Start point: Patterdale (NY 394 160)
Patterdale – Hole-in-the-Wall – Striding Edge – Helvellyn – Nethermost Pike – High Crag –Dol lywaggon Pike – Seat Sandal – Grisedale Tarn – Patterdale
Distance: 11 miles Total Ascent: 1170 metres Time Taken: 5 hours
Weather: All sorts, with snow on the tops. 6oC.
It was a bit wintry to say the least today. The climb up to and across Striding Edge was quite clear but with plenty of soft, fresh snow around. As soon as I hit the top of Helvellyn, the clouds came down and made the views non-existent. From then on, there was all sorts of weather – rain, sleet, snow, hail – you name it! Still, it was nice to get in the snow again. It certainly makes a change from the somewhat damper weather we have had recently.

Grisedale from Grisedale Beck. Looks like there is a bit of snow on Dollywagon Pike and Nethermost Pike.

The retrospective view along Low Spying How to Birkhouse Moor and Ullswater. Place Fell seems to be getting a bit of sunshine.

The steep descent down to Grisedale tarn and then straight up the other side for a similarly steep climb to Seat Sandal.

That was about it with clear weather, it was changing almost by the minute now. This is St. Sunday Crag and Fairfield from the descent of Seat Sandal with sleet and hail moving in.