| An excellent walk over Striding Edge for the first time and up to Helvellyn. | |||
| Date: | 24th June 2008 | ||
| Start Location: | Glenridding | ||
| Time Started: | 11:15 | ||
| Duration: | 6 Hours | ||
| Distance: | 12.2km - 7.58 Miles | ||
| Ascent (m/ft): | 865m (2837ft) | ||
| Highest Point: | Helvellyn (950m/3118ft) | ||
| Parking: | Glenridding | ||
| Weather: | Overcast | ||
| Difficulty: | Difficult | ||
| Glenridding - Birkhouse Moor (4) - Striding Edge - Helvellyn (5) - Swirral Edge - Red Tarn - Red Tarn Beck - Glenridding | |||
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| Ullswater, Birk Fell and Place Fell from Birkhouse Moor. | |||
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| Another photo os Ullswater snaking around Place Fell. | |||
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| Helvellyn and Striding Edge from Birkhouse Moor. Catstye Cam on the right. | |||
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| Near the start of Striding Edge with Red Tarn on the right. | |||
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| Steep sides on the left. | |||
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| Looking back over Birkhouse Moor to Ullswater and the Pennines | |||
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| Bit of scrambling on Striding Edge. | |||
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| More scrambling. | |||
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| Striding Edge. | |||
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| The view from the summit of Helvellyn. | |||
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| Decending Swirral Edge with Catstye Cam ahead. | |||