Route: Wythburn - Birk Side - Helvellyn - Swallow Scarth - Nethermost Pike - High Crag - Dollywaggon Pike - Grisedale Tarn - Raise Beck - Dunmail Raise - Wythburn
Distance: 7.25 miles
Ascent: 2,850ft
Time: 4 hours 45 minutes
With: Anne
Notes:
In and above broken cloud, with light winds and periods of sunshine
© Crown copyright. All rights reserved. Licence number AL100038401
Wythburn Church
Looking down through the cloud to Thirlmere
The view west from higher up with Great Gable seen above the mass of Ullscarf
The Coniston Fells in a sea of cloud to the south west
Heading for Helvellyn's summit
The view south west from Helvellyn
Helvellyn's summit shelter
A walker approaches Helvellyn's summit
A broken spectre
Red Tarn and Striding Edge with the High Street ridge in the distance
Helvellyn's trig point
Helvellyn Lower Man and White Side with Skiddaw in the distance
Catstycam and Ullswater
360 Panorama from Helvellyn's summit
Striding Edge from the col between Helvellyn and Nethermost Pike
Cloud to the south west. Helm Crag is the peak on the left
High Crag, the flat top of Nethermost Pike with Helvellyn behind and the pointed top of Catstycam from Dollywaggon Pike
Steel Fell from Dollywaggon Pike
The north western fells from Dollywaggon Pike
Saint Sunday Crag
Grisedale Tarn from the Dollywaggon zig-zags
Fairfield
Descending the rough path by Raise Beck
Looking down to Dunmail Raise
Thirlmere from the Dunmail Raise to Wythburn path
Previous Walk: Esk Pike and Bowfell (Fri 21 Nov 2003)
Next Walk: Dunmallet (Wed 26 Nov 2003)