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Sunday
12th February 2017
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Heading
for the Hills from Above the Old Dungeon Gill Hotel Car Park

The
Valley of Mickleden this Way

On
the Left In the is Snow Crinkle Crags and Bow Fell on the Right

The
Low Point on the Skyline in the Snow is Rossett Gap our Destination

The
Valley of Mickleden Opens up

Click
Click

Pike
of Stickle and Loft Crag Tower Above us

Following
Mickleden Beck on Part of the Cumbria Way Footpath

Approaching
the Junction of the Stake Pass Path and our Path to Esk Hause

The
Peak on the Right is Rossett Pike

Leaving
the Valley Floor as we Head for Rossett Gap

View
Back Down the Mickleden Valley

As
we Climb Higher the Ice Starts Building up

Looking
Across to Flat Crags and Bowfell Buttress on Bow Fell

Rossett
Pike Getting Nearer

We
Reach the Snowline

Keep
Going up

Viewpoint
Above Rossett Gill

Setting
off Again on the Icy Path

Steady
on

There's More and
More Ice the Higher we go

Close
up of Pike of Stickle and Loft Crag

Rossett
Gap in Sight

Just
a Short Climb to the Summit

EMERGENCY on the
Summit of Rossett Pike "I've Left my Butties in the Fridge!!!"

Leaving
Rossett Pike for Angle Tarn with Esk Hause the Low Point on the Horizon our
Next Destination

The
Northern Crags of Bow Fell with Esk Pike to the Right at Angle Tarn

Rossett
Pike and Angle Tarn

Mind
it Doesn't Crack

Nearing
the Top of Esk Hause

Great
Gable, Windy Gap and Green Gable

The
Very Windy Stone Shelter at Esk Hause

Three
Winter Fellwalkers Coming Down Allan Crags

Esk
Pike now Dead Ahead

More
Wind and Snow

Keep
Going

Nearly
There

Climbing
up Passed some Frozen Rocks

Looking
Back Down at a Lone Walker near the Shelter on Esk Hause

Nearing
the Summit

The
Summit of Esk Pike

Standing
on the Rocks that Mark the Summit

Sheltered
Against the Wind Trying to Bite a Frozen Chocolate Bar

Rossett
Pike, Angle Tarn and Bow Fell

Heading
Back to Angle Tarn

Walking
on Water

The
Stepping Stones over the Outlet of Angle Tarn

Back
Down the Rossett Gap in a Blizzard with the Whole Length of Mickleden to
Walk Back

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