Walk Information

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Walk route: Swirls - Browncove Crags path - Helvellyn - Helvellyn Lower Man - below Browncove Crags - Swirls

Distance: 4.75 miles

Ascent: 2,600ft

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Time: 2 hours 40 minutes

With: on own

Conditions: Blue sky and scattered clouds, warm out of the cooling breeze

Photos

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Looking towards Browncove Crags from near SwirlsThirlmere with the Skiddaw fells in the distance from above SwirlsBrowncove Crags ahead, the path goes to the right of the cragsThe view northHawes How Island and Deergarth How Island and a low ThirlmereSwirls GateLower Man aheadTowards the flat top of Helvellyn, the path on the right goes straight to the trig pointSouth to the distance Coniston fellsCatstycamHelvellyn's summit trig pointThe cross shelter and south to Fairfield and Nethermost PikeRed TarnNorth from Lower Man's summit, a clear path to White SideBrown Cove below and Sheffield Pike in the distanceThe cove below Browncove Crags, not called Brown CoveBrowncove CragsBack on the pitched path for the rest of the descentHelvellyn Gill

previous walk - Sat 22 May 2010 - Great Borne and Starling Dodd from Ennerdale

next walk - Wed 30 Jun 2010 - Scafell Pike plus from Seathwaite

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