Terrain Overview
Walk Overview
The fine weather over the Easter weekend continued to the Bank Holiday Easter Monday
and was too good not to make a trip up to Lakeland. In order to miss out the inevitable
traffic jams between Windermere and Keswick we opted for two Fells in the Far Eastern
region as it was easier for us to get to from the M6 North bound.
I had forgotten how completely charming and dramatic the Fells around Haweswater,
Hayeswater and Ullswater are and the route we took today starting from Hartsop is an
absolute belter as it is an ideal gateway / starting point to access a number of
stunning Wainwright Fells. This particular route has the potential to include several
other fells should your time permit
The car park at Hartsop. Free to use, however an honesty box near the gate is
there to make a donation towards the upkeep
The steep sided Hartsop Dodd is the prominent view at the start of the walk
Through the gates at the head of the car park and take the left hand fork in the path
Looking along the length of Pasture Beck valley
Within a couple of hundred yards a cattle grid is reached. Take the right hand fork
in the path that leads ultimately towards Hayeswater Reservoir
The path crosses Hayeswater Gill via a steel bridge before it starts to climb
fairly steeply past the base of Gray Crag
Higher on up the track and looking back down to the old Filter House that was in
use when Hayeswater was actually used as a Reservoir
Hayeswater Gill waterfalls
Very tempting to jump in and cool off a little in todays heat
The track eventually leads to a relatively newly constructed footbridge that sits
just below the entrance to Hayeswater
Tired Jones ???
After crossing the bridge, the first decent view of The Knott. The track sweeps round
to the open fellside where a number of paths lead up to the ridgeline. The one we chose is
the first that is seen, there are other tracks that pass closer to the edge of the Reservoir
Hayeswater from further up the path
Looking back to Helvellyn from the path
Continue up the grass track until you reach a very obvious stone path that cuts
across from Brock Crags and Rest Dodd. Its quite a popular highway and hard
to miss. At this point turn right and head up the ridgeline to The Knott
The path becomes more rough as it gains height, but it is worth keeping on as it
wends it`s way round to the left hand side of the summit where the slopes are easier
At this point we depart from the stone track and head up over the grass to follow
the line of the stone wall all the way to the summit
The summit cairn on The Knott
A Team Marsh shot of us on the summit of The Knott
Click here for a 360 degree view
Through the heat haze ... the distinctive peak of Catstye Cam and a
still snow capped Helvellyn
After a lengthy stay to admire the views and have lunch, we then set off for the
summit of Rest Dodd straight in front of us. The stone wall that can be seen rising
up is the most direct way to the summit, but it is the most steep. We will keep to the
stone path and then head up the least steep shoulder on the left
The path as you can see leads on past the shoulder of Rest Dodd, Satura Crags
and as far as Brock Crags on the left. The line of ascent we will take to Rest Dodd
starts just before the dark ridge line you can see in the centre of the shot
The faint grass path up the shoulder of Rest Dodd
One of the summit cairns on Rest Dodd
Sue checks the Wainwright Guide Book entry for this summit. In the background
the massive bulk of High Raise. Click here for a 360 degree view
The Nab from the summit of Rest Dodd
Angle Tarn and Angletarn Pikes from the summit of Rest Dodd
Another Team shot on the summit
Looking towards High Street
