60th Helvellyn
Tue 9 Sep 2014
Route: Glenridding village - Mires Beck path - Birkhouse Moor - Hole-in-the-Wall - Striding Edge - Helvellyn - Swirral Edge - Catstycam - Red Tarn Beck path - Glenridding (Greenside Road) - Glenridding village
Distance: 9.00 miles
Ascent: 3,020ft
Time: 3 hours 45 minutes
With: On Own
Notes:
Hardly any wind, misty patches
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The Duke of Portland Boathouse, Ullswater
Looking back down on Glenridding village and Ullswater from the Mires Beck path
...and again from higher up
Helvellyn from Birkhouse Moor's summit
Just follow the wall
Heading up on to Striding Edge
Striding Edge
The Dixon memorial just after High Spying How at the start of Striding Edge
Looking back
Helvellyn summit
Descending Swirral Edge
Looking down on Red Tarn
Looking back towards Helvellyn from Catstycam
Glenridding from Catstycam's summit
The Whiteside zig-zags
Looking back to Catstycam from just above the Greenside Mines
Previous Walk: Langdale Pikes (Sun 7 Sep 2014)