Helvellyn from Swirls
Thu 30 Jan 2014
Route: Swirls - Browncove Crags path - Helvellyn - Helvellyn Lower Man - below Browncove Crags - Swirls
Distance: 4.75 miles
Ascent: 2,600ft
Time: 3 hours 10 minutes
With: On own
Notes:
Snowline at 2,000ft. In cloud on the summits.
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Great Gable to Pillar
Towards Skiddaw
It is steeper than it looks!
Skiddaw having ascended the steep bit
The way ahead from the top of Browncove Crags, into the cloud
Helvellyn's trig point in very poor visibility
The cross shelter
The ridge north off Helvellyn Lower Man
Looking down into Brown Cove
Browncove Crags on the left
...and again
Browncove Crags from below, can you spot the climbers?
Zooming in
Nearly out of the snow
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