Helvellyn via Striding and Swirral Edges
Sat 6 May 2006
Route: Glenridding village - Mires Beck path - Birkhouse Moor - Hole-in-the-Wall - High Spying How - Striding Edge - Helvellyn - Swirral Edge - Catstycam - Red Tarn - Red Tarn Beck path - Glenridding valley - Glenridding village
Distance: 9.25 miles
Ascent: 3,020ft
Time: 5 hours 20 minutes
With: David Hall and Anne
Notes:
Blue sky to start but high cloud building, a bit hazy, windy on the edges and summits.
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Heron Pike, Sheffield Pike's subsidiary top
Glenridding Dodd, Ullswater with Place Fell beyond and the village of Glenridding from the Mires Beck path
Striding Edge, Helvellyn and Catstycam from Birkhouse Moor's summit cairn
Place Fell from the Hole-in-the-Wall
Heading for High Spying How
Helvellyn and Red Tarn
Helvellyn from the path to High Spying How and the start of Striding Edge
High Spying How, Striding Edge and Helvellyn
Red Tarn with Catstycam on the far right
On Striding Edge
Striding Edge
Looking back towards High Spying How from Striding Edge
Striding Edge
Looking back down on Striding Edge from the climb to Helvellyn's summit
The cross shelter at Helvellyn's summit
Helvellyn's summit
The view west from Helvellyn's summit
Swirral Edge and Catstycam
Swirral Edge to Catstycam
Descending the top section of Swirral Edge
Red Tarn and Striding Edge from Swirral Edge
Swirral Edge from the ascent of Catstycam
Raise and the Whiteside zig-zags from Catstycam's summit
Looking down into Brown Cove from Catstycam's summit
Helvellyn from Red Tarn
Sheffield Pike from the Red Tarn Beck path
Looking back towards the Greenside mines
Place Fell and the village of Glenridding from the path on the south side of Glenridding
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