Saint Sunday Crag, Fairfield and Helvellyn
Sat 4 Mar 2006
Route: Patterdale - Arnison Crag - Trough Head - Birks - Gavel Pike - Saint Sunday Crag - Deepdale Hause - Cofa Pike - Fairfield - Grisedale Hause - Grisedale Tarn - Dollywaggon Pike - High Crag - Nethermost Pike - Swallow Scarth - Helvellyn - Helvellyn Lower Man - White Side - Greenside Road - Glenridding village - Patterdale
Distance: 14.00 miles
Ascent: 5,250ft
Time: 8 hours
With: David Hall
Notes:
Blue sky, scattered clouds, snow on the tops
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Ullswater from Arnison Crag
Looking back to Arnison Crag with Place Fell behind from our ascent of Birks
Saint Sunday Crag from Birks' summit
Heading for Gavel Pike
Fairfield from Gavel Pike's summit
Looking back to Gavel Pike with the far eastern fells beyond
Fairfield from Saint Sunday Crag's summit
Westernly panorama from Saint Sunday Crag's summit
Lookng over Grisedale Tarn to the high central fells
Dollwaggon Pike, High Crag, Nethermost Pike and Helvellyn
Saint Sunday Crag from Cofa Pike
Cofa Pike and Saint Sunday Crag from Fairfield
Coniston Water and the Coniston Fells from Fairfield's summit
The view south from Fairfield's summit
360 Panorama from Fairfield's summit
Westerly panorama from Fairfield
Looking down on Grisedale Tarn from our descent to Grisedale Hause from Fairfield
Looking across Grisedale Tarn to Seat Sandal
Fairfield from the Dollywaggon Pike zig-zags
Saint Sunday Crag and Fairfield from Dollywaggon Pike's summit
Looking back to Dollywaggon Pike from High Crag
The flat top of Nethermost Pike and Helvellyn
Scafell Pike from the very flat top of Nethermost Pike
Helvellyn from Nethermost Pike
Catstycam and Red Tarn
Helvellyn's summit
Swirral Edge connecting Catstycam to Helvellyn
White Side from Helvellyn Lower Man with Blencathra in the distance
No snow on Sheffield Pike but Catstycam has a good covering with the snowy North Pennines in the distance
The Skiddaw fells and Blencathra from White Side's summit
Brown Cove - Catstycam, Helvellyn and Lower Man
Glenridding as the weather deteriorates
Previous Walk: Helvellyn and the Dodds (Sun 26 Feb 2006)
Next Walk: Bowfell and Esk Pike (Sun 5 Mar 2006)