Helvellyn via Striding Edge
Sat 9 Dec 2006
Route: Glenridding village - Keldas - Lanty's Tarn - Birkhouse Moor - Hole-in-the-Wall - Striding Edge - Helvellyn - Helvellyn Lower Man - White Side - Greenside Road - Glenridding village
Distance: 9.50 miles
Ascent: 3,300ft
Time: 4 hours 30 minutes
With: On Own
Notes:
Snow showers, windy at times and in cloud on the summit. A light dusting of snow on Striding Edge and the tops.
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Zooming in on The Inn on the Lake, Glenridding, Ullswater
Birkhouse Moor from the summit of Keldas
Looking back down Birkhouse Moor's east ridge
Looking back to Birkhouse Moor from the Hole-in-the-Wall
Birkhouse Moor catching some sun
Striding Edge from the path up to High Spying How
Looking back to Birkhouse Moor with Sheffield Pike on the left and Ullswater beyond
Red Tarn from High Spying How
Striding Edge
Striding Edge
Striding Edge
Walkers (and dog) descending the short gully at the end of Striding Edge
Looking back at Striding Edge from the climb to Helvellyn's summit
A light dusting of snow on the ascent to Helvellyn summit from Striding Edge
Looking down on Red Tarn and Striding Edge
The cross shelter at Helvellyn's summit
Helvellyn's summit trig point
Catstycam and Swirral Edge leading onto Helvellyn from Helvellyn Lower Man's summit
Swirral Edge
High Rigg catching some sun with the Skiddaw fells in cloud behind
Place Fell with the High Street ridge behind from the top of the Whiteside Bank zig-zags
Brown Cove with Catstycam on the left and the top of Helvellyn and Lower Man in cloud
Previous Walk: Tarn Hows (Sat 2 Dec 2006)