Route: Grasmere Village - Helm Crag - Gibson Knott - Calf Crag - Steel Fell Tarn - Steel Fell - Dunmail Raise - Seat Sandal - Fairfield - Great Rigg - Stone Arthur - Grasmere Village
Distance: 13.00 miles
Ascent: 5,100ft
Time: 7 hours 30 minutes
With: Andy (Anne and Lorraine as far as Steel Fell)
Notes:
Overcast, couple of light showers, windy at times
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Looking across to Seat Sandal from Helm Crag
Loughrigg Fell and Grasmere from Helm Crag
Heading up to the Lion and Lamb, Helm Crag
The Lion and the Lamb, Helm Crag
Andy Wallace on top of the Howitzer, Helm Crag summit
Looking back to Helm Crag from the route to Gibson Knott
Steel Fell, the Helvellyn ridge, Seat Sandal, Fairfield and Great Rigg
The view to the south west - Blea Rigg, Easdale Tarn, Harrison Stickle, Tarn Crag and Codale Head
Looking back down the Helm Crag ridge and Far Easedale towards Grasmere
Calf Crag summit
The Helvellyn ridge from one of the tarns on route to Steel Fell
Greenburn Bottom
Steel Fell summit cairn
Looking down on Steel End
Thirlmere from Steel Fell
Helm Crag from Dunmail Raise
Steel Fell from Raise Beck
Saint Sunday Crag from Seat Sandal's summit
Dollywaggon Pike, Saint Sunday Crag and Fairfeld from Seat Sandal
Grisedale Tarn, Ullswater in the distance and Saint Sunday Crag from the descent to Grisedale Hause
The route up Fairfield from Grisedale Hause
On the ascent of Fairfield from Grisedale Hause
Grisedale Tarn from the ascent of Fairfield
Dollywaggon Pike, Helvellyn and Striding Edge
Approaching Fairfield's summit
Windermere in the distance as we follow the ridge to Great Rigg
Descending to Stone Arthur
Grasmere from the descent off Stone Arthur
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