High Street, Thornthwaite Crag, Mardale Ill Bell, Harter Fell & Branstree

Friday 5th December 2014

Walking Diary (All Walks) Lakeland Wainwrights Far Eastern

Mardale Head, Long Stile Ridge, High Street, Thornthwaite Crag, Mardale Ill Bell, Harter Fell, Gatesgarth Pass, Branstree

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Distance: 10.4 miles
Duration: 5:45 hours
Ascent: 3587 ft
Difficulty: Hard
Accompanied By: Davy
Weather: Snow storms with sunny intervals

Wainwrights Visited

Branstree Harter Fell (Mardale) High Street Mardale Ill Bell Thornthwaite Crag

3D outline of route

Parking

Heading up towards High Street on Long Stile with Blea Water down below

Cold at Thornthwaite Crag

Approaching the summit of Mardale Ill Bell

The Western side of the Kentmere Horseshoe (Yoke, Ill Bell & Froswick)

One cool (cold) dude on Mardale Ill Bell

Haweswater and the Long Stile/Rough Crag ridge we ascended earlier in the day

Haweswater and the Rigg

An off path descent down Branstree - looking over to the very distinctive Kidsty Pike

High Street in the background with Kidsty Pike on the right