Skiddaw Lesser, Little and High Men
Sat 9 Apr 2016
Route: Latrigg car park (end of Gale Road) - Jenkin Hill - Skiddaw Lesser Man - Skiddaw Little Man - Skiddaw - Jenkin Hill - Latrigg car park
Distance: 6.25 miles
Ascent: 2,250ft
Time: 3 hours
With: On Own
Notes:
Spring weather, blue sky, broken/scattered clouds, not much wind, pretty mild even at Skiddaw's summit. Swarms heading up as I descended.
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The Coledale Horseshoe
The view south over Keswick and Derwent Water to the high fells
Skiddaw Lesser Man ahead
Looking back with the Helvellyn ridge in the distance
Lonscale Fell with Blencathra behind as I head up Lesser Man
Skiddaw Lesser Man
Derwent Water far below
Looking over Lesser Man to the Helvellyn fells
Skiddaw Little Man's summit cairn
A snow free Carrock Fell in the distance
Skiddaw from Little Man
Skiddaw's summit ridge, looking north to the summit in the far distance
Skiddaw summit
Carl Side, Long Side and Ullock Pike with the north western fells beyond
Skiddaw's summit ridge looking back south
Little Man and Derwent Water
Through the gate and round the side of Little Man as I head down
Descending Jenkin Hill
Looking back to Jenkin Hill from the Hawell Monument, nearly back at the car
Previous Walk: Haystacks (Sun 20 Mar 2016)