Walk Information

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Walk route: Swirls - Browncove Crags path - Helvellyn - Birk Side - Wythburn path - forest path - Swirls

Distance: 6.75 miles

Ascent: 2,950ft

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Time: 3 hours 50 minutes

With: Anne

Conditions: Snow on the ground above approx 1,750ft. Very windy on the tops with lots of spindrift. Quickly becoming overcast.

Photos

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Looking over Thirlmere to High Seat from the Browncove Crags pathThe north western fells from the Browncove Crags pathAscending the Browncove Crags path up Helvellyn from SwirlsSkiddaw and Blencathra to the northClimbing above ThirlmereThe view north with White Side centreLooking over the central fells to Bowfell, the Scafells and Great GableHelvellyn Lower Man and the path to HelvellynLooking back to Browncove CragsWhite Side, Raise, the Dodds and Blencathra to the northKeppel Cove, Brown Cove and CatstycamHelvellyn Lower Man to Swirral EdgeHelvellyn's trig pointRed Tarn with the North Pennines beyond the High Street ridgeHelvellyn's summit shelter with Fairfield in the cloudStriding EdgeThe view south towards Nethermost Pike through the spindriftHeading for the col between Helvellyn and Nethermost PikeThe central fells from Birk SideA largely snow free central ridge with the north western fells beyondThe Wythburn valley and the central fellsLooking down on Thirlmere from our descent to WythburnLooking across Thirlmere to Steel Fell and the Wythburn valleyOn the permissive path between Wythburn and Swirls

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