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Striding Edge

Date ... Sunday, 20 May 2007
Distance ... 7.5 miles
Ascent ... 2490 feet
Time ... 4 hours 30 mins
Summits ... High Spying How - 2821' (en219)
Birkhouse Moor - 2350' (aw78)(en10)
Start ... LDNP pay + display car park in Glenridding village (NY385 169)
Maps ... Ordnance Survey - Outdoor Leisure Nº5 (1:25,000) or Landranger Nº90 (1:50,000)
Books ... Pictorial Guide Nº1 - The Eastern Fells by Alfred Wainwright


Catstycam seen from the path leading up to Red Tarn, from Greenside mines

Catstycam seen from the path leading up to Red Tarn, from Greenside mines

Another view of Catstycam from further up the path

Another view of Catstycam from further up the path

Looking back towards Sheffield Pike

Looking back towards Sheffield Pike

The zig zag's on Raise

The zig zag's on Raise

The path leading up to Swirral Edge from Red Tarn

The path leading up to Swirral Edge from Red Tarn

The steep slope up to High Spying How from Red Tarn

The steep slope up to High Spying How from Red Tarn

Red Tarn and Striding Edge

Red Tarn and Striding Edge

Sheena and Tim on Striding Edge

Sheena and Tim on Striding Edge

Looking into Nethermost Cove from just below High Spying How

Looking into Nethermost Cove from just below High Spying How

St. Sunday Crag from High Spying How

St. Sunday Crag from High Spying How

Fairfield from High Spying How

Fairfield from High Spying How

Looking along Striding Edge from High Spying How

Looking along Striding Edge from High Spying How

Another view along Striding Edge

Another view along Striding Edge

Helvellyn and Catstycam from Birkhouse Moor

Helvellyn and Catstycam from Birkhouse Moor

Ullswater and Glenridding Dodd from Birkhouse Moor

Ullswater and Glenridding Dodd from Birkhouse Moor

Tim exploring on Birkhouse Moor

Tim exploring on Birkhouse Moor

Arnison Crag from the descent to Lanty's tarn

Arnison Crag from the descent to Lanty's tarn

Heron Pike and The Rake.

Heron Pike and The Rake.

Blue bells and Birkhouse Moor from the path down from Lanty's Tarn

Blue bells and Birkhouse Moor from the path down from Lanty's Tarn