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Dale Head, High Spy [NW] GradeGradeGrade
INDY    Jun 12, 2024 Honister, Dale Head, Dalehead Tarn, High Spy, Maiden Moor, Grange   
Distance 10.08 km, Time 3.44 h, Total Ascent 613 m     Imperial | Metric
Dale Head, High Spy - Image 1, Jun 12, 2024

From Dale Head, looking down Newlands Valley, our route home is on the right.
A bit of a trudge up Dale Head from Honister, but it takes well under an hour. Some cloud, simultaneously cold and sweaty.

Dale Head, High Spy - Image 3, Jun 12, 2024

A closer view of our objective, unfortunately there is a drop of 200m+ to Dalehead Tarn between us and High Spy

Dale Head, High Spy - Image 2, Jun 12, 2024

Summit of Dale Head, quite a cairn here

Dale Head, High Spy - Image 4, Jun 12, 2024

Dalehead Tarn


Dale Head, High Spy - Image 5, Jun 12, 2024

Having had lunch we are on the way home via Grange when we sit down for a quick retying of bootlaces before the descent. Indy doesn't understand the hold up


Dale Head, High Spy - Image 7, Jun 12, 2024

Grange church


Dale Head, High Spy - Image 8, Jun 12, 2024

Grange, where we waited a long time for a bus



Start: Honister

1) "Honister rambler" bus from Keswick to Honister
2) All day car parking, toilets and café at Honister Slate Mine [NY 22414 13561]

Route

Honister, Dale Head, Dalehead Tarn, High Spy, Maiden Moor, Grange
Distance 10.08 km, Time 3.44 h, Total Ascent 613 m
Wainwright Pictorial Guide: The North Western Fells

Please do your own research to verify current routes and information on car parking, bus services and so on


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