| Gummer's How - Route One |
| Start - Astley's Plantation SD 390 877 | Distance - 0.5 miles | Ascent - 370 feet | Time - 0h : 25 minutes |
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| Astley's Plantation car park, near the top of Fell Foot Brow road, is the starting point for this walk |
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| Gummer's How from the Fell Foot Brow road |
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| A gate, 150 yards above the car park, gives access to the path to Gummer's How |
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| An information board located just beyond the gate explains the current conservation work being undertaken by Natural England |
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| The path to Gummer's How |
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| Looking down to Lakeside at the foot of Windermere |
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| The Coniston fells from the path to Gummer's How |
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| The path is level for around 350 yards as it passes below a steep slope planted with silver birch and mature larch trees on the right |
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| A few of the Luing cattle were grazing on the slope near the edge of the larch trees |
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| To the left of the path a large water trough has been set up for the cattle |
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| On crossing a small stream the path begins to climb amongst the trees which cover the lower slopes of Gummer's How |
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| Looking back along the path through the trees on the lower slopes of Gummer's How |
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| The path emerges from the trees and continues to climb beside a fence |
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| Black Combe, Buck Barrow and Whit Fell on the horizon, viewed from the path alongside the fence |
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| At the top edge of the fence the path divides, a guidepost arrow indicates an easier path which approaches the summit from the east, although most walkers prefer to continue on the direct path up the steeper southern slope |
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| Lakeside from the guidepost |
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| Looking back from the guidepost |
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| Continuing on the direct path to the summit |
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| The Coniston fells from the direct path |
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| Looking down on Windermere from the direct path |
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| The final slope leading to the summit |
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| Looking across to the Howgill fells |
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| The summit comes into view |
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| Ingleborough above the long ridge of Whitbarrow |
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| Approaching the summit of Gummer's How |
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| The summit of Gummer's How looking west towards Black Combe |
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| The Coniston fells from the summit of Gummer's How. The best views of Windermere can be obtained from the rock outcrop in the foreground |
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| The Howgill fells from the summit of Gummer's How |
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| Looking south east to Ingleborough on the horizon from the summit of Gummer's How |
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| Lakeside and the foot of Windermere from the north west slopes of Gummer's How |
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| The middle reaches of Windermere and the Coniston fells |
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| The head of Windermere from the north western slopes of Gummer's How |
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