Route: Coniston - Lad Stones - Wetherlam - Swirl Hawse - Prison Band - Swirl How - Great Carrs - Fairfield - Grey Friar - Fairfield - Levers Hawes -Brim Fell - Coniston Old Man - Low Water - Coniston
Distance: 11.20 miles
Ascent: 3,810ft
Time: 5 hours
With: On Own
Notes:
Dry, blue skies, dusting of snow on the fells, wind NE mod to fresh, -2oC on tops per Lakes Weather Line
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Coniston Water, looking north
Dow Crag and Coniston Old Man from Torver
Coniston Coppermines road
Coniston Old Man from Coppermines valley
Looking east from Lad Stones ridge, Wetherlam
Looking back down Lad Stones ridge, Wetherlam
Looking north east from Wetherlam summit
Looking north west from Wetherlam summit
360 Panorama from Wetherlam summit
Ice crystals, Wetherlam
Ice crystals, Wetherlam
Prison Band, Swirl How
Levers Water with Coniston Water and the sea beyond from Prison Band, Swirl How
Wetherlam from Swirl How summit
Grey Friar from Swirl How
Great Carrs from Swirl How summit
Swirl How from Great Carrs summit
Wetherlam from Great Carrs summit
Halifax Bomber crash memorial, Great Carrs
Halifax Bomber crash memorial, Great Carrs
Panorama north from Grey Friar summit
Brim Fell, Coniston Old Man and Dow Crag from Grey Friar summit
Skiddaw from Grey Friar summit (18 miles away)
Westerly panorama from the traverse below Swirl How summit
Swirl How from the north ridge of Brim Fell
Coniston Old Man from Brim Fell summit
The Scafells from Brim Fell summit
Dow Crag from the ridge between Brim Fell and Coniston Old Man
Coniston Old Man summit
Coniston village from Coniston Old Man
Low Water
Wetherlam from the mine working, Coniston Old Man
The Bell and the quarry road, Coniston Old Man and Coniston Water
Disused railway bridge, Coniston
Tarn Hows (taken during a quick stop on the way home)
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