24th April 2010 - A Fairfield Horseshoe
Walk Details
Distance walked: 10.4 miles
Total ascent: 3452 ft
OS map used: OL5 - The English Lakes, North-eastern area & OL7 - The English Lakes, South-eastern area
Time taken: 6.5 hrs
Route description: Ambleside-Rydal Park-Rydal Hall-Nab Scar-Heron Pike-Great Rigg-Fairfield-Hart Crag-Dove Crag-High Pike-Low Pike-Low Sweden Bridge-Nook Lane-Ambleside
A Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside taking in Nab Scar, Heron Pike, Great Rigg, Fairfield, Hart Crag, Dove Crag, High Pike and Low Pike.
Total ascent: 3452 ft
OS map used: OL5 - The English Lakes, North-eastern area & OL7 - The English Lakes, South-eastern area
Time taken: 6.5 hrs
Route description: Ambleside-Rydal Park-Rydal Hall-Nab Scar-Heron Pike-Great Rigg-Fairfield-Hart Crag-Dove Crag-High Pike-Low Pike-Low Sweden Bridge-Nook Lane-Ambleside
A Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside taking in Nab Scar, Heron Pike, Great Rigg, Fairfield, Hart Crag, Dove Crag, High Pike and Low Pike.
Route map
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The first half of the route from Rydal Park
Zooming in on Heron Pike, Erne Crag, Great Rigg and Fairfield
Windermere from Nab Scar
Crinkle Crags and Bowfell beyond Grasmere
The Coniston Fells, Crinkle Crags and Bowfell beyond Grasmere
The horseshoe ahead from Heron Pike
Great Rigg, Fairfield and Hart Crag from Erne Crag
Helvellyn
Ridge back down to Windermere from Great Rigg
On Fairfield. Greenhow End with High Street in the distance.
Cofa Pike and St Sunday Crag
Helvellyn
High Raise, Rampsgill Head and High Street from Hart Crag
High Street, Thornthwaite Crag, Caudale Moor and Ill Bell
The ridge of Hartsop-above-How down to Patterdale
On Dove Crag looking over Great Rigg to the distant fells of Crinkle Crags, Bowfell, Scafell Pike, Great Gable and Pillar
The Coniston Fells, Crinkle Crags and Bowfell from Dove Crag
A view down to Windermere
The far eastern fells from Dove Crag
Windermere from High Pike
The Coniston Fells, Crinkle Crags and Bowfell from Low Pike
Windermere from Low Pike