Magical Skiddaw
Sat 6 Dec 2008
Route: Latrigg car park (end of Gale Road) - Jenkin Hill - Skiddaw Lesser Man - Skiddaw Little Man - Skiddaw - Jenkin Hill - Latrigg car park
Distance: 7.00 miles
Ascent: 2,500ft
Time: 3 hours 45 minutes
With: On own
Notes:
Snow on the ground, wall to wall blue sky and sunshine, hardly any wind.
The road to the car park was too icy for me so I parked lower down Gale Road. This added just over 3/4 mile and 250ft of ascent to the walk.
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Jenkin Hill from the Hawell Monument
The north western fells from the Hawell Monument
Derwent Water
The path up Jenkin Hill was like an ice rink this morning, these two were wearing crampons
Skiddaw Lesser Man
Looking back down the Jenkin Hill path with the Helvellyn range in the distance
Skiddaw Lesser Man
Left for Skiddaw Lesser Man and Lower Man, straight on 'through' the gate for Skiddaw
Blencathra from Jenkin Hill
Jenkin Hill, Lonscale Fell and Blencathra from the start of my ascent of Skiddaw Lesser Man
Looking over Lesser Man to the Helvellyn range
Blencathra from Skiddaw Little Man
Skiddaw from Little Man
Carl Side, Long Side and Ullock Pike
Icy fence
Skiddaw Little Man and Derwent Water
Skiddaw's summit ridge
Wonderful snow
Lonscale Fell and Little Man with the Helvellyn range in the distance
Skiddaw's trig point
Long Side and Ullock Pike from Skiddaw's summit with the north western fells beyond
Looking south from Skiddaw's summit
The north western fells
Derwent Water and the central high fells
Blencathra, Lonscale Fell and Skiddaw Little Man
Sale How below, Mungrisdale Common and the North Peninnes
The main Skiddaw path round the side of Little Man
The Helvellyn range from Jenkin Hill
The site of the old refreshment hut
A very icy car park at the top of Gale Road
Previous Walk: Ullscarf to High Tove (Sun 30 Nov 2008)
Next Walk: Skiddaw - 24hrs later (Sun 7 Dec 2008)