| Bowscale Fell - Route One |
| Start - Bowscale NY 359 316 | Distance - 2.5 miles | Ascent - 1,550 feet | Time - 1 hour : 45 minutes |
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| Bowscale at the start of this walk |
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| A rough lane past a row of cottages leads to a gated bridleway |
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| The bridleway leads to Bowscale Tarn, which used to be a very popular tourist attraction with Victorian travellers who were carried up to it by pony |
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| Looking back along the bridleway track |
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| The Caldew Valley from the bridleway |
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| Looking back across to Mosedale |
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| Approaching Drycomb Beck where the bridleway begins a gradual climb across the slopes of a northern spur of Bowscale Fell's East ridge |
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| Looking back from the northern spur |
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| Rounding the northern spur the bridleway now begins to climb across the large moraine below Tarn Crags |
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| Carrock Fell from the path over the moraine |
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| Bowscale Tarn |
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| A path starts directly from the tarn's outlet to gain the north ridge |
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| The path makes use of a wide grassy rake, almost 400ft high, which cuts through the steep rocky wall of the combe |
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| Looking down to the tarn's outlet and the start of the path |
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| Near the top of the grass rake the path passes through a band of rocks |
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| Looking down to the tarn from near the top of the rake |
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| On reaching the north ridge the view opens out over the northern fells, here Skiddaw and Great Calva feature prominently |
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| To the north-west, the summit of Knott |
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| Looking to High Pike |
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| Looking south-east the summit ridge of Blencathra is in view |
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| The way ahead, a 350ft climb over simple grass slopes to the summit of Bowscale Fell. The path initially keeps near the edge of Tarn Crags with good views into the combe |
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| Looking back across Tarn Crags to Carrock Fell |
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| Looking down to the tarn from the edge of Tarn Crags |
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| Looking back to High Pike from the north ridge |
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| Looking over to the east ridge of Bowscale Fell |
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| Carrock Fell from the north ridge |
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| The north ridge eventually merges with the east ridge and the more popular path which starts from Mungrisdale |
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| The final slope below the summit |
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| Approaching the north cairn, this has been visible on the skyline throughout the climb up the north ridge |
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| On reaching the north cairn the summit shelter comes into view |
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| The east ridge of Bowscale Fell from the north cairn |
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| The summit of Bowscale Fell |
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| Skiddaw from the summit of Bowscale Fell |
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| Great Calva |
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| Knott |
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| High Pike |
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| Carrock Fell and the north cairn from the summit of Bowscale Fell |
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| The Tongue, a subsidiary top of Bowscale Fell, in shadow on the left with Souther Fell in the middle distance |
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| Bannerdale Crags |
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| Blencathra from the summit of Bowscale Fell |
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