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Spooney Green Lane at the start of the walk. Lonscale Fell can be seen right of centre |
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Past Spooney Green house the lane enters Latrigg Wood |
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Leaving Latrigg Wood via the top gate and continuing along the track around the side of Mallen Dodd |
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Looking back to Derwent Water from the gate above Latrigg Wood |
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Carl Side and Skiddaw Little Man from the track alongside Mallen Dodd |
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Nearing the car park at the end of Gale Road. This provides an alternative start for the walk, but it is nearly always very busy and congested |
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Looking back to the car park at the end of Gale Road |
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The way ahead from the car park along the path to Skiddaw with Lonscale Fell on the left and Blease Fell on the right |
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The main path continues on to Skiddaw from a gate at the end of an enclosure. The path to Lonscale Fell begins to descend towards Whit Beck |
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Descending to Whit Beck, the main path to Skiddaw can be seen on the left climbing the steep slope of Jenkin Hill |
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Looking back to the Helvellyn range from the path to Whit Beck |
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Whit Beck |
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The path on from Whit Beck begins a gradual climb along the southern flank of Lonscale Fell towards the Glenderaterra Valley |
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Looking back to Jenkin Hill from the path above Whit Beck |
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The North Western Fells from the path which gives fine views to the south |
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The view ahead is dominated by Blease Fell, the western end of Blencathra, as the path approaches the Glenderaterra Valley |
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Clough Head and Great Dodd |
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High Rigg and Helvellyn |
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A gate and stile mark the turn of the path above the Glenderaterra Beck |
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The usual way to climb Lonscale Fell is to simply follow the fence up from the gate, a dull ascent |
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The view back from the gate to Derwent Water |
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Lonscale Fell's east ridge comes into view on the left skyline |
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The path traverses below Lonscale Crags |
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Looking back to High Rigg and Helvellyn |
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The upper part of the Glenderaterra Beck |
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Looking back to Clough Head and Great Dodd |
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The path forms part of the Cumbria Way, a seventy mile long route between Ulverston and Carlisle |
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Another look back to Helvellyn |
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Approaching the foot of the east ridge |
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Great Calva and Knott from the foot of the east ridge |
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Looking along the Glenderaterra Valley on the climb up the east ridge |
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Looking up the lower part of the east ridge, there is no path amongst the scree and heather |
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Looking north to Great Calva and Knott beyond the headwaters of the Glenderaterra |
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Midway up the east ridge, the summit of the east peak of Lonscale Fell is on the right |
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Helvellyn and a glimpse of Thirlmere from the half way point on the ridge |
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The upper part of the ridge |
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Great Calva and Knott above the Caldew Valley |
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The last steep section of the ridge |
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Looking down the ridge to the Glenderaterra Valley |
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A bit more of Thirlmere is visible now near the end of the climb |
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Near the top of the east ridge, the adjacent ridge of the north east buttress leading to the east top is on the right |
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Looking down the east ridge from the top of the north east buttress the Glenderaterra Beck is 1,500 feet below |
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From the east peak the actual summit of Lonscale Fell is about quarter of a mile to the south west across a shallow depression |
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Derwent Water from the east peak |
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Skiddaw Little Man and Skiddaw from the east peak |
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Looking over the curved ridge of Burnt Horse to Great Calva and Knott from the east peak |
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Carrock Fell over Mungrisdale Common with Bowscale Fell on the right |
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Blencathra from the east peak |
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Looking across the slopes of Blease Fell to Clough Head and Great Dodd |
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Thirlmere from the east peak |
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The summit of Lonscale Fell |
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Looking across the upper Caldew Valley to Great Calva, Knott and High Pike from the summit of Lonscale Fell |
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Blencathra from the summit, the east peak of Lonscale Fell is on the left foreground |
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Helvellyn and Thirlmere from the summit of Lonscale Fell |
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The Central Fells from Lonscale Fell |
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Derwent Water |
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The North Western Fells |