Walk Information

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Walk route: Swirls - Browncove Crags path - Helvellyn - Helvellyn Lower Man - White Side - Brown Crag - above Thirlspot - Swirls

Distance: 6.00 miles

Ascent: 2,900ft

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Time: 2 hours 55 minutes

With: on own

Conditions: Sunny summer's evening, hazy

Photos

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Helvellyn Gill and Browncove Crags from SwirlsThe wooded Great How with Blencathra in the distanceFootbridge across Helvellyn GillLooking over Great How to the Skiddaw fellsLooking up the Browncove Crags pathHawes How Island,ThirlmereSouth easterly panorama from Helvellyn's summitCatstycam from the trig point at Helvellyn's summitRed Tarn with Striding Edge on the right and the High Street fells in the far distanceSwirral Edge leading to CatstycamSwirral EdgeLooking back to Helvellyn from Lower ManThe path to White Side from Lower ManLooking back to Helvellyn Lower ManThe ridge off White Side to Brown CragSun over the north western fellsWatson's Dodd on the left and Stybarrow Dodd on the rightAbove Thirlspot

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