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The National Trust car park beside the Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel |
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Crinkle Crags above Oxendale from the approach road to Stool End Farm at the foot of The Band |
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Looking right from the Stool End road to Pike o' Stickle and Gimmer Crag |
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Stool End Farm, the path passes to the left of the farmhouse |
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The popular route to Bowfell via The Band leaves the track at the top of a short rise. The track continues on into Oxendale |
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Martcrag Moor and Pike o' Stickle across Mickleden |
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Crinkle Crags above the head of Oxendale |
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Looking back to Great Langdale |
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Looking up to Shelter Crags from the path alongside Oxendale Beck |
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Crinkle Gill |
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Whorneyside Force and the summit of Bowfell come into view |
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A short distance past Crinkle Gill there is a substantial footbridge crossing Buscoe Sike |
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Looking back from the footbridge over Buscoe Sike to Great Langdale |
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The path passes above the impressive cascade of Whorneyside Force
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Above Whorneyside Force the path re-crosses Buscoe Sike and climbs beside the deep cleft of Hell Gill |
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Bowfell from Hell Gill |
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Bowfell above the upper reaches of Buscoe Sike. The route continues on towards the col of Three Tarns |
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Pike o' Blisco from the top of Hell Gill |
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The path is indistinct in parts but improves as it nears the col |
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The summits of Pike o' Stickle and Harrison Stickle appear over The Band |
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Approaching the col where this route joins the path from The Band |
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Looking back to the Langdale Pikes from The Band path |
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Looking back from the col along the route |
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Scafell and Scafell Pike from Three Tarns |
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From Three Tarns a very rough and stony path leads up the southern flank of Bowfell |
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Scafell from the path above Three Tarns |
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Looking up the higher part of the path above Three Tarns |
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From the same point looking down to Three Tarns |
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The view to Eskdale from the path |
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Slight Side and Scafell |
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The path emerges onto the summit ridge near the top of Flat Crags where the view opens out to the north |
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Passing the Great Slab of Flat Crags |
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The summit of Bowfell from the Great Slab |
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Scafell and Scafell Pike from the ridge path below the summit |
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Approaching the summit of Bowfell |
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Esk Pike from the summit of Bowfell |
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The North Western fells from the summit of Bowfell |
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Looking north to Skiddaw |
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Langstrath with Blencathra on the horizon |
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The Great Slab and the Langdale Pikes |
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Pike o' Blisco and Wetherlam |
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Hard Knott and Harter Fell |
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Slight Side and Cam Spout Crag above Great Moss |
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Scafell and Scafell Pike from the summit of Bowfell |