Great Gable and the Screes from Seathwaite

Getting Ready at Seathwaite Looking up towards Taylorgill Force Rocky ascent on the path to Taylorgill Force Waterfall visible from the path up to Styhead Tarn Styhead Tarn with Lingmell in the distance Kern Knotts. Looking down Lingmell Beck with Yewbarrow in the distance The Screes path is rugged Napes Needle from the Screes path The author with Wastwater in the distance Towards Wasdale and Yewbarrow from the Screes path Sphinx Rock is the unusual rock in the centre of the picture Napes Needle Napes Needle It really isn't as difficult as it looks! Wasdale and Wastwater flanked either side by Illgill Head and Yewbarrow Hay Stacks, High Crag and High Stile lead the way to Buttermere and beyond Looking back on the ascent from Beck Head. The Pillar, Steeple and Red Pike stand majestically behind Kirk Fell The hills of Buttermere with Crummock Water visible in the distance The memorial plaque at the summit of Great Gable Looking east from the Summit of Great Gable Looking down Aaron Slack to Styhead tarn with Great Slack the highest foreground Mountain Base Brown from Green Gable Seathwaite from Sourmilk Gill A stunning waterfall along Sourmilk Gill Care required as the descent of Sourmilk Gill is tricky in parts Another waterfall along Sourmilk Gill All the colours of Autumn surround an awkward stile

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