Walk : The Kentmere Round
from Kentmere – Yoke (2,309ft), Ill Bell (2,476ft),
Froswick
(2,359ft), Mardale Ill Bell (2,496ft), Harter Fell
(2,539ft),
Kentmere
Pike (2,397ft), Shipman Knotts (1,926ft)
Date : 16th April 2012
Weather : Fair, variable cloud and dry
Distance : 12.5 miles round trip
Difficulty : Hard – there are some steep climbs and
drops
Which
part of Lakeland is this walk situated
Terrain
Overview
Overview
A challenging round of 7 Wainwright
Fells with some steep ups and downs. Good paths
throughout it is described as a
moderate to hard circuit
The walk starts just near the
church in the tiny hamlet of Kentmere. Car parking
space is at a
premium however a nearby farm
offers one of its fields to use for a £3 charge in an honesty bucket.
Just near the church take the long
stony track up to the Garburn Pass
The path continues through a hand
gate as it climbs more steeply towards the pass
Part of the track has been
fortified by the “Fix the Fells” team
At the top of the pass and through the
gate and the terrain changes from stone to boggy grass
The views start to open up now
From the gate take a right turn and
cross the boggy ground and aim for the sloping stone
wall seen here
When possible
make your way right to run parallel with the wall for easier ground
The path leads to a wall stile that
gives access to the summit approach to Yoke
Looking back towards Windermere
Over the wall style and the summit
of Yoke comes into view
From this point now you get a
better appreciation of the extent of the walk. Here the summits
of Ill Bell and Froswick
Looking left towards the Helvellyn range
From the top of Yoke, the steep descent
and equally steep climb up to the top of Ill Bell
The distinctive summit of Ill bell
Looking down to Kentmere
Reservoir
At the head of the valley – High
Street
The Nan Bield
pass leading up to Harter Fell
The steep trek up to Froswick
At this point I have just dropped
down from Froswick and looking back to the descent
path
which gives an idea of the severity
of the drop
At the head of the valley towards Mardale Ill Bell looking back to Kentmere
Reservoir
Looking back at the three peaks
completed to now
Here a shot of Small Water sitting
approx 700 feet above Haweswater from Mardale Ill
Bell
Looking at the southern end of
Haweswater Reservoir. From here follow the path right around
to climb to the summit of Harter
Fell
The summit of Harter Fell
Now take a 90 degree turn and head in
the opposite direction of the horseshoe towards
Kentmere Pike
From Kentmere
Pike is the final descent back to the valley floor via Shipman Knotts
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