Helvellyn
Sun 30 Dec 2012
Route: Swirls - Browncove Crags path - Helvellyn - Browncove Crags path - Swirls
Distance: 4.75 miles
Ascent: 2,540ft
Time: 3 hours
With: On own
Notes:
Wild, very very windy on the summit plateau. Forecast: Wind at 500m - 60 mph with gusts around 70mph close to the summits and over exposed ridges. Readings from Helvellyn summit at 11:45 by the fell top assessor: Temperature minus 1.6C, Wind chill minus 12.6C, Maximum wind speed 41.9mph, Average wind speed Westerly, 32.9mph
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Looking up towards Browncove Crags from the start of the walk
The view north as I gain height
Looking up to Browncove Crags
Skiddaw in the distance
View from 'Swirls Gate'
Looking west, Thirlmere now far below
White Side with the Dodds beyond and Blencathra in the far distance
Helvellyn Lower Man
Helvellyn summit
The summit shelter
Retracing my route I head back to Swirls
Steel Fell and the Wythburn valley
The top of Browncove Crags
Thirlmere on the left with Skiddaw and Blencathra in the distance
Back below the snow line
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