Helvellyn via Striding and Swirral Edges
Sun 21 Jul 2002
Route: Glenridding village - Keldas - Lanty's Tarn - Hole-in-the-Wall - High Spying How - Striding Edge - Helvellyn - Swirral Edge - Catstycam - east shoulder - Red Tarn Beck path - Greenside mines - Glenridding village
Distance: 10.00 miles
Ascent: 3,100ft
Time: 4 hours 45 minutes
With: Anne
Notes:
Dry, light winds, sunny periods, cloud base above the fell tops
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Leaving Glenridding with Birkhouse Moor ahead
Glenridding village and the southern end of Ullswater from the climb up to Lanty's Tarn
Northerly panorama from Keldas: Sheffield Pike, Glenridding Dodd and Ullswater
Lanty's Tarn and Birks
Grisedale
On the path to the Hole-in-the-Wall
Heading for the Hole-in-the-Wall
Hole-in-the-Wall looking to Birkhouse Moor and Place Fell
The Dixon memorial just after High Spying How at the start of Striding Edge
On Striding Edge
On Striding Edge
Looking back down Striding Edge
Helvellyn summit shelter
Westerly panorama from Helvellyn summit
Catstycam and Ullswater from Helvellyn's trig point
Helvellyn Lower Man, White Side, Raise and the Dodd's ridge with the northwestern fells, Skiddaw and Blencathra in the distance
Swirral Edge, Red Tarn and Striding Edge from the top of Swirral Edge
Looking down Swirral Edge to Catstycam
Striding Edge with Fairfield, Dollywaggon Pike and Nethermost Pike behind from Catstycam's summit
360 Panorama from Catstycam's summit
Swirral Edge from Catstycam
Keppel Cove and Raise
Catstycam from Glenridding Beck
Catstycam from Glenridding Beck
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