Helvellyn from Swirls
Mon 2 Apr 2007
Route: Swirls - Browncove Crags path - Helvellyn - Helvellyn Lower Man - below Browncove Crags - Swirls
Distance: 4.75 miles
Ascent: 2,600ft
Time: 3 hours
With: On Own
Notes:
A hazy late afternoon walk. No wind.
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Helvellyn Gill and Browncove Crags from Swirls
The path zig-zags up the lower slopes (bottom left) before climbing to the right of the crags
Zooming in on Browncove Crags and the top part of the path (diagonal line, centre of photo)
Looking north down St. John's in the Vale to Blencathra
The footbridge across Helvellyn Gill
Thirlmere with Raven Crag behind, the wooded conical Great How with Skiddaw behind
Walkers descending to Swirls
Looking back down the pitched path
The Dodds from the Browncove Crags path
The path to Helvellyn's summit, the steep section of the ascent over
Swirral Edge to Catstycam
Swirral Edge to Catstycam
The cross shelter at Helvellyn's summit
White Side, Raise and the Dodds from Helvellyn Lower Man's summit
My descent route from the col between Helvellyn Lower Man and White Side
A hazy view west from below Browncove Crags
Looking back up to the col between White Side and Helvellyn Lower Man from below Browncove Crags
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