| High Spy and Maiden Moor via the valley between Hindscarth and High Spy | |
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| (Distance 9 miles) | |
| There is a small parking area amongst a small group of trees at the foot of cat Bells, also a small lay-by along the narrow dead-end road up to Skelgill. | |
| Follow the dead-end road up to Skelgill then join the
farm track going off to the left. (photo: Looking up the hazy valley on the way to Little Town from the foot of Cat Bells) |
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| Continue on this track, passing old mine workings below
Maiden Moor, and down to the Little Town area. (photo: Clouds begin to clear as we approach Carlisle Climbing Club hut) |
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| Go left, still on the track, following it into the
valley between Hindscarth and Maiden Moor heading to the high face of
Dale Head. The track soon becomes a path and gently ascends the
western slopes of high Spy. (photo: Clare on the rocky path up to Dale Head Tarn area) |
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| The path exits just north of Dalehead tarn alongside
the outflow from the tarn. (photo: Looking across to Dale Head from the path up to High Spy) |
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| Turn left here, and follow the path up to the
Trig Point of High Spy. (photo: Clare at High Spy summit) |
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| (photo: View down to Low Snab Farm) |  |
| Continue north from High Spy, following the path on the
western edge of the plateau, soon to drop down onto the open expanse of
Maiden Moor. (photo: Looking north along Cat Bells to Skiddaw) |
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| Follow the path, still on the western side around
the top of Maiden Moor, before dropping down to Hawes Gate below Cat
Bells. (photo: Heading along Cat Bells in the sunshine) |
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| (photo: 'Torchlight from heaven' on Low Snab Farm) |  |
| Continue north to Cat Bells summit. The route now
descends north in stages from Cat Bells, which includes a couple of
steep rocky sections (though not too difficult), to arrive back at the
Grange road and parking area. (photo: Swinside as Clare heads down the final section of Cat Bells) |
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