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Skiddaw
A walk onto Skiddaw returning via Little Man alongside Little Man, Lesser Man
and Lonscale Fell |
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| Completed: |
7 April 2009 |
| Distance: |
7½ miles approx |
| Weather: |
Cloudy, some bright spells, short rain/hail shower, very windy |
| Time: |
5 hrs - all
photographs taken between 10:15 & 15:15 |
| Terrain: |
Steep path up Jenkins Hill, grass paths to Lonscale Fell
with gradual descent |
| Stiles: |
0 |
| Highest Point: |
2,994 ft |
| Assent: |
2,526 ft |
| Grade: |
Moderate |
| Parking: |
Park in the car park on Latrigg (GR: NY
280-253) |
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Nearest Towns: |
Keswick |
| Refreshments: |
No refreshments én route |
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Toilets: |
No public toilets én route |
| Transport: |
Car |
| Other
Walks: |
Catbells - Lakeland Walks,
Leaney's Lakeland Fells,
Lake District Walks &
Striding Edge |
| Maps: |
Outdoor Leisure No. 4, 5, 6 & 7 |
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Click on image for large picture |
| Altitude relief map |
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Looking down the access road to Crag
Hill, Grisedale Pike, Lords Seat & Barf |
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Looking across the lower slopes of
Lonscale Fell to Blease Fell |
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The zigzag path onto Jenkin Hill |
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Great Mell Fell & Little Mell Fell from
the memorial |
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Clough Head, Great Dodd, Raise &
Helvellyn |
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Looking across Keswick to the Western &
North Western Fells |
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Looking across Keswick to the Western &
North Western Fells |
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Clough Head, Great Dodd & Raise |
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Click on image for large picture |
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Panorama across Keswick to the Western
& North Western Fells
with Esk Pike, Great End, Scafell Pike, Great Gable,
High Spy, Dale Head, Maiden Moor, Catbells, Hindscarf,
Robinson, Causey Pike, Sail, Crag Hill, Grasmoor & Grisedale
Pike |
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Clough Head, Great Dodd, Raise &
Helvellyn from the 4th gate |
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The Codale Round
Causey Pike. Outerside, Sail, Crag Hill, Grasmoor, Sand
Hill & Grisedale Pike |
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Looking across Latrigg & Derwent Water
to Catbells, Maiden Moor, Dale Head & Robinson |
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Derwent Water with Catbells, Maiden Moor, Dale Head & Robinson |
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Our intrepid walker on the steep path onto Jenkin Hill |
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Looking across High Rigg to the
Helvellyn Range
Clough Head, Great Dodd, Raise & Helvellyn |
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Lesser Man & Little Man from Jenkin
Hill |
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Skiddaw summit plateaux from the 5th
gate |
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Reassuring to know that we are on the right path
As if it would be difficult not to be |
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High Rigg to the Helvellyn Range |
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Great Calva, Knott & Carrock Fell |
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Battling against strong winds, this young family got to
within 100' of the summit & decided to turn back as it was
blowing just too much
Had they passed that particular point, the wind did
abate somewhat but was still blowing a gale on the top |
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Great Calva, High Pike & Carrock Fell from the 6th
gate |
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Great Calva & Carrock Fell |
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Looking down on Bassenthwaite Lake |
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Blencathra from the summit of Skiddaw |
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Looking back to the lower southern top |
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Clough Head, Great Dodd, Raise & Helvellyn from Little
Man |
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Click on image for large picture |
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Panorama across Skiddaw Forest towards Great Calva,
Carrock Fell, Blencathra & Lonscale Fell |
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Blencathra from Lesser Man |
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Great Calva, Knott, High Pike & Carrock
Fell |
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Looking down on Derwent Water |
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Looking across Kenkin Hill to the Helvellyn Range |
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The North Western Fells
Causey Pike, Scar Crags, Sail, Crag Hill, Grasmoor &
Grisedale Pike |
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Looking back to Lesser Man, Little Man & Skiddaw |
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Blencathra from Lonscale Fell |
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Clough Head, Great Dodd, Raise &
Helvellyn |
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Causey Pike, Scar Crags, Sail, Crag
Hill, Grasmoor & Grisedale Pike |
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Lesser Man, Little Man & Skiddaw |
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Great Calva, Knott & High Pike |
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Lesser Man, Little Man & Skiddaw |
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Clough Head, Great Dodd, Raise & Helvellyn |
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Zooming in on Raise, Whiteside Bank & Helvellyn |
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Returning along the path above Whit Beck |
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Great Mell Fell & Little Mell Fell |
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