Walk Information

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Walk route: Gatesgarth - Peggy's Bridge - Scarth Gap - Haystacks - Innominate Tarn - Blackbeck Tarn - Dubs Quarry - Warnscale Bottom - Gatesgarth

Distance: 5.25 miles

Ascent: 1,650ft

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Time: 3 hours 20 minutes

With: on own

Conditions: Light winds, dry, tops in cloud. The big thaw is on, mild temperatures and heavy rain recently means that much of the snow has gone

Photos

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The track to Peggy's Bridge. The Scarth Gap path heads up left but first goes round the right side of the treesHaystacks from Peggy's Bridge over Warnscale BeckThis damage is the result of last November's heavy rain and floodsLooking ahead to HaystacksScarth Gap PassHaystacks' summitInnominate Tarn, still frozenDubs BottomWarnscale BeckButtermere and a glimpse of Crummock Water from the old mine track down to Gatesgarth

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