Glaramara in the Grip of Winter

 Wintery Glaramara.

Pete and Bella took a small group of intrepids over Glaramara 783m and Rosthwaite Fell 612m today. The higher tops in the Lakes are still in the grip of winter though the snow conditions today were good for walking and, though we carried them, we had no recourse to our Kahtoola Mini-Spikes except to climb the "Bad Step" that leads to the summit. It was a silent and deserted winter landscape with few walkers in evidence. This view was taken on the descent East from the three tarns on Combe Head towards Combe Door below.

Haystacks in the Snow

Innominate Tarn on Haystacks 597m.

This was the wintery landscape at frozen Innominate Tarn today 3 April. Pete and Lyn took a small group out to climb Haystacks from Honister, there was a good deal of snow on the ground though we didn't need to resort to crampons... In the distance, left to right, are Brandreth, Green Gable, Great Gable and Kirk Fell.

In the Grip of Winter

Sergeant's Crag from Eagle Crag.

Easter; Good Friday... Sergeant's Crag, still in the icy grip of winter. Pete took this photo from Eagle Crag 1650ft looking south down Langstrath towards the snow covered high fells at the head of Borrowdale in the distance. We climbed Eagle Crag from the path beside Greenup Gill just before Lining Crag which in the prevailing conditions seemed safer than our usual route which zig-zags through the tricky outcrops of the north face of the fell. The tops were well above the snow line and there was ice about so Katoolah mini-spikes were the order of the day... nobody even fell over.  A harsh winter is usually the precedent to a good summer so we look forward to a very good summer indeed!