50th Helvellyn
Fri 13 Jan 2012
Route: Dunmail Raise - Raise Beck - Grisedale Tarn - Dollywaggon Pike - High Crag - Nethermost Pike - Swallow Scarth - Helvellyn - Swallow Scarth - Birk Side - Wythburn path - Permissive path - Dunmail Raise
Distance: 7.00 miles
Ascent: 2,700ft
Time: 4 hours
With: On own
Notes:
Wall to wall blue sky and sunshine, hardly any wind
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Looking back down to Dunmail Raise from the path by Raise Beck
Dollywaggon Pike, from here you can go straight up by the wall or use the zig-zags on the right
Looking back down on Grisedale Tarn
Grisedale
The view west from The Post on Dollywaggon Pike
The High Stile ridge on the far left skyline and the north western fells from Dollywaggon Pike's summit
High Crag, Nethermost Pike, Helvellyn and Catstycam from Dollywaggon Pike's summit
High Crag, the main path skirts its summit. I took the minor path up through the scree
The remains of the cornice and the flat top of Nethermost Pike
Striding Edge from Nethermost Pike
The far eastern fells from Helvellyn's summit carin
Helvellyn's summit
West over High Raise and Ullscarf to Crinkle Crags, Bowfell, Scafell Pike, Great Gable, Pillar and the High Stile ridge
Helvellyn's summit trig point, Catstycam and Ullswater
Helvellyn Lower Man and the Skiddaw fells
White Side, Raise and the Dodds with Great Calva and Blencathra in the distance
Helvellyn's cross shelter as I look south into the sun
Striding Edge and part of Red Tarn, there is a cloud inversion in the Eden Valley, the North Pennines in the far distance
Looking back to Helvellyn's summit and Swallow Scarth
Thirlmere reflections
Almost back at Dunmail Raise, Helm Crag beyond
Previous Walk: Harter Fell from Mardale Head (Sun 8 Jan 2012)
Next Walk: Lord's Seat (Sat 14 Jan 2012)