With winter still in full swing in the Lakes, I was back up with a friend of mine from Loughborough. We had been staying at the Derwentwater youth hostel the previous night, so we had good access to the Borrowdale fells and beyond. In the end we decided on a route from Seatoller, which took in the ascent of Glaramara. It was a nice stony path to start off with, but by the time we neared the summit, shortly behind a party of lads, there was a good covering of snow. More traipsing through snow ensued to descend and walk along to Allen Crags, with great views over to Honister and the western fells. From Allen Crags we headed down in the direction of Esk Hause before bearing in a (north?)westerly direction towards Sprinkling tarn and Styhead tarn. From there we made one last ascent of the day to get to the top of Great Gable. Jay struggled a bit on the snow by this time because the snow was quite hard and she didn't have particularly stiff hiking boots on. I was wearing my Scarpa manta boots, which were a little more supportive. But anyway, we got there OK, and sat down to some hot chocolate at the summit before making our way back down towards Seathwaite via Styhead Gill.
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