In search of the White Room
With the heavy snow fall of Friday and lots of wind blown slab and powder climbing was definately off the menu this weekend.
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| The Howgill Fells |
The A66 was closed due to drifting snow so a very scenic diversion through the Dales produced some lovely winter images of the Howgill Fells before we arrived in the Lakes.
I was excepting to see the Fells covered in a blanket of white,, but any snow on exposed areas has been stripped off by the ferocious Arctic winds that have been cooling off the mountains for the last week, and dumped into any gullies and hollows.
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| Robinson fron the Newlands Valley |
Our aim was to get to Buttermere over Newlands Hause, but unsurprisingly the road was shut with drifts and the usual ice problem on the Buttermere side of the pass.
A quick (very cold) walk over Outerside and Stile End to have a look at the fells was enough to blow out any cobwebs!!
The paths are all still ok, but some patches of deep powder in the sheltered bits make the going slow at time.
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| High Spy from the Newlands Valley |
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| Skiddaw from Stile End |
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| Grisedale Pike from Outerside |
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| The central Fells from above Stoneycroft Gill |
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