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Wetherlam

Walked on 08/12/2006

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.

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.

01 Wetherlam

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Dow Crag and The Old Man.

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Wetherlam.

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The Old Man of Coniston.

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Brown Pike, Buck Pike and Dow Crag. Then it was to the walk from Tilberthwaite...

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Crossing Crook Beck.

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Steel Edge, the way up to the Wetherlam ridge.

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Looking north-east from Steel Edge.

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

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Taking a breather on Steel Edge.

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

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Levers Hause, Great How Crags and Swirl How.

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Coniston Water.

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Looking east to Windermere.

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

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Looking east from Hen Crag.

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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...

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View from the summit of Wetherlam.

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

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Close up of Pavey Ark and Stickle Tarn.

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

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

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Blea Tarn and Bleatarn House.

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

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The Langdale Pikes.

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Casper on Wetherlam.

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

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Bow Fell and Pike o' Blisco.

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

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Wetherlam from Tilberthwaite.

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Tilberthwaite Gill.

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