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Helvellyn

Date ... Sunday, 29 April 2007
Distance ... 9.0 miles
Ascent ... 3595 feet
Time ... 6 hours 0 mins
Summits ... Helvellyn Lower Man - 3035' (en116)
Helvellyn - 3118' (aw3)(en115)
Nethermost Pike - 2920' (aw9)(en173)
Dollywagon Pike - 2810' (aw18)(en61)
Start ... Thirlspot - United Utilities pay+display car park (NY380 219)
Maps ... Ordnance Survey - Outdoor Leisure Nº5 (1:25,000) or Landranger Nº90 (1:50,000)
Books ... Pictorial Guide Nº1 - The Eastern Fells by Alfred Wainwright


Thirlmere, with Skiddaw in the far distance, as we started the ascent

Thirlmere, with Skiddaw in the far distance, as we started the ascent

A similar view far higher up the path

A similar view far higher up the path

Looking across Thirlmere to the NW fells (Armboth Fell is in the middle ground)

Looking across Thirlmere to the NW fells (Armboth Fell is in the middle ground)

Looking across to the 'western' fells this time, from near to Browncove Crags

Looking across to the 'western' fells this time, from near to Browncove Crags

Lower Man from Browncove Crags

Lower Man from Browncove Crags

Looking down onto Red Tarn, from near to the summit of Helvellyn

Looking down onto Red Tarn, from near to the summit of Helvellyn

Catstycam and Swirral Edge from the summit

Catstycam and Swirral Edge from the summit

The summit of Helvellyn

The summit of Helvellyn

Looking south from the summit

Looking south from the summit

Zooming in onto the 'bad step' on Striding Edge

Zooming in onto the 'bad step' on Striding Edge

St. Sunday Crag and Hard Tarn from High Pike

St. Sunday Crag and Hard Tarn from High Pike

Looking back towards Helvellyn from slopes of Dollywagon Pike

Looking back towards Helvellyn from slopes of Dollywagon Pike

Fairfield and Cofa pike from the descent path from Dollywagon Pike to Grisedale Tarn

Fairfield and Cofa pike from the descent path from Dollywagon Pike to Grisedale Tarn

Grisdale Tarn, looking upto Cofa Pike

Grisdale Tarn, looking upto Cofa Pike