06 Skiddaw
Wed 16 May 2007
Route: Millbeck - Slades Beck - Carlside Tarn - Skiddaw - Jenkin Hill - Latrigg car park (end of Gale Road) - Applethwaite - Millbeck
Distance: 7.00 miles
Ascent: 2,800ft
Time: 3 hours 30 minutes
With: On Own
Notes:
Light rain for nearly all the walk, strong wind near and on the summit, cloud base approx 2,200ft.
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Above Millbeck again but this time the plan is to follow Slades Beck to Carlside col
The view south from above Millbeck
The weir across Slades Beck, the path keeps to the left bank (when ascending)
The path above Slades Beck
Slades Beck
High up the valley
Higher up the valley at the point where the path crosses Slades Beck
Looking back down the valley of Slades Beck
Looking back down my ascent route, the scree can be avoided for most of the ascent by following a small path through the heather
Up into the cloud but nearly at Carlside col now
A last look down
No views today from the path up to Skiddaw from Carlside col
Skiddaw summit
The Jenkin Hill gate on the main Skiddaw path
Below the clouds again as I descend Jenkin Hill towards the Latrigg car park at the top of Gale Road
Derwent Water and Keswick
Looking back up the Jenkin Hill path
The lower slopes of Skiddaw Little Man from Gale Road
Underskiddaw Church Room on the Applethwaite to Millbeck road
A grand house in Millbeck
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