A walk along the Ennerdale-Buttermere watershed, with a poor forecast it was originally intended to be a crossing of Great Borne & Starling Dodd. As the cloud lifted suddenly from Red Pike it seemed a shame not to include it, from there it would be rude not to include High Stile & High Crag. A flurry of snow greeted us on the summit of High Crag, the first of the season but overall better weather than forecast. As always the six mile trudge along the forestry road back to Bowness Knott car park seemed longer than it was.
The start of climb up Bowness Knott...
the view up Ennerdale from Bowness Knott...
& the view down...
light show over Ennerdale...
the route up Great Borne from Brown HOw
a goose bield (fox trap)...
looking down, note the bield...
Herdus from the climb up Great Borne...
Great Borne's summit trig...
Starling Dodd over Gale Fell...
'arty' cairn on Starling Dodd...
a now clear Red Pike...
looking back while the sun shines...
Red Pike's summit with a touch of snow...
Crummock Water...
Buttermere & Bleaberry Tarn...
Red Pike from High Stile...
a touch of cloud on High Crag...
a passing snow shower engulfs High Crag, clears briefly on Gamlin End...
and then passes as quickly as it came...
Great Gable from Seat...
High Crag now clear...
the upper reaches of Ennerdale...
Pillar Rock was being licked with cloud...
finally back at the lake...
just a warning to those who rely on a smartphone for navigation - here's the track of the route from my walking partners phone right up to the point the battery died (just as the forestry road was reached) :
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