Route: Glenridding village - Greenside Road - Keppel Cove Dam - old pony-track zig-zags - White Side - Helvellyn Lower Man - Helvellyn - Helvellyn Lower Man - White Side - Raise - Stang End - Greenside Road - Glenridding village
Distance: 10.50 miles
Ascent: 3,300ft
Time: 6 hours 20 minutes
With: Gordon & Gail Parker and Anne
Notes:
Sunshine and blue skies, light winds
Area
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Rake Cottages, Glenridding
Looking up the Greenside Road, Glenridding
Catstycam
Keppel Cove Dam
The view east from the top of the old pony-track zig-zags
Zooming in on Gray Crag and High Street to the east
Looking down on Keppel Cove Dam
Ascending White Side with Raise behind
Blencathra and the Dodds to the north from White Side's summit cairn
Helvellyn and Lower Man
Catstycam
Thirlmere, Bleaberry Fell, Bassenthwaite Lake in the distance and the Skiddaw fells
High Seat and Bleaberry Fell on the far side of Thirlmere with the north western fells beyond
Reaching Helvellyn Lower Man's summit with Skiddaw and Blencathra in the distance
Swirral Edge to Catstycam
Helvellyn's summit trig point
Saint Sunday Crag from Helvellyn's summit
Heading for Lower Man from Helvellyn
Descending Helvellyn Lower Man's north ridge
Zooming in on Great Gable to the west
White Side summit
Approaching Raise's summit
Part of the ski tow on Raise
Descending Raise's east ridge with Sheffield Pike ahead
The remains of the chimney on Raise
Looking down on Glenridding from Stang End
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