Gale force winds and heavy showers were the forecast,so this was the best plan i could make up,that would let us hide from the worst of the wind
Starting Friday dinner we made our way up,under Maggies supervision onto Souther fell the wind was already pretty strong here but with good views and no nasty stuff seen in the skies we carried on
I really like the valley that runs to the East of Bannerdale crags so we made our way up this valley and then to the summit the wind now was blowing 25-30 and gusting 50's so we did not linger too long
With the wind now securely put to our backs we were helped along to Bowscale fell summit,the skies had darkened and you could sense the oncoming rain.A short sharp path soon had us at the tarn and that killed of a lot of the strong wind..after a little searching we got the shelters up,as soon as mine was up i nipped and collected water for me and Miss Maggie and got a brew on
A little later a friend from work came up to the tarn looking a bit moist but he soon to had his Trailstar pitched up,we only got to chat a small amount as the heavy showers and big gusts kept us inside our shelters for the evening and night
Next day started nice and dry and blue,but a peek upwards the clouds,above, gave some hint at the increase in wind speed today.Me and Jamie headed down to the old mine road and followed it up past the old mine and enjoyed a good 30 minutes brewing up in Lingy hut
Then we were blown along too High pike before a hard walk,in the wind, across too Carrock fell
The wind was very strong now as i tried to find us somewhere to camp,with some shelter....i could find nothing and had decided too walk back to the car
Below us still was the stream and i wondered if there might be something there,luckily after 20 mins following the Carrock beck along we found a lovely gem of a place
Ive had my tea,is there anymore ?
We had a nice evening but sadly heavy rain came on so a night inside the shelters it was
Our last morning started dry again and after a brew we packed up for the short 5-6 k back to the car.....a breakfast in Wilfs at Staveley finished off a nice trip...5 more peaks for Jamie and Maggie
Day 7 started cold with a good frost on the ground,so it was a breakfast in bed sort of start...The weather looked like another good day of blue skies The very pointy shaped Drakryggen loomed up into the crystal blue skies Now on Day 7 food supplies were much less and very much smaller than when we had set of,today we had 1 pass left to cross to get us to the end of the JoJo trail section But first we had to return back up the valley to where we had dropped into it,the views were amazing The narrow ridge of Gaskkasbakti (2043m 6702 ft ) We turned East at the end of the valley crossing the bottom of this very impressive ridge First part of the pass ahead 👆 This section was stunning, with the eyes constantly drawn in every direction,this pointy peak was Giebmebakti,the dusting of snow kept us checking every footstep as we tramped along the frozen rocky terrain The memorial to a helicopter crash ...
With another night time photo session it was weary heads that woke,the Trailstars "no door" option allowing us to see another good days weather was ready to great us My cup sadly was cracked when i took it out of my pack on Day 1 off this trip,luckily some of Treadlite gears excellent Cuben tape sealed it perfectly The day started cold again with a fresh wind but warmed as we followed the river and path down to the valley bottom Ive walked this valley section before on my first trip here and it was again alive with autumn colours,every shade of yellow was on display As this path serves the Kebnekaise Fjallstation and access upto the Tarfala science station/huts its a good path all wet sections well boarded over in the two plank style of these far Northern regions It was on this section i got chatting to some folk,who turned out to be finishing and leaving there Science work at the Trafala station,they were surprised we had been over the JoJo trail,tell...
This years trip was to Sarek National Park in the far North of Sweden an,area protected with World heritage status.With mountains over 2000m and 100 glaciers,a place of both long deep narrow valleys,but also wide flat high ones.Both of which are criss crossed with wild rivers and glacier fed Lakes all joined together by miles of high alpine tundra and only 2 bridges in the park It took us a full day of flights and trains and taxis to get to Lulea where we met up with Christie Crowler who had just finished her walk,we were to meet Matt Holland,who was going to join us,but the bad weather and the big storm had him change his plans Hotel was ok and close to the train staition,which we needed in the morning,so after grabbing our fuel off Christie (fanks again) we went to our room and got everything packed away We then all met up and went for tea as Chrissie told us of the storm they had caught at the end of her walk,she bumped into Dale too while out hiking Th...
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