Walk Reports|Far Eastern Fells|Gray Crag, Thornthwaite Crag, High Street, Kidsty Pike, Rampsgill Head, The Knott, Rest Dodd, Angletarn Pikes, Boredale Hause

Around Hayeswater and Angle Tarn - Photo Gallery

There were some heavy showers on the drive up to Hartsop, and there were some big puddles in the car park. I walked up the track towards Hayeswater, and after crossing Hayeswater Gill by the first footbridge, I turned left up a faint path rising steeply up the grassy slopes of Gray Crag. It is a relentless slog, and towards the crest of the slope, the gradient seems to increase before it eases; as you reach level ground there is a dramatic view of the summit ridge and the steepness of the slope falling away to the valley of Pasture Beck.

There is still a steady climb up to the small cairn at the summit of Grey Crag, followed by a lengthy walk on a wide grassy ridge, before another steady climb to the unmistakeable beacon at the summit of Thornthwaite Crag. There were fragments of snow lying around, and the coldness of the breeze didn't encourage me to hang around. A broad path leads in the direction of High Street, when you get to the wall, walk on the right hand side of it to reach the triangulation column, and walk bit further to reach the insignificant cairn at highest point of High Street.

I carried walking by the side of the wall, the path was in its wettest state all the way down to Straits of Riggindale. I was ahead of schedule so I decided to walk up to the summit of Kidsty Pike and then across country to the summit of Rampsgill Head. I walked across a grassy shoulder, and back down to the main path, and then made the short climb to the summit of The Knott. I descended to the path again, but as it turned towards Angle Tarn, I carried on downwards, besides the fence, across a swampy col, before another steep grassy climb up to the twin summits of Rest Dodd.

I made the descent on mainly muddy ground, and rejoined the path going towards Angle Tarn; the path is quite rugged and eroded, but I climbed up grass to the top of Satura Crag. I could see a grassy path at a higher level than the eroded, muddy one running along the edge of Angle Tarn side; I walked the higher path, and climbed up to the ridge before turning left towards Angletarn Pikes. I climbed up to the slightly lower subsidiary summit, and then descended steeply before walking across a grassy gap before climbing up to the actual summit of Angletarn Pikes.

It had got to be probably too late for me to climb Brock Crags, I decided not to take any chances with the daylight, and walked down the main path to Boredale Hause, and then followed the pipeline path to a tarmac road, and then took the smaller path above Hartsop village and ack to car park.