Walk Information

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Walk route: Wythburn - Whelpside Gill - Brownrigg Well - Helvellyn - Swallow Scarth - Nethermost Pike - Dollywaggon Pike - the head of Raise Beck - Seat Sandal - Dunmail Raise - Wythburn

Distance: 7.00 miles

Ascent: 3,450ft

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Time: 5 hours 15 minutes

With: David Hall

Conditions: Dry, in cloud on the top of Helvellyn

Photos

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The Wythburn valley from above Wythburn churchLooking back down on Thirlmere from Whelpside GillLooking across Thirlmere to UllscarfHeading up Whelpside GillBeck junction, we took the left hand stream to head for Brownrigg Well and Helvellyn's summitSteel FellWhelpside Gill Spring (Brownrigg Well)The start of Whelpside GillHelvellyn's trig point, no view for us todayThe path to Swallow Scarth and Nethermost Pike from Helvellyn's summitLooking back down on Whelpside Gill and ThirlmereStriding Edge from Swallow ScarthDollywaggon PikeHigh Crag, Nethermost Pike and High Spying HowLooking down Grisedale to Place Fell with Saint Sunday Crag on the right from Dollywaggon Pike's summitSeat Sandal from the post on Dollywaggon PikeLooking back up the wall we had descended by off Dollywaggon PikeSeat Sandal from our descent off Dollywaggon PikeLooking across Grisedale Tarn to Saint Sunday Crag, Cofa Pike and Fairfield from our ascent of Seat SandalSaint Sunday CragDollywaggon Pike from Seat SandalGrasmere from Seat SandalThirlmere with Skiddaw in the far distance from our descent to Dunmail Raise from Seat SandalDunmail RaiseThe view north to Thirlmere from the permissive path to Wythburn from Dunmail Raise

previous walk - Sun 25 Feb 2007 - Barf and Lord's Seat

next walk - Sun 4 Mar 2007 - Friar's Crag, Derwent Water

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