Skiddaw
Sat 24 Mar 2012
Route: Latrigg car park (end of Gale Road) - Jenkin Hill - Skiddaw - Skiddaw Little Man - Skiddaw Lesser Man - Jenkin Hill - Latrigg car park
Distance: 6.25 miles
Ascent: 2,250ft
Time: 3 hours 15 minutes
With: On own
Notes:
A hazy, hazy, hazy late afternoon walk. T-shirt weather on the top of Skiddaw in March!
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Towards Helvellyn from next to the site of the old refreshment hut
Lesser Man with Little Man behind as the path approaches the top of Jenkin Hill
Blencathra and Lonscale Fell
Skiddaw summit ridge, looking north, the trig point is on the furthest point
Skiddaw summit
Looking south along Skiddaw's summit ridge with Little Man beyond
Longside Edge and the slopes of Skiddaw
Skiddaw Little Man with Lesser Man in front. The Helvellyn range can just be made out through the haze
Skiddaw Lesser Man
Derwent Water through the haze
The Helvellyn ridge as I rejoin the Jenkin Hill path
The Hawell Monument
Previous Walk: Four Stones Hill and Haweswater (Fri 23 Mar 2012)
Next Walk: Carrock Fell and High Pike (Sun 15 Apr 2012)