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Branstree

Date ... Thursday, 30 August 2007
Distance ... 6.00 miles
Ascent ... 1890 feet
Time ... 3 hours 45 mins
Summits ... Branstree - 2333' (aw81)(en23)
Branstree NE Top - 2208' (en24)
Selside Pike - 2142' (aw111)(en209)
Start ... Mardale Head (NY469107) - free parking
Maps ... Ordnance Survey - Outdoor Leisure Nº5 (1:25,000) or Landranger Nº90 (1:50,000)
Books ... Pictorial Guide Nº2 - The Far Eastern Fells by Alfred Wainwright (ISBN 9780711224667)


Looking across to High Street from the start of track up Gatesgarth Pass

Looking across to High Street from the start of track up Gatesgarth Pass

Looking back to Mardale Head from the same point

Looking back to Mardale Head from the same point

Harter Fell with Rough Crag in the distance from the slopes of Branstree

Harter Fell with Rough Crag in the distance from the slopes of Branstree

Gatesgarth Pass and Kentmere Pike from the slopes of Branstree

Gatesgarth Pass and Kentmere Pike from the slopes of Branstree

The NE top of Branstree from Artle Crag

The NE top of Branstree from Artle Crag

High Street from the cairn on Artle Crag

High Street from the cairn on Artle Crag

Another view of High Street from slightly further across the fell

Another view of High Street from slightly further across the fell

Looking down into Swindale from the summit of Selside Pike

Looking down into Swindale from the summit of Selside Pike

Zooming into Rough Crag and Long Stile from the Old Corpse Road

Zooming into Rough Crag and Long Stile from the Old Corpse Road

A wider angled view from the same point

A wider angled view from the same point

A view of Mardale Head from the ruins of the old huts on the Corpse Road

A view of Mardale Head from the ruins of the old huts on the Corpse Road

Kidsty Pike and Riggindale from the shore of Haweswater

Kidsty Pike and Riggindale from the shore of Haweswater