Great End and Glaramara

Distance: 20.2km / 12.55 Miles
Ascent: 1517m (4976ft)
Duration: 8 Hours

A long walk up to Great End and along the Glaramara Ridge on a stunning sunny day.

Lambs in the fields around Seatoller.

Lambs in the fields around Seatoller.

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Following the road into Seathwaite. Great End ahead.

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The impressive North Face of Great End.

Heading into Seathwaite, Great End just to the left with Seathwaite Fell just below. Base Brown to the right.

Heading into Seathwaite, Great End just to the left with Seathwaite Fell just below. Base Brown to the right.

Stockley Bridge.

Stockley Bridge.

Seathwaite from just above Stockley Bridge.

Seathwaite from just above Stockley Bridge.

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Kings How on Grange Fell and Blencathra.

Borrowdale from the climb up to Seathwaite Fell.

Borrowdale from the climb up to Seathwaite Fell.

Seathwaite Fell Summit Cairn. The lake just in view is Derwent Water.

Seathwaite Fell Summit Cairn. The lake just in view is Derwent Water.

Stunning Borrowdale far below.

Stunning Borrowdale far below.

Great and Green Gable.

Great and Green Gable.

Allen Crags and Esk Pike, fells we have yet to climb to.

Allen Crags and Esk Pike, fells we have yet to climb to.

Great End, our next fell today.

Great End, our next fell today.

Glaramara.

Glaramara.

Great End from an unnamed tarn.

Great End from an unnamed tarn.

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And again from Sprinkling Tarn.

Kirk Fell, Great Gable and Green Gable.

Kirk Fell, Great Gable and Green Gable.

Sprinkling Tarn from The Band on Great End. This section of the climb was a great but fairly easy scramble. Well worth the effort and the views are spectacular!

Sprinkling Tarn from The Band on Great End. This section of the climb was a great but fairly easy scramble. Well worth the effort and the views are spectacular!

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Great End summit.

Esk Pike from Esk Hause.

Esk Pike from Esk Hause.

Looking towards the Scafells from Esk Pike.

Looking towards the Scafells from Esk Pike.

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The Langdale Pikes from Esk Pike.

Now on the way up to Allen Crags.

Now on the way up to Allen Crags.

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Allen Crags rocky summit.

Pillar, Great Gable and Green Gable over Sprinkling Tarn.

Pillar, Great Gable and Green Gable over Sprinkling Tarn.

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Glaramara summit cairn, Skiddaw and Derwent Water in the distance.

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Skiddaw and Derwent Water from Glaramara.

The summit cairn on Bessyboot - Rosthwaite Fell.

The summit cairn on Bessyboot - Rosthwaite Fell.

Tarn at Leaves from Bessyboot. After Bessyboot we decended back down a ridge to The Comb and then headed back to Seatoller.

Tarn at Leaves from Bessyboot. After Bessyboot we decended back down a ridge to The Comb and then headed back to Seatoller.

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