8th August 2010 - A Kentmere Horseshoe
Walk Details
Distance walked: 11.5 miles
Total ascent: 3694 ft
OS map used: OL7 - The English Lakes, South-eastern area
Time taken: 7 hrs
Route description: Kentmere-Garburn Road-Garburn Pass-Yoke-Ill Bell-Froswick-Thornthwaite Crag-Mardale Ill Bell-Nan Bield Pass-Harter Fell-Kentmere Pike-Hallow Bank-High Lane-Kentmere
A walk round the Kentmere Horseshoe visiting Yoke, Ill Bell, Froswick, Thornthwaite Crag, Mardale Ill Bell, Harter Fell and Kentmere Pike.
Total ascent: 3694 ft
OS map used: OL7 - The English Lakes, South-eastern area
Time taken: 7 hrs
Route description: Kentmere-Garburn Road-Garburn Pass-Yoke-Ill Bell-Froswick-Thornthwaite Crag-Mardale Ill Bell-Nan Bield Pass-Harter Fell-Kentmere Pike-Hallow Bank-High Lane-Kentmere
A walk round the Kentmere Horseshoe visiting Yoke, Ill Bell, Froswick, Thornthwaite Crag, Mardale Ill Bell, Harter Fell and Kentmere Pike.
Route map
Kentmere from the Garburn Road
Troutbeck
Sour Howes and Sallows with a bit of Windermere
Thornthwaite Beacon
On Mardale Ill Bell. Yoke, Ill Bell and Froswick as the cloud lifts and breaks.
Haweswater
Selside Pike and Branstree
Small Water and Haweswater
High Street from the path up Harter Fell
View from the summit of Harter Fell
On Kentmere Pike
On Kentmere Pike
The view back up to the head of Kentmere
Heading down into Kentmere
Kentmere