Start Point: Roadside parking near to Helmside (NY 332 096)
Helmside – Greenburn – Pike of Carrs – Gibson Knott – Helm Crag – Bracken Hause – Greenburn – Helmside
Distance: 4 miles Total Ascent: 442 metres Time Taken: 1 hour 30 minutes Start Time: 10:45
Weather: Calm but dull, 13°C
The weather wasn’t too great again this morning, in fact the sky was leaden but it was perfectly still. Most of the higher (and the lower!) tops were lost in mist but we didn’t fare too badly up on the Helm Crag ridge.
A panoramic view of Grasmere to start.
Greenburn.
Helm Crag and Green Burn.
Greenburn Bottom looking a bit murky.
Gibson Knott, looking to Helm Crag.
Dougal checks out what is down in Far Easedale.
The climb to Helm Crag.
Looking back to Gibson Knott.
The Howitzer.
The Dog, the Lamb and the Lion.
The Lion and the Lamb.
Looking down on Grasmere.
Steel Fell from the descent back to Greenburn.