Helvellyn - Photographs and Pictures from local, easy-to-follow, circular walks

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Swirral Edge and Helvellyn from the summit cairn on Catstye Cam   Swirral Edge from Helvellyn   Helvellyn summit trig point   Lower Man (Helvellyn) summit cairn   Raise (Helvellyn) summit cairn   Glenridding Dodd (left), Ullswater and Place Fell from near Hole-in-the-Wall on the lower slopes of Helvellyn   Myself, Emma Cooper & Rachel Hargreaves descending Helvellyn via Swirral Edge   Descending Helvellyn via Swirral Edge   Myself, Emma Cooper & Rachel Hargreaves on the summit of Helvellyn after tackling Striding Edge (High Spying How)   The Helvellyn Ridge featuring Dollywaggon Pike, Nethermost Pike, Helvellyn and Striding Edge (High Spying How) from Fairfield   Helvellyn (centre) from Hart Crag   The Trig Point on the summit of Helvellyn   Catstye Cam and Ullswater from Helvellyn   On the summit of Helvellyn in the snow   Raise (Helvellyn)   The Helvellyn Ridge featuring: Great Dodd, Watson's Dodd, Stybarrow Dodd, Raise (Helvellyn), White Side, Helvellyn, Nethermost Pike, Dollywaggon Pike, St Sunday Crag, Fairfield, Great Rigg and Heron Pike with Steel Fell (mid distance) and Calf Crag, Gibson Knott and Helm Crag (foreground) from Brownrigg Moss   A very grumpy Shaun post walk in Glenridding after scaling Helvellyn via Striding Edge (High Spying How) on a very, very wet day!   Starting the descent from Helvellyn via Swirral Edge   Mike, Tim and Shaun at the summit trig point on a very wet Helvellyn - I swear there were seals on the summit!   Me on Helvellyn Summit   Helvellyn Summit Cairn   Helvellyn Summit Shelter   Family group having completed Striding Edge (High Spying How) before the last pull up to Helvellyn.   Birkhouse Moor (foreground left), Catstye Cam (foreground centre), White Side (centre right) and Raise (Helvellyn) (right) with Striding Edge (High Spying How), Helvellyn and Lower Man (Helvellyn) in the background from Sheffield Pike   White Side and Raise (Helvellyn) from Sheffield Pike   Catstye Cam (centre) with Striding Edge (High Spying How) (left), Helvellyn and Lower Man (Helvellyn) (right) in the background from Sheffield Pike   Thirlmere and a snowy Helvellyn range from Raven Crag (Thirlmere)   Our dog Ted enjoying the view in the way up Helvellyn   Anthea and Graham on Helvellyn summit with Ullswater in the distance   Chelmsford YHA members on Fairfield looking to Helvellyn, Striding Edge (High Spying How) and Catstycam   Clough Head, Fisher's Wife's Rake, Calfhow Pike, Great Dodd, Watson's Dodd, Stybarrow Dodd, Raise (Helvellyn) and Helvellyn from the summit of High Rigg   Blencathra or Saddleback (left), Clough Head, Fisher's Wife's Rake, Calfhow Pike, Great Dodd, Watson's Dodd, Stybarrow Dodd, Raise (Helvellyn) and Helvellyn in the centre with a glimpse of Thirlmere (right) from the summit of High Rigg   Catstye Cam (left), Helvellyn (centre) and Lower Man (Helvellyn) (right) from near White Side   Kepple Cove and Glenridding Common from Lower Man (Helvellyn)   With work colleagues on the summit of Helvellyn on a sponsored walk   John and Tony on top of Helvellyn   The view from Helvellyn on a cold winters afternoon   Red Tarn and Striding Edge (High Spying How) from Helvellyn   At the summit of Helvellyn during a recent family get together   The head of the Grisedale Valley with Dollywaggon Pike to the left, High Crag, Nethermost Pike and then Helvellyn (far right) from near Brownend Plantation   Darryl at the top of Helvellyn   Helvellyn from above Red Tarn (Helvellyn)   Swirral Edge from the col between Helvellyn and Catstye Cam   Helvellyn from Swirral Edge   Swirral Edge, Catstye Cam, Red Tarn (Helvellyn) and Ullswater from the summit of Helvellyn   Looking up Grisedale to St Sunday Crag & Fairfield (left), Grisedale Hause, Dollywaggon Pike, High Crag (Helvellyn) & Nethermost Pike from below Hole-in-the-Wall   Striding Edge (High Spying