21/8/2002
FAIRFIELD - a grand mountain with grand satellites in support
A. Wainwright |
| Fairfield Horseshoe | ||||||
| Date | 21/8/2002 |
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| Walks done by: | Jed | |||||
| Weather: | Sunny spells - very warm | |||||
| Distance | 11.8 miles. | |||||
| Started at: | Ambleside - main car park | |||||
| Height:- | ||||||
| Low Pike | 1657' | Fairfield | 2863' | |||
| High Pike | 2155' | Great Rigg | 2513' | |||
| Dove Crag | 2603' | Heron Pike | 2003' | |||
| Hart Crag | 2698' | Nab Scar | 1450' | |||
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| Nab Scar and Heron Pike from Sweden Bridge Road | ||||||
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| Half way up Sweden Bridge Road | ||||||
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| The Langdale Pikes taken from the same place as the above photo | ||||||
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| High Sweden Bridge | ||||||
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| Low Pike and High Pike | ||||||
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| Low Pike's puny summit cairn | ||||||
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| High Pike from Low Pike | ||||||
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| High Pike summit with ridge of Red Scree's in shade beyond | ||||||
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| Scandale Pass. | ||||||
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| Dove Crag summit | ||||||
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| Looking across to Fairfiled | ||||||
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| Hart Crag with Fairfield in the distance | ||||||
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| Looking along the ridge to Fairfield's summit | ||||||
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| Great Rigg from Hart Crag - Coniston Old Man is in the distance | ||||||
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| Looking down Rydal valley to Ambleside and Lake Windermere | ||||||
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| Looking back to the ridge of ascent | ||||||
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| Looking over towards Place Fell and the eastern fells | ||||||
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| Great Rigg from the ascent of Fairfield | ||||||
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| Approaching Fairfield summit | ||||||
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| Black Tippet | ||||||
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| Fairfield Summit | ||||||
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| What a great skyline from Fairfield's summit | ||||||
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| Looking down to Great Rigg. To give an idea of scale there's a person far left | ||||||
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| Another view to Windermere | ||||||
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| Looking back to Hart Crag | ||||||
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| The Fairfield to Nab Scar ridge | ||||||
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| Approaching Great Rigg | ||||||
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| Great Rigg summit | ||||||
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| Looking back to Fairfield | ||||||
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| Heron Pike from Great Rigg | ||||||
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| Looking back to Great Rigg. Fairfield is to the right. | ||||||
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| Heron Pike | ||||||
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| Windermere from Nab Scar | ||||||
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| Grasmere | ||||||
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