Helvellyn via Striding Edge (Sat 9 Dec 2006)

Walk Information

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Walk route: Glenridding - Keldas - Lanty's Tarn - Birkhouse Moor - Hole-in-the-Wall - Striding Edge - Helvellyn - Helvellyn Lower Man - White Side - Greenside Road - Glenridding

Distance: 9.50 miles

Ascent: 3,300ft

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Time: 4 hours 30 minutes

With: on own

Conditions: Snow showers, windy at times and in cloud on the summit. A light dusting of snow on Striding Edge and the tops

Photos

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Zooming in on The Inn on the Lake, Glenridding, UllswaterBirkhouse Moor from the summit of KeldasLooking back down Birkhouse Moor's east ridgeLooking back to Birkhouse Moor from the Hole-in-the-WallBirkhouse Moor catching some sunStriding Edge from the path up to High Spying HowLooking back to Birkhouse Moor with Sheffield Pike on the left and Ullswater beyondRed Tarn from High Spying HowStriding EdgeStriding EdgeStriding EdgeWalkers (and dog) descending the short gully at the end of Striding EdgeLooking back at Striding Edge from the climb to Helvellyn's summitA light dusting of snow on the ascent to Helvellyn summit from Striding EdgeLooking down on Red Tarn and Striding EdgeThe cross shelter at Helvellyn's summitHelvellyn's summit trig pointCatstycam and Swirral Edge leading onto Helvellyn from Helvellyn Lower Man's summitSwirral EdgeHigh Rigg catching some sun with the Skiddaw fells in cloud behindPlace Fell with the High Street ridge behind from the top of the Whiteside Bank zig-zagsBrown Cove with Catstycam on the left and the top of Helvellyn and Lower Man in cloud

previous walk - Sat 2 Dec 2006 - Tarn Hows

next walk - Sun 10 Dec 2006 - Friar's Crag, Derwent Water

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