Walk Information

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Walk route: Wythburn - Comb Gill - Birk Side - Helvellyn - Browncove Crags path - Swirls - forest path - Wythburn

Distance: 6.75 miles

Ascent: 3,000ft

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Time: 4 hours 30 minutes

With: David Hall

Conditions: Snow on the ground at all levels. VERY windy on the summit with lots of spindrift and verglas (ice) underfoot. The pitched path down to Swirls was very slippery with the compacted snow.

Comment: A short movie clip, showing conditions at Helvellyn's summit (3.1Mb)

Photos

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Wythburn ChurchSteel Fell and the Wythburn valley from above Wythburn churchHeading into Comb GillComb Crags and Birk SideHeading up the path out of Comb Gill onto Birk SideThirlmere from above Comb GillLooking over Thirlmere to the north western fells which are catching some sunLooking over Steel Fell to Harrison Stickle and High Raise from Birk SideHeading up Birk SideFighting the wind and spindrift on the way to Swallow ScarthHelvellyn's cross shelterThe trig point at Helvellyn's summitLooking towards the top of Browncove CragsLooking back towards Helvellyn from above Browncove CragsThirlmere from the Swirls pathLooking down the Swirls pathDescendingLooking back up towards Browncove CragsThe footbridge over Helvellyn Gill with Raven Crag on the far side of ThirlmereHelvellyn GillLooking down St John's in the Vale to Blencathra from SwirlsThe permissive path from Swirls to Wythburn starts off along a forest trackPermissive path above ThirlmereAn old blue waymarker on the permissive path above ThirlmereFootbridge across Mines GillYou can see much more of Thirlmere after the recent fellingSteel Fell and the Wythburn valley from the permissive path

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