Helvellyn from Swirls
Sat 21 Nov 2015
Route: Swirls - Browncove Crags path - Helvellyn - Helvellyn Lower Man - below Browncove Crags - Swirls
Distance: 4.75 miles
Ascent: 2,600ft
Time: 3 hours 15 minutes
With: On Own
Notes:
A dusting of snow at all levels. Cold in the wind.
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Looking through St John's in the Vale to Blencathra
Great Gable to Grisedale Pike
The Skiddaw fells with Blencathra on the right
The view west
The ridge north and Blencathra in the far distance
Zooming in on Bowfell, Esk Pike and Scafell Pike
Catstycam with the North Pennines beyond
Looking back with Lower Man on the right
Helvellyn summit
Helvellyn's summit cross shelter
The trig point from the true summit
Catstycam from the top of Swirral Edge
Looking down Helvellyn Lower Man's north ridge
Catstycam
My way ahead, off path down below Browncove Crags
Looking back up
Heading down
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