Helvellyn and Nethermost Pike
Wed 28 Dec 2016
Route: Wythburn - Comb Gill - Birk Side - Swallow Scarth - Helvellyn - Swallow Scarth- Nethermost Pike - Birk Side - Comb Gill - Wythburn
Distance: 5.50 miles
Ascent: 2,630ft
Time: 3 hours 20 minutes
With: On Own
Notes:
In and out of the cloud, not much wind, chilly on the top
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Murky low down, looking towards Steel Fell
Getting better...
Looking west to Great Gable
The very top of Helvellyn is in cloud
Approaching Swallow Scarth
Helvellyn's summit cairn and a bit of Catstycam
Brocken spectre
Helvellyn's trig point
St Sunday Crag
Striding Edge
Nethermost Pike's summit
West from the flat top of Nethermost Pike
Heading back down
Skiddaw in the distance
Previous Walk: Grasmere, Loughrigg Terrace and Rydal Water (Sun 18 Dec 2016)
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