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SCARF GAP.
The other exit from Wastdale Head is by the road to Scarf
Gap, already referred to as having been found dangerous by
inexperienced travellers. A rough foot-road leads through
the valley of Mosedale, between Kirkfell and Yewbarrow, till
it enters Gillerthwaite, at the head of Ennerdale. Kirkfell
and the stream being kept on the right, the track passes
between Kirkfell and the Pillar. Coming down into
Gillerthwaite, the view is beautiful. Great Gable and
Kirkfell close in the dale at its head; High Stile and Red
Pike are in front, and Gillerthwaite is below, with its
circular green level, dropped over with wood, its farmhouse
and stream, and the lake at the other end. Behind, the wild
valley of Mosedale winds away between Kirkfell and
Yewbarrow, and discloses the great summits of Scawfell and
Bowfell. The Pillar is 2,893 feet high, and inaccessible,
from its craggy and precipitous character. The path leads
along the Pass called Blacksail to a sheepfold on the little
river Liza, which falls into Ennerdale Lake: at that fold
the stream will be crossed, and an indistinct path will be
seen crossing a hollow in the direction of Buttermere. That
hollow is Scarf Gap; and the path leads out upon Gatesgarth,
at the head of Buttermere. From Gatesgarth it is four miles
to Seatoller in Borrowdale, one mile to
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