Seat How - Route One

 

Start - Birker Fell Road SD 171 977 Distance - 1 mile Ascent - 250 feet Time - 30 minutes

 

 

The walk starts from the access lane to High Ground Farm where there is room to park half a dozen cars on the verge
Directly opposite the car parking area is the start of the bridleway track to Devoke Water
Looking back to the car parking area
Seat How from the bridleway track
Looking back to Harter Fell and Green Crag
Devoke Water comes into view
Looking back along the bridleway track to Crinkle Crags on the horizon
Woodend Height and White Pike from the bridleway track as it leads towards the boathouse
Passing below the western crags of Seat How
The boathouse and ruined stables, the rough bridleway track comes to an end shortly after passing them 
Water Crag across Devoke Water
Seat How and The Seat from the bridleway track, the ascent path starts from a point directly opposite the boathouse
Rough Crag from the bridleway track
Hesk Fell from te bridleway track
Starting the climb to Seat How
The boathouse and Water Crag from the start of the climb
It's only a short climb of 190 feet and a little more than a quarter of a mile from the bridleway reach the summit
Herdwick lambs on the gentle slope
Seat How's southern crags
Looking over towards Woodend and Hesk Fell
White Pike from the base of the southern crags
Rough Crag with Whin Rigg, Haycock and Illgill Head on the right from the base of the crags
Whin Rigg, Kirk Fell, Great Gable and Scafell across the Seat How's crags
We make a short traverse beneath the crags to climb their eastern face from The Seat
Whin Rigg, Haycock and Illgill Head from the traverse
Stickle Pike from the end of the traverse
Devoke Water from the end of the traverse
Climbing up to The Seat
Woodend and Hesk Fell from The Seat
Caw and Stickle Pike across Birker Moor from The Seat
Harter Fell and Green Crag from The Seat
From The Seat there is a breach in the crags which provides an easy way to reach the summit of Seat How 
Approaching the summit of Seat How
The summit cairn on Seat How
Water Crag from the summit of Seat How
Rough Crag from the summit of SeatHow
Whin Rigg, Haycock, Illgill Head and Kirk Fell from the summit of Seat How
Kirk Fell, Great Gable, Scafell, Esk Pike, Bowfell, Crinkle Crags and Harter Fell from the summit of Seat How
Harter Fell over Crook Crag and Green Crag from the summit of Seat How
The Coniston Fells over Great Worm Crag from the summit of Seat How
Caw Fell and Stickle Pike from the summit of Seat How
Hesk Fell from the summit of Seat How
Woodend Height from the summit of Seat How
Devoke Water from the summit of Seat How

 

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