How) from Helvellyn   Swirral Edge and Red Tarn (Helvellyn) from Striding Edge (High Spying How)   Approaching Striding Edge (High Spying How) and Helvellyn via Low Spying How and Bleaberry Crag   Striding Edge (High Spying How) (left) and Helvellyn from the approach to Hole-in-the-Wall   Striding Edge (High Spying How) (left), Helvellyn and Catstye Cam from the Birkhouse Moor   Striding Edge (High Spying How) (left), Helvellyn and Catstye Cam from the summit of Birkhouse Moor   Catstye Cam, White Side and Raise (Helvellyn) from the summit of Birkhouse Moor   Striding Edge (High Spying How) (left), Helvellyn and Catstye Cam from Birkhouse Moor   Catstye Cam and Red Tarn from the top of Helvellyn, May 2012   Lesley and the 2 Cocker Spaniels, Millie and Monty, on Helvellyn in November 2011   Red Tarn (Helvellyn) and Striding Edge (High Spying How) in all it's glory from Helvellyn   Red Tarn (Helvellyn) with Catstye Cam beyond from Striding Edge (High Spying How)   On Striding Edge (High Spying How) with Helvellyn summit beyond   Helvellyn, Swirral Edge and Red Tarn taken from Hole-in-the-Wall at the beginning of Striding Edge (High Spying How)   David Morecroft at the summit of Helvellyn   Sarah on top of Helvellyn   Eric and me on Helvellyn, 5 months after his hip replacement :)   Me (in orange jacket) and my mate Neil on our way to the top of Helvellyn on a drizzly and bitterly cold day.   Me and my father John at the summit of Helvellyn at the beginning of Feb 2012   Christmas Day on top of Helvellyn   The Runaway Ramblers on Helvellyn   My husband just before tackling Sstriding Edge on Helvellyn   The Helvellyn Massiff under a deep blanket of snow from the lower slopes<br>of Pike of Blisco (Pike o' Blisco)   Great Langdale and Blea Rigg with The Helvellyn Massiff in the distance under a deep blanket of snow from the lower slopes of Pike of Blisco (Pike o' Blisco)   The Helvellyn Ridge beyond St Sunday Crag from Arnison Crag, Patterdale   Helvellyn above Thirlmere from Raven Crag (Thirlmere)   The Howitzer on Helm Crag with Helvellyn and The Pass of Dunmail Raise beyond   Helvellyn (centre left) and Seat Sandal (right) above The Pass of Dunmail Raise from Helm Crag   Striding Edge (High Spying How) and Helvellyn above Red Tarn from the col between Swirral Edge and Catstye Cam   Grisedale with Birks beyond from near the Hole-in-the-wall between Birkhouse Moor and Helvellyn   On the summit of Helvellyn   Armboth Fell summit with The Helvellyn massif beyond   Clouds rolling in over Fairfield (left), Dollywaggon Pike and Nethermost Pike from Helvellyn   Red Tarn (Helvellyn) and Striding Edge (High Spying How) from Helvellyn summit   Helvellyn summit shelter   Helvellyn summit plateau   Walkers on Swirral Edge from the summit of Helvellyn   The footbridge over Helvellyn Gill at The Swirls Car Park, Thirlmere   Red Tarn (Helvellyn) frozen solid   Starting the climb from Striding Edge (High Spying How) up onto Helvellyn   Sunset on Helvellyn, Fairfield (centre) and Seat Sandal from High Seat (Ashness Fell)   Temperature Inversion seen from the summit of Helvellyn   Striding Edge (High Spying How) from Helvellyn in all its glory   Red Tarn (Helvellyn) from Striding Edge (High Spying How)   Steel Fell, Gibson Knott and Helm Crag below Seat Sandal (with Helvellyn and Fairfield in mist beyond) from Tarn Crag summit cairn   The Wythburn Fells (left) Thirlmere, Helvellyn (in mist) and Seat Sandal (right) from Steel Fell (Dead Pike)   Helvellyn, Swirral Edge and Red Tarn from Hole-in-the-Wall   Thirlmere from Helvellyn   Red Tarn from Helvellyn   Bassenthwaite with Skiddaw beyond from Helvellyn   Birkhouse Moor with Ullswater beyond from Helvellyn   Red Tarn and Striding Edge (High Spying How) from Helvellyn   Striding Edge (High Spying How) from Swallow Scarth, between Helvellyn and Nethermost Pike   Helvellyn, Nethermost Pike and High Crag from Dollywaggon Pike  

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