24th October 2010 - A Newlands Horseshoe
Walk Details
Distance walked: 10.3 miles
Total ascent: 3751 ft
OS map used: OL4 - The English Lakes, North-western area
Time taken: 6.5 hrs
Route description: Gutherscale-Skelgill Bank-Cat Bells-Maiden Moor-Blea Crag-High Spy-Dale Head Tarn-Dale Head-Hindscarth-Scope End-Low Snab-Chapel Bridge-Little Town-Skelgill-Gutherscale
A round of the Newlands valley starting with Catbells, then Maiden Moor and High Spy. From High Spy I climbed Dale Head and then walked across to Hindscarth from where I made my way down Scope End back to the valley.
Total ascent: 3751 ft
OS map used: OL4 - The English Lakes, North-western area
Time taken: 6.5 hrs
Route description: Gutherscale-Skelgill Bank-Cat Bells-Maiden Moor-Blea Crag-High Spy-Dale Head Tarn-Dale Head-Hindscarth-Scope End-Low Snab-Chapel Bridge-Little Town-Skelgill-Gutherscale
A round of the Newlands valley starting with Catbells, then Maiden Moor and High Spy. From High Spy I climbed Dale Head and then walked across to Hindscarth from where I made my way down Scope End back to the valley.
Route map
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The view across to Skiddaw from the start of the climb up Cat Bells
Derwent Water
Skiddaw from higher up
Derwent Water again
The view into the Newlands Valley with Hindscarth and Robinson on the left
Hindscarth and Robinson
Skiddaw from Cat Bells
Blencathra and Clough Head with Walla Crag on the other side of Derwent Water
The view down Borrowdale
Skiddaw and Blencathra from Maiden Moor
Dale Head and Hindscarth
Skiddaw and Blencathra again
The view across to Helvellyn
Skiddaw and Blencathra from the cairn on Blea Crag
Borrowdale
The view across Borrowdale to High Seat
High Spy
Skiddaw and Blencathra
The Helvellyn range from High Spy
On High Spy
Nearly at the top of the climb up Dale Head with a vew across to the Helvellyn range
The classic view of the Newlands valley from Dale Head
The Helvellyn range from Dale Head
The Newlands valley from Dale Head
Robinson and Hindscarth with Grasmoor and Crag Hill beyond
The view across to Ullscarf, High Raise and Glaramara
More views from Dale Head...
Buttermere
Skiddaw and Blencathra from Hindscarth
Ingleborough in the far distance
Bowfell, Esk Pike, the Scafells, Great Gable and Kirk Fell
Grasmoor and Crag Hill
The Helvellyn range in the distance..
Skiddaw, Blencathra and the Newlands valley
The Newlands valley from near the bottom of Scope End