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17th February 2008 - The Howgills

Walk Details

​Distance walked: 6.3 miles

Total ascent: 2556 ft

OS map used: OL19 - Howgill Fells & Upper Eden Valley

Time taken: 5 hrs

Route description: Cross Keys, A683-Cautley Spout-Great Dummacks-Calders-The Calf-Bowderdale Head-Yarlside-Ben End-Cross Keys, A683

A great day in the Howgills with a temperature inversion.

From the roadside at the Cross Keys inn I crossed the River Rawthey to head for Cautley Spout. I climbed up the path by the waterfall and then along the top of Cautley Crag to the summit of Great Dummacks. Next stop was Calders and then The Calf. I then left The Calf by the path for Bowderdale to arrive at Bowderdale Head. I made an ascent of Yarlside and then I returned to the Cross Keys inn by Yarlside's south-east ridge.

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At the start of the walk and I can see Cautley Spout
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Cautley Crag
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Zooming in on the main fall
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Making my way up by Cautley Spout
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At the top of the climb and on the edge of Cautley Crag. I'm above the mist and haze, the tops of Wild Boar Fell and Swarth Fell are as well.
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Yarlside, the last top of the day
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Wild Boar Fell and Swarth Fell from Great Dummacks
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Cross Fell, Little Dun Fell and Great Dun Fell in the North Pennines
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Arant Haw
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Whernside, Ingleborough, Great Coum and Middleton Fell
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On the summit of Calders looking south to Penyghent, Whernside, Ingleborough, Great Coum and Middleton Fell
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The tops of the Lake District fells above the haze
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Crinkle Crags, Scafell, Scafell Pike and Great End
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Fairfield, Helvellyn and High Street
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Looking back to Great Dummacks with Wild Boar Fell and Swarth Fell behind
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Cross Fell and the North Pennines in the far distance
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The Coniston fells, Crinkle Crags, Scafell, Scafell Pike, Great End, Great Gable and Pillar
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and the same summits but from the high point of the walk, The Calf. There wasn't a breath of wind and it felt warm enough to be in just a T-shirt.
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Cross Fell, Little and Great Dun Fells in the distance
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Fairfield, Helvellyn and High Street beyond Fell Head
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Looking south to Middleton Fell
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Zooming in across the haze to Crinkle Crags, Scafell, Scafell Pike and Great End
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I've left The Calf and I'm heading Bowderdale Head. Lakeland fells on the horizon beyond White Fell Head and Fell Head.
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On the final top of the day, Yarlside. It's at the top of the haze. Wandale Hill is below.
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​Randygill Top and Green Bell
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A last shot across the northern Howgills

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