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| Great Gable from the Wasdale Head Green car park at the start of the walk |
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| Leave Wasdale Head Green by the lane leading to Burnthwaite Farm, passing Lingmell House and St.Olaf's Church on the way |
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| The lane leading to Burnthwaite Farm, approaching St.Olaf's Church |
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| Looking over towards Pillar at the head of Mosedale |
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| St. Olaf's Church |
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| Approaching Burnthwaite Farm |
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| Burnthwaite Farm, pass to the left of the barn and go through a gate to join the Moses Trod path |
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| The Moses Trod path |
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| Great Gable from the Moses Trod path |
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| Looking back to Burnthwaite Farm from Moses Trod |
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| Looking up to Beck Head and the steep north-west ridge which will be the route of ascent |
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| The footbridge over Gable Beck |
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| Looking back to Wast Water from the footbridge over Gable Beck |
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| Kirk Fell from the footbridge |
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| A path continues on from the footbridge climbing along the southern slope of Great Gable towards Sty Head |
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| The Moses Trod path turns off to the left to climb towards Beck Head |
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| Starting the climb to Beck Head |
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| Looking back to Wast Water from the start of the climb, the footbridge over Gable Beck can be seen on the lower left |
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| The path climbs gradually to a gate in the intake wall |
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| The handgate in the intake wall |
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| Looking back to Wasdale Head and Wast Water from the handgate |
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| Looking over to Great End and Lingmell |
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| Looking across the slopes of Kirk Fell to Yewbarrow |
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| From the gate the path leads up Gavel Neese (Gable Nose) |
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| Looking over to Ill Gill on Kirk Fell from Gavel Neese |
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| Approaching the Gavel Neese ridgeline |
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| Looking back to Wasdale Head and Wast Water from Gavel Neese |
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| The crags of the White Napes, Westmorland Crags and the Great Napes dominate the view ahead |
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| Looking over to Great End, Broad Crag and Lingmell from Gavel Neese |
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| Higher on Gavel Neese |
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| Looking over to the south-eastern slopes of Kirk Fell bisected by Ill Gill |
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| It's possible to continue along Gavel Neese to make a direct ascent of Great Gable by climbing the White Napes (Grade 1 scramble) or more easily by Little Hell Gate to the right of it. |
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| Looking up to the White Napes from Moses Trod, the 8 foot high Moses' Finger can be seen left of centre |
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| However, the Moses Trod path turns half left to make a long rising traverse of the scree slope below the White Napes heading for Beck Head |
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| Walkers descending Moses Trod |
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| Looking over to Ill Crag, Broad Crag, Scafell Pike and Lingmell |
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| Beck Head from the rising traverse of the scree slope |
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| Looking back from Moses Trod, the summit of Scafell appears over Lingmell |
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| The steepest section of scree path |
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| The wide saddle of Beck Head between Kirk Fell and Great Gable |
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| Looking up the side profile of the White Napes from Moses Trod |
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| Wasdale Head from high on Moses Trod |
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| Approaching Beck Head |
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| Looking over to Rib End on Kirk Fell |
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| Beck Head |
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| Rib End on Kirk Fell from Beck Head |
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| The summits of Haystacks and Grasmoor over Beck Head |
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| Wast Water from Beck Head |
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| Scafell from Beck Head |
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| The Moses Trod path continues on from Beck Head climbing over a level shoulder on Great Gable's north-west ridge to enter Stony Cove |
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| Kirk Fell over Beck Head from the path to the level shoulder |
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| High Stile, Haystacks and Grasmoor from the path to the level shoulder |
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| Ennerdale from the level shoulder on Great Gable's north-west ridge |
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| Grasmoor, Wandope, Eel Crag and Robinson from the level shoulder |
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| Wast Water from the level shoulder |
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| Kirk Fell across Beck Head from the level shoulder |
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| Green Gable and Gable Crag from the level shoulder |
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| Great Gable's north-west ridge from the level shoulder |
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| Starting the climb of the north-west ridge |
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| Initially the path zig-zags up a loose scree slope |
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| Wast Water flanked by Illgill Head and Yewbarrow from the lower part of the north-west ridge |
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| Blencathra, Bleaberry Fell and Clough Head appear over the Brandreth~Green Gable col |
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| Green Gable across Stony Cove |
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| The High Stile ridge and Haystacks from the north-west ridge |
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| Looking over to the North western Fells |
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| Looking down the north-west ridge to the level shoulder |
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| Looking over to Wast Water and Wasdale Head |
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| Skiddaw and Blencathra on the horizon. The Moses Trod path can be seen rising out of Stony Cove bound for Honister Hause |
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| The upper part of the ridge requires a little mild scrambling over the boulders and broken crags where cairns mark the way through them |
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| Clough Head, Great Dodd and Stybarrow Dodd across the north ridge of Green Gable |
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| Looking down onto Beck Head |
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| Looking back along the path through the boulders, one of the guide cairns can be seen perched on a large rock |
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| Scrambling over the boulders by the edge of the broken crags |
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| Red Pike, Scoat Fell and Pillar over Kirk Fell from the top of the broken crags |
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| The gradient eases as the path emerges onto the summit dome |
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| The summit of Great Gable comes into view |
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| The summit of Great Gable |
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| The Fell and Rock Climbing Club plaque dedicated to its members who died in the Great War |
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| Wast Water from the summit of Great Gable with Illgill Head on the left and Middle Fell and Yewbarrow on the right |
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| Red Pike, Scoat Fell, Steeple and Pillar over the summit of Kirk Fell |
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| The High Stile ridge and Haystacks from the summit of Great Gable |
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| The North Western Fells from the summit of Great Gable, Grasmoor, Wandope, Eel Crag, Sail and Grisedale Pike being prominent on the horizon |
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| Skiddaw and Blencathra on the horizon from the summit of Great Gable |
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| The Helvellyn range from the summit of Great Gable |
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| The Langdale Pikes and Windermere over the Glaramara ~ Allen Crags ridge |
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| Ill Crag, Broad Crag, Scafell Pike and Scafell from the summit of Great Gable |
