Stone Arthur - Route One

 

Start - Grasmere NY 336 076 Distance - 1.5 miles Ascent - 1,450 feet Time - 1 hour : 10 minutes

 

 

Stone Arthur from the Swan Hotel
Along the road behind the hotel is a narrow lane, signposted "Public footpath Greenhead Gill, Alcock Tarn"
The lane rises to a gate giving access to the open fellside
Bear left from the gate on a path climbing steeply alongside a walled plantation
Looking back to Greenhead Gill from the path
Looking back to Wetherlam above the Dow Bank ~ Silver How ridge
In the height of summer some sections of the path are almost hidden amongst the tall bracken
Helm Crag appears over the trees
The path turns sharply right away from the trees and begins to climb more steeply across the bracken covered slopes, opening out the views
Helm Crag with Sergeant Man and a glimpse of Pavey Ark to the left
Higher on the path looking across the valley to Great Castle How with Harrison Stickle and Pavey Ark appearing over Blea Rigg
Looking up to the summit of Stone Arthur as the path approaches an unnamed gill
Grasmere from the unnamed gill
On crossing the gill the path continues across the fellside, following the course of an old drove lane towards a broad spur overlooking Greenhead Gill
Looking back from the drove lane
Grasmere and Grey Crag from the drove lane
Looking down to the lower reaches of Greenhead Gill
Looking back from the end of the drove lane
The drove lane reaches the spur overlooking Greenhead Gill and joins a path rising directly from the gill
Approaching the summit of Stone Arthur
 Looking back during the climb to the summit, Alcock Tarn is just visible on a grass shelf between Butter Crag and Grey Crag
The summit of Stone Arthur.  The summit, so prominent when seen fom Grasmere, is merely a rock studded outcrop on the ridge which continues on to Great Rigg and Fairfield
Alcock Tarn and Esthwaite Water from the summit of Stone Arthur.  Part of Grasmere visible on the right
Grasmere and part of Coniston Water with the Coniston Fells on the right skyline
Pike o' Blisco, Crinkle Crags and Bowfell over the Langdale Pikes
High Raise over Helm Crag with Easedale Tarn on the left
Ullscarf and High Seat on the horizon with Steel Fell in the middle distance
Seat Sandal to the north
The connecting ridge to Great Rigg
Looking back from the connecting ridge, the summit rocks of Stone Arthur can be seen in the lower foreground

 

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