| Date ... | Friday, 3 April 2009 |
| Distance ... | 12.75 miles |
| Ascent ... | 4125 feet |
| Time ... | 6 hours 55 mins |
| Weather ... | 15 ºC, sunny, blue skies, dry and light SW winds |
| Summits ... | Keldas - 1350' |
| Dollywagon Pike - 2810' (aw18)(en61) | |
| Nethermost Pike - 2920' (aw9)(en173) | |
| Helvellyn - 3118' (aw3)(en115) | |
| Helvellyn Lower Man - 3035' (en116) | |
| Whiteside - 2832' (aw16)(en241) | |
| Raise - 2889' (aw12)(en183) | |
| Start ... | Glenridding - pay and displycar parking (NY385169) |
| 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 |
View the photo's from this walk as a slideshow ...
The route map of our walk
Early morning mist on Ullswater, at Glencoyne
It was still very misty as I left Glenridding village at 7.30 am
Birkhouse Moor soon came into view as I climbed up onto Keldas
Looking back to the bank of mist that was covering the lake
Sheffield Pike from the climb up to Keldas
A misty Ullswater from Keldas
A misty view of Patterdale from Keldas
St. Sunday Crag from Keldas
Birks again from Keldas
St. Sunday Crag again, this time from Lanty's Tarn
Looking up the Grisedale valley from the bridge over Grisedale Beck, my route today would take me along the tops of the fells at the head of the valley
Dollywagon Pike (left) and Nethermost Pike (centre) from further up the valley
Looking back along the way I had come
Dollywagon Pike seen from Grisedale Beck
A similar view from further up the stream
The 'Brothers Parting' stone which is close to Grisedale Tarn
Looking back down onto Grisedale Tarn as I climbed up the steep slopes of Dollywagon Pike
As I climbed the cloud spilled over the fells and down onto the tarn
It even started to come up the slopes of Dollywagon Pike
The Grisedale valley, with Place Fell in the distance, from Dollywgon Pike
Looking south towards Fairfield from Dollywagon Pike
St. Sunday Crag from Dollywagon Pike
Looking north along ridge towards Nethermost Pike
The whole of the southern part of the Lakes was covered in a blanket of low cloud
A view south along the ridge from Nethermost Pike
Catstycam from Nethermost Pike
Striding Edge
Striding Edge, Red Tarn and Catstycam from the summit of Helvellyn
The memorial plaque on the exit of Striding Edge onto the summit of Helvellyn
Looking back along the ridge that I had just walked along
The summit cairn on Helvellyn
Looking down onto Red Tarn
Swirrall Edge
Catstycam from Helvellyn Lower Man
Looking along my route over Whiteside and Raise from Lower Man
Browncove Crags and Thirlmere from Lower Man
Looking back towards Helvellyn from Raise
Time to head down on the path from Sticks Pass
Raise from the old mine workings
Looking down onto Greenside mines and Glenridding
I hope that you have enjoyed looking at the photograph's from this walk? If you have any questions or comments regarding them or the walk in general, please either leaving me a message below, or send me an email, and I will get back to you asap. Thanks Gary ...
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