Hiking Helvellyn, Lake District National Park

Hiking Helvellyn by the Mires Beck route.
I’m well pumped from the sporty climb in this photo at about 650 m. on The Nab.
Glenridding, Ullswater and the Pennines in the far distance.

Summit panorama, Helvellyn, Lake District National Park

Helvellyn: summit (950 m.) panoramic 180° view

Striding Edge, Helvellyn, Lake District National Park

Striding Edge, Helvellyn

Red Tarn, Helvellyn, Lake District National Park

Red Tarn, Helvellyn

Skiddaw viewed from Helvellyn, Lake District National Park

Skiddaw (931 m.) viewed from Helvellyn

Helvellyn, Lake District National Park

Glenridding and Ullswater, Lake District National Park

Glenridding and Ullswater

Glenridding and Ullswater, Lake District National Park

Glenridding and Ullswater, Lake District National Park

Glenridding and Ullswater

Glenridding and Ullswater, Lake District National Park

Glenridding and Ullswater, Lake District National Park

Dawn mist on Ullswater, Lake District National Park

Dawn mist on Ullswater

Cumbrian breakfast

Cumbrian breakfast, Glenridding


Hellvellyn Hike Two

Helvellyn, Lake District National Park

Day Two - same Mires Beck path at much the same time of day as Day One but without mist

Miresbeck, Lake District National Park

“Miresbeck”

Mires Beck route, Helvellyn, Lake District National Park

Mires Beck route, Glenridding and Ullswater below

Mires Beck route, Helvellyn, Lake District National Park

Mires Beck route, view of Silver Point, Ullswater

Helvellyn, Lake District National Park

Helvellyn: Striding Edge on left and Swirral Edge on right

The Hole in the Wall, Helvellyn, Lake District National Park

“The Hole in the Wall”, view down Grisedale to Patterdale

Grisedale

Grisedale

Grisedale

Grisedale, view to Hause Gap

Glenridding and Ullswater, view from above Lanty’s Tarn

Glenridding and Ullswater, view from above Lanty’s Tarn

Glenridding Screes and Sheffield Pike

Glenridding Screes, mine and Sheffield Pike, view from above Lanty’s Tarn

Two hikes up Helvellyn on successive days: two views of the same mountain but so different

Fantastic all-round view at the summit of England’s second highest peak, Helvellyn (960 m.). It’s a tough climb starting from Glenridding and following the Mires Beck up to the place known as The Hole in the Wall; then the famous scramble to the top via the Striding Edge route. But the view rewards the effort and justified the Cumbrian breakfast as the dawn mist cleared on Ullswater. Then descending by the Keppel Cove route, passing the disued mine works at Lucy’s Tongue and Glenridding Screes.
I did almost all of it again the next day to try to recover something I’d lost. No luck with my search but the different atmospherics made the views totally different. I came back down the green Grisedale route, then Lanty’s Tarn and hiking back with picture postcard views of Grisedale, Patterdale, Glenridding and Ullswater.