Dale Head and the High Spy Ridge walk from Honister. Grange

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Dale Head, High Spy [NW]

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INDY Jun 12, 2024 Honister, Dale Head, Dalehead Tarn, High Spy, Maiden Moor, Grange

Start Point

Distance 10.08 km, Time 3.44 h, Total Ascent 613 m [linear route] Imperial | Metric

INDY SAYS: Some rocky sections. The only water is at Dalehead Tarn. Don't stray too far left on the High Spy route!

Cloudy, cold, muggy

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.

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

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Summit of Dale Head, quite a cairn here

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Dalehead Tarn

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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

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Grange church

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Grange, where we waited a long time for a bus

Start: Honister

1) "Honister rambler" bus from Keswick to Honister
2) Car parking, toilets and café at Honister Slate Mine [Grid Ref: NY 22457 13570] [GPS 54.511478,-3.1992062] View on map

Route

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

Fells

Dale Head 753 m
High Spy 653 m
Maiden Moor 576 m

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