Wetherlam from Tilberthwaite
Sat 20 Sep 2008
Route: Low Tilberthwaite - Steel Edge - Wetherlam - Wetherlam Edge - Birk Fell Man - Hawk Rigg - Haystacks (Tilberthwaite) - Blake Rigg (Tilberthwaite) - Low Tilberthwaite
Distance: 4.50 miles
Ascent: 2,200ft
Time: 3 hours 30 minutes
With: David Hall
Notes:
In cloud on the top, sunshine later.
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Quarries at Tilberthwaite
Steel Edge from below
Looking across to Blake Rigg, to be our last summit of the walk
Ascending the lower part of Steel Edge
Ascending Steel Edge
Looking back down Steel Edge as we enter the cloud
Wetherlam's summit cairn
Descending Wetherlam Edge
Birk Fell Man from Wetherlam Edge with Little Langdale Tarn on the left
Fell runners ascending Wetherlam on the Three Shires Race
Zooming in on some of the fell runners
Wetherlam Edge
Looking over Greenburn to Blake Rigg with the Langdale Pikes in cloud beyond
Mine workings, Greenburn
A group at Birk Fell Man summit
Little Langdale Tarn and Great Intake
The Langdale Pikes
Black Crag (Black Fell) catches some sun
Steel Edge, our route of ascent up Wetherlam today
Looking back (l-r) to Birk Fell Man, Hawk Rigg and Haystacks (Tilberthwaite) from Blake Rigg (Tilberthwaite)'s summit
The track above Tilberthwaite Gill
Holme Fell from the track back to Low Tilberthwaite
Looking down on High Tilberthwaite
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