Pediments & Gables
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Great Gable is a mountain lying at the very heart of the English Lake District, appearing as a pyramid from Wasdale but as a dome from most other directions
Roof gable of a half-timbered house in Schorndorf.
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An autumn view of this impressive multi-tiered peak.
"Gable Mountain is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Gable Mountain is in the northeastern section of Glacier National Park, approximately 3 miles southwest of the prominent Chief Mountain." Wikipedia
Enjoy a wonderful weekend!
Superb conditions for a walk in my favourite area of the Lakes. My favourite fell was looking quite grand.
Great Gable is the big, dome-shaped mountain on the right, with the smaller, adjoining peak of Green Gable to its left.
Hoar frost is seen on Great Gable's top...
Taken from near Blackbeck Tarn, in an intriguing area of natural rock gardens and wonderful views in all directions...
Great Gable turned red in early sun, taken from the col between Great End and Ill Crag.
The next day I made another early start, this time with a good forecast. A full moon made going easy, although my head torch helped. The walk up Grains Gill was ok, but once out in the open near Esk Hause, it got rather chilly .
As described on the label. The ridge from Scafell Pike to Great End gives very good views of Great Gable, rising out of upper Wasdale
So far this January I haven't managed to get out on the hills. To make up for this here's a shot from last year that captures Terry taking in the view down Wasdale. We had just emerged from the cloud during our descent of Graet Gable.
A gable end Mural by Smug reimagines St Mungo, bringing his master's Robin back to life. This is 'the bird that never flew' in the rhyme 'The Bird that never flew,
The Tree that never grew,
The Bell that never rang,
The Fish that never swam.' that tells the account of his miracles and which forms the basis of Glasgow's coat of arms.
Talking of fells with immense character, just how utterly compelling is Great Gable?
I'd earlier traversed this stately 'dome' & had been 'entertained' by a pretty nerve-wracking descent off this face on iced-up rocks; an 'adventure' I hadn't factored in for the day.
This was taken from the moonscape plateau topping Kirk Fell, where I lay down on my little mattress to rest my aching back - & awoke two hours later! And it only felt like five minutes. Weird, that.
P.S. Do I spot that pesky twosome, Harrison Stickle & Pike o' Stickle, vying for attention yet again?!