Friday 8th December 2006

Start point: Tilberthwaite car park (NY 306 010)

Tilberthwaite - Steel Edge - Wetherlam - Wetherlam Edge - Tilberthwaite Gill - Tilberthwaite

Distance: 4.4 miles     Total Ascent: 693 metres     Time Taken: 2 hours

Weather: Clear at first then clouding. 6oC.

Route Map

It was nice to see a bit of blue sky after a week of almost constant rain and it did look quite promising early on, but the skies soon darkened to bring things back to normal by lunchtime. This is a firm favourite of mine - a good fell walk that has most of the attributes required to be a good one without being too lengthy...and the main thing was that there wasn't another soul to be seen.

I couldn't resist a few shots of the Coniston fells from Torver on the way up there with the early sun illuminating the fells nicely.

Dow Crag and The Old Man.

Wetherlam.

The Old Man of Coniston.

Brown Pike, Buck Pike and Dow Crag.

Then it was to the walk from Tilberthwaite...

Crossing Crook Beck.

Steel Edge, the way up to the Wetherlam ridge.

Looking north-east from Steel Edge.

Again looking north-east. To the right of Dunmail Raise are Fairfield and Hart Crag.

Taking a breather on Steel Edge.

The Old Man of Coniston from the southern end of Wetherlam.

Levers Hause, Great How Crags and Swirl How.

Coniston Water.

Looking east to Windermere.

Heading along the Wetherlam ridge, the summit tipped with sunshine.

Looking east from Hen Crag.

The Old Man is covered in cloud now only five minutes after the photo from the southern end above. It was so cold along here...

View from the summit of Wetherlam.

The Langdale Pikes. Below is Blea Tarn whilst higher up is Stickle Tarn beneath the crags of Pavey Ark.

Close up of Pavey Ark and Stickle Tarn.

The Fairfield range with the flat top of Fairfield leading onto Hart Crag.

Looking down onto Loughrigg Fell with Loughrigg Tarn in the foreground.

Blea Tarn and Bleatarn House.

Cold Pike, Crinkle Crags and Bow Fell. Bottom right is Red Tarn.

The Langdale Pikes.

Casper on Wetherlam.

Wetherlam Edge - the way down - with Little Langdale Tarn in view.

Bow Fell and Pike o' Blisco.

Crinkle Crags and Bow Fell get some sun for a minute.

Wetherlam from Tilberthwaite.

Tilberthwaite Gill.

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