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TP3724 - Helvellyn
Logged Visits:
Revisit day out tackling edges under snow and ice bitter cold up here today very clear but very high dull sky.Trig still ok not much snow on top.Hard route this in winter takes you longer than you think ended up descending to glenridding in darkness not recommended with black ice all over the footpaths!
From Glenridding, experiencing Striding Edge and getting to the top of Helvellyn is a long awaited achievement and well worth the effort.
Started out from 05.40am from the car park at Wythburn and reached the summit at 07.10am on a perfect sunny and warm morning and had the place to myself. This is the way to climb mountains. Pure Magic!
very busy here today great sunny day
Bagged this one after doing striding edge. Was middle of May and it was snowing at the peak.
Great views in the Sunshine.
Fantastic views - still a bit of snow about on the protected edges.
Fantastic Day. Ascended Birkhouse Moor in the clagg then popped out above a temperature inversion on Striding Edge. Awesome views above the cloud. Scafell range, Great Gable, Skiddaw and Blencathra poked their summits above the cloud. Even got a Brocken Spectre!!!!
Day in lakes shopping for a new shell jacket might as well do a winter ascent of helvellyn! Lots of snow big avalanche cornice collapse on left hand side of swirral edge today very cold wind views to die for on top.Trig covered in ice fb covered up but done it before so no worries, loads out on top today enjoying the winter wonderland.Even met the weather line fell top assessors going up and coming down!
Brilliant walk along striding edge to get to this one.
Go on. Youve all done it. You all know its worth the high score for the fun and games on both Striding and Swirrell. For the record - the late September heatwave meant 28 degrees in the valley, but STILL clouds skittling about the tops. Great views. Exciting climb. No crowds. OK 9
up Striding Edge and circled via Raise and Sticks Pass back to Glenridding. Perfect weather and great views. Fewer people on the summit than on Snowdon, but didnt hang around. More Wainwrights than trigs today.
From Glenridding
Excellent views.
Scores 9 because of striding edge and squirrel edge you just gotta climb up and down these paths!
Up from Grisedale Bridge via Lower Man. Plenty of people about but minimal visibility meant it did not look too crowded! No views but I know it is at least worth a 9/10.
When the cloud cleared the view was fantastic! Remember to take pound coins for the lake district pay and display machines.
Fog,freezing mist no view.
Perfect winters day
A strong northerly wind was forecast so Dan and I abandoned the plan to use Striding Edge and took the shorter but steeper route up from Swirls by Thirlmere. The views were lost well before the summit which loomed sooner than I expected.
Fantastic blue sky day Helped lady and husband cragfast on badstep chimney on edge,went down swirrell edge and up catsecam.Loads of walkers on top!
WAlked here on a warm sunny day
Met a chap with a what looked like a TV arial sitting not far from the pillar, turns out he was a radio ham chatting with people all round the world. Great 360 degree views.
Walked up the easy way from Glenridding and up Mires Beck and up to Hole-in-the-Wall and then along the top of Striding Edge, well you have to don't you, following a short slog up the scree slope the shelter was soon reached where it was time for lunch, then bagged the trig and set off back again along to Lower man, across to Whiteside and then took the path around the top of Red Screes and back down into Glenridding passing the Ski Club Hut and Youth Hostel. All in all a very good day out, and the bonus was it was clear on the top.
More like "Hell"velyn. I