a bash at Blencathra when he was down. Dave had decided that due to the recent snow conditions on the fells that the attempt on Blencathra could wait a few months, and he proposed Gowbarrow Fell from the National Trust car park at Aira force, read more ...
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The route map of our walk
In the National Trust car park at the start of the walk
The first glimpse of Gowbarrow Fell as we walked through the woods at Aira Force
Looking across to Sheffield Pike from Gowbarrow Park
Ullswater and Silver Crag
Ullswater with a snowy St. Sunday Crag in the distance
Ullswater and Hallin Fell from Yew Crag
Ullswater and Place Fell from Yew Crag
Looking back down onto the cairn at the top of Yew Crag (the two previous photo's had been taken from there)
On the traverse path, looking across to Little Mell Fell and Swinburn's Park
The hunt was out today, I spotted these hounds searching for the trail, on the slopes of Yew Crag
One of the steamers on Ullswater
Group decision time at the remains of the old shooting lodge on the slopes of Gowbarrow Fell
Moody skies over Rampsgill Head
Zooming in on the summit of Gowbarrow Fell as we headed for Great Meldrum
The summit of Great Meldrum, something must be interesting?
On Gowbarrow Fell looking across to Little Mell Fell
A misty view of Great Mell Fell from the summit of Gowbarrow Fell
Getting ready to leave Gowbarrow Fell after our lunch stop
Looking south from the summit
The descent from the summit was easy, just follow the wall!
Ullswater from the descent
The small hamlet of Dockray seen as we descended down towards Aira Beck
The falls of High Force in Aira Beck
Sheena leading the way over the bridge at the top of Aira Force
Aira Force itself, there's not much water coming over today
Sheena and Anne on bridge over Aira Beck at the bottom of the waterfalls
I hope that you have enjoyed looking at the photograph's from this walk? If you have any questions or comments regarding them or the walk in general, please either leave a message in my guestbook, or send me an email, and I will get back to you asap. Thanks Gary ...
Other times that we have done Gowbarrow Fell ...
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Sunday, 22 April 2007 An ascent of Gowbarrow Fell from Aira Force 4.50 miles and 1350 feet of ascent gowbarrow fell walk details |
Gowbarrow Fell - 1579' (aw181) |
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Saturday 24 January 2009 An ascent of Gowbarrow Fell from Aira Force 4.50 miles and 1370 feet of ascent gowbarrow fell walk details |
Gowbarrow Fell - 1579' (aw181) |
All of the photograph's from this walk were taken using a Fuji S100fs camera © www.mywainwrights.co.uk (This page was last updated - 16 February 2009)
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