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Combe Head

Date ... Sunday, 16 March 2008
Distance ... 6.0 miles
Ascent ... 2390 feet
Time ... 5 hours 0 mins
Weather ... 8 ºC, strong winds (on the summit), snow showers and sunny spells
Summits ... Bessyboot  - 1807'  (aw147)
Rosthwaite Fell - 2008' (en194)
Dovenest Top - 2073' (en63)
Combe Door Top  - 2218' (en46)
Combe Head - 2411' (en47)
Start ... National Trust pay + display car park in Seatoller village (NY245137) 
Maps ... Ordnance Survey - Outdoor Leisure Nº4 (1:25,000) or Landranger Nº90 (1:50,000)
Books ... Pictorial Guide Nº 3 - The Central Fells by Alfred Wainwright (ISBN 07181400284)


Sarah, Sheena and Tim waiting to go!

Sarah, Sheena and Tim waiting to go!

Looking back towards Seatoller village as we walked along the road

Looking back towards Seatoller village as we walked along the road

Looking down Combe Gill before we started the ascent

Looking down Combe Gill before we started the ascent

Looking back down Borrowdale as we started to climb, a cloud covered Skiddaw can be seen in the distance

Looking back down Borrowdale as we started to climb, a cloud covered Skiddaw can be seen in the distance

Another view back down Borrowdale from higher up the climb

Another view back down Borrowdale from higher up the climb

Zooming in on Honister Crag as we climbed

Zooming in on Honister Crag as we climbed

Tarn at Leaves and the Langdale Pikes from the summit of Bessyboot

Tarn at Leaves and the Langdale Pikes from the summit of Bessyboot

Honister Crag (with High Stile in cloud behind) from the summit of Bessyboot

Honister Crag (with High Stile in cloud behind) from the summit of Bessyboot

Skiddaw + Keswick from the summit of Bessyboot

Skiddaw + Keswick from the summit of Bessyboot

Looking across to Honister Crag again as we climbed onto Rosthwaite Fell

Looking across to Honister Crag again as we climbed onto Rosthwaite Fell

Looking back to Bessyboot from Rosthwaite Fell

Looking back to Bessyboot from Rosthwaite Fell

Eagle Crag, with Helvellyn in the distance from Rosthwaite Fell

Eagle Crag, with Helvellyn in the distance from Rosthwaite Fell

Sarah and Sheena on Rosthwaite Fell

Sarah and Sheena on Rosthwaite Fell

Looking across to the Langdale Pikes as we traversed the ridge

Looking across to the Langdale Pikes as we traversed the ridge

Looking over to the NW fells

Looking over to the NW fells

Honister Crag, High Stile and Pillar

Honister Crag, High Stile and Pillar

Combe Head

Combe Head

Bowfell and The Langdale Pikes from Combe Door Top

Bowfell and The Langdale Pikes from Combe Door Top

Honister Crag from one of the partly frozen pools

Honister Crag from one of the partly frozen pools

Looking back towards Keswick and Skiddaw from Combe Door Top

Looking back towards Keswick and Skiddaw from Combe Door Top

Looking towards Helvellyn from Combe Door Top

Looking towards Helvellyn from Combe Door Top

Looking back along to Rosthwaite Fell from Combe Door Top

Looking back along to Rosthwaite Fell from Combe Door Top

Looking across to High Raise, with lots of snow showers

Looking across to High Raise, with lots of snow showers

Ullscarf and Eagle Crag

Ullscarf and Eagle Crag

Glaramara from Combe Head

Glaramara from Combe Head

Dovenest Top and Eagle Crag from Combe Head

Dovenest Top and Eagle Crag from Combe Head

Great Gable and Pillar from Combe Head

Great Gable and Pillar from Combe Head

Looking across to Honister Crag as we descended from Combe Head

Looking across to Honister Crag as we descended from Combe Head

Derwent Water and a cloudy Skiddaw

Derwent Water and a cloudy Skiddaw

Base Brown, Green Gable and Great Gable

Base Brown, Green Gable and Great Gable

A windswept Tim!

A windswept Tim!

Dovenest Top and Combe Gill

Dovenest Top and Combe Gill