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The walk starts at Borwick Lodge, there is room to park a couple of cars at the junction with Skinner How Lane |
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Wansfell Pike framed in Borwick Lodge's gateway |
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Latterbarrow from the entrance to Borwick Lodge |
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Opposite the entrance to Borwick Lodge is the start of the Mountain Road |
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The Mountain Road crosses the western slopes of Black Fell between Borwick Lodge and Oxen Fell High Cross |
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Looking back to Esthwaite Water from the Mountain Road |
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Red Screes in the centre and Wansfell Pike on the right, from the Mountain Road |
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Looking over to Latterbarrow from the Mountain Road |
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Hart Crag and Dove Crag across the slopes of Black Fell |
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As the Mountain Road levels out near Limestone Hill the de-forested slopes of Iron Keld come into view |
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Wetherlam across Torver Intake |
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Beyond Limestone Hill is the first of two access gates into the Iron Keld enclosure. The track joins the path coming up from Sunny Brow, and provides an alternative approach to the summit |
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Looking back along the Mountain Road |
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Continuing along the Mountain Road; the view opens out towards Crinkle Crags and Bowfell |
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A little further along there is another gate giving access to the main track through the Iron Keld Plantation |
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The main track through the Iron Keld Plantation with Arnside Intake on the left |
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Looking over to Coniston Old Man and Wetherlam |
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Almost all the conifers have been felled in recent years, the National Trust intend to replace them with deciduous trees |
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Looking back along the track through the Iron Keld Plantation |
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The path from Sunny Brow joins the main track near the top of the Iron Keld enclosure |
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Leaving the Iron Keld enclosure the track begins to descend towards Low Arnside |
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The path to the summit turns sharply right from the Iron Keld enclosure gate |
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Cairns mark the way around the knolls on the summit ridge |
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A glimpse of Tarn Hows through the trees of the Iron Keld Plantation |
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The summit of Black Fell comes into view with the south-east cairn on the right |
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Coniston Old Man and Wetherlam |
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Looking over to the Langdale Pikes above the summit ridge of Lingmoor Fell |
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A distant view of Sallows and Sour Howes across the southern slopes of Black Fell |
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Looking back to Tarn Hows |
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The final climb to the summit |
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Looking over to Crinkle Crags and Bowfell |
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Looking back to Wetherlam from the climb to the summit |
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The summit of Black Fell |
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Coniston Old Man and Wetherlam from the summit of Black Fell |
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The view over Low Arnside to Little Langdale |
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Looking north to Pavey Ark, High Raise, Ullscarf and Steel Fell |
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The snow covered summits of Helvellyn, Fairfield, Hart Crag and Dove Crag |
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The Ill Bell ridge flanked by Red Screes on the left and Wansfell Pike on the right |
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Esthwaite Water and the south-east cairn from the summit of Black Fell |
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The south-east cairn |
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The summit of Black Fell from the south-east cairn |
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Crinkle Crags and Bowfell from the south-east cairn |
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Windermere from the south-east cairn |