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Pike O'Blisco

Date ... Sunday, 5 October 2008
Distance ... 6.0 miles
Ascent ... 2225 feet
Time ... 4 hours 35 mins
Weather ... 13ºc, light N winds, dry with clear blue skies and lots of sun!
Summits ... Pike O'Blisco - 2304' (aw87)(en177)
Start ... NT Pay + display car park at Stickle Ghyll (NY294064)
Route Map ... Click here for the route map from this walk
Maps ... Ordnance Survey - Outdoor Leisure Nº6 (1:25,000) or Landranger Nº90 (1:50,000)
Books ... Pictorial Guide Nº4 by Alfred Wainwright (ISBN 9780711226586)
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The view down the Langdale valley as we climbed up from the car park

The view down the Langdale valley as we climbed up from the car park

Cascade's seen as we crossed the footbridge over Dungeon Ghyll

Cascade's seen as we crossed the footbridge over Dungeon Ghyll

Looking up to Pike Howe from the same spot

Looking up to Pike Howe from the same spot

The Crinkle Crag's seen  from the path behind the Old Dungeon Ghyll 
	Hotel

The Crinkle Crag's seen  from the path behind the Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel

The Crinkle Crag's and Bowfell

The Crinkle Crag's and Bowfell

Looking back into Mickleden as we started up Redacre Gill

Looking back into Mickleden as we started up Redacre Gill

The Langdale Pikes from further up the gill

The Langdale Pikes from further up the gill

Zooming in on Pike O'Stickle and Loft Crag

Zooming in on Pike O'Stickle and Loft Crag

Looking over to Helvellyn from the top of Redacre Gill

Looking over to Helvellyn from the top of Redacre Gill

Looking north from the summit of Pike O'Blisco

Looking north from the summit of Pike O'Blisco

Me and Tim on the summit of Pike O'Blisco

Me and Tim on the summit of Pike O'Blisco

Zooming in on Bowfell

Zooming in on Bowfell

The view from our lunch stop, you couldn't ask for anything better!

The view from our lunch stop, you couldn't ask for anything better!

Red Tarn, with the Coniston Fells behind, from the descent path

Red Tarn, with the Coniston Fells behind, from the descent path

The Langdale valley from the path down Browney Gill

The Langdale valley from the path down Browney Gill

The Crinkle Crag's from the valley floor in Oxendale

The Crinkle Crag's from the valley floor in Oxendale

The view down the valley from the footbridge across Oxendale Beck

The view down the valley from the footbridge across Oxendale Beck