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The National Trust car park by the Dungeon Ghyll Old Hotel is the starting point for this walk |
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Kettle Crag and Pike o' Blisco dominate the view on the walk along the road towards Wall End Farm |
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Past Wall End Farm on the road to Blea Tarn and Little Langdale |
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Bowfell from the Blea Tarn road |
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Just beyond a sharp bend in the road a path turns off to the right towards Redacre Gill |
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Looking back to the Langdale Pikes from the start of the Redacre Gill path |
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Redacre Gill, the path can be seen on the left side of the tongue in the centre |
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Looking back to Side Pike on Lingmoor |
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In a little over three hundred yards the path crosses the stream |
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Looking over to the Langdale Pikes from the stream crossing |
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The path up the tongue has been stone pitched to minimise erosion of this popular route |
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Looking back to the start of the path from the tongue |
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Looking across to Lingmoor Fell from the tongue |
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Looking down the steepest section of the path |
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Nearing the top of Redacre Gill |
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Great Langdale from the top of Redacre Gill |
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The summit of Pike o' Blisco from the top of Redacre Gill. The path is marked by cairns as it crosses easier ground and leads directly through a series of rock bands which require a little mild scrambling to surmount |
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The Langdale Pikes from the cairned path |
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Bowfell from the cairned path |
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At the base of the steepest rock band |
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Looking right to Glaramara and Pike o' Stickle |
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Looking left to Swirl How and Great Carrs |
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Scrambling up the final rocks leading to the summit ridge |
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The path emerges onto a peaty depression between two rock platforms, the summit lies to the right |
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Looking down the route of ascent |
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The summit of Pike o' Blisco |
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Looking south from the summit to Swirl How, Great Carrs, Dow Crag and Grey Friar |
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Crinkle Crags from the summit of Pike o' Blisco |
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Bowfell |
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Pike o' Stickle across Mickleden |
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Wetherlam across the south top of Pike o' Blisco |
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The Langdale Pikes from the south top |
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The summit of Pike o' Blisco from the south top |
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Looking down to Wrynose Pass from the south top |
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Red Tarn and Cold Pike from the south top |
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Crinkle Crags from the south top |