Walk Information
Walk route: Latrigg car park (end of Gale Road) - Jenkin Hill - Skiddaw Little Man - Skiddaw - Skiddaw Little Man - Jenkin Hill - Latrigg car park (end of Gale Road)
Distance: 6.25 miles
Ascent: 2,500ft
Time: 5 hours 15 minutes
With: Anne
Conditions: Cloud with a top at 2,400ft then blue sky and sunshine above, no wind
Comment: We spent over two hours just sitting in the warm sunshine and enjoying the views
Route Map
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Photos
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Heading towards Jenkin Hill and up into the cloud
Derwent Water and Keswick
The Dodds and Helvellyn as we climb out of the cloud
Great Gable far left, Pillar the high point of the fells left of centre and Eel Crag and Grasmoor right of centre
Blencathra and Lonscale Fell from Skiddaw Lesser Man
The view south from Skiddaw Lesser Man
The pointed peak left of centre is Bowfell, then Esk Pike, Great End, Scafell Pike, Scafell and Great Gable. Then Kirk Fell and Pillar
Carl Side with Long Side behind from Skiddaw Little Man
Skiddaw Little Man with the Helvellyn ridge behind and Lonscale Fell on the left
The view south west from Skiddaw
Blencathra, Lonscale Fell, the Helvellyn ridge and Little Man from Skiddaw - click on image for a larger version
Anne enjoying the view
Southwesterly panorama from Skiddaw - click on image for a larger version
Looking down on Long Side from Skiddaw's summit
Blencathra
Blencathra and Lonscale Fell from Skiddaw Little Man
The Pillar and High Stile groups on the left and the Eel Crag and Grasmoor group on the right
The view south from Skiddaw Lesser Man
The Pillar and High Stile groups on the left and the Eel Crag and Grasmoor group on the right
The Helvellyn ridge from Lesser Man
The sun starts to set to the west
The Langdale fells round to Kirk Fell from Lesser Man
The sun setting above Eel Crag
The sun setting behind Sail
Looking south west as we head down into the cloud
...and lower
Walkers heading back into the cloud
previous walk - Tue 19 Dec 2006 - Hard Knott, Harter Fell and Green Crag
next walk - Sun 24 Dec 2006 - Buttermere Trio