Start point: Tilberthwaite car park (NY 306 010)
Tilberthwaite – Steel Edge – Wetherlam – Wetherlam Edge – Birk Fell Man on Birk Fell – Tilberthwaite Gill – Tilberthwaite
Distance: 4.2 miles Total Ascent: 648 metres Time Taken: 2 hours 30 minutes Start Time: 09:10
Weather: Long sunny spells, cold wind. 8C
The weather was gorgeous this morning, being really clear in the south western corner of the Lakes. There seemed to be a bit of cloud around the fell tops beyond but Wetherlam was a great walk to do on a day like this – I did have to keep well wrapped up on the Wetherlam ridge though as it was colder than it looks.
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Steel Edge again - the first part of the ridge is an easy walk; the second, rocky section is a scramble.
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...and again from a little higher up. The tarn is part frozen and the wind was really cold along here.
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There is a lovely view of the Coniston fells from here, in fact I think Wetherlam has one of the best 360 views of any fell.
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This north side of Wetherlam was quite icy and treacherous in places, here looking down Wetherlam Edge into Little Langdale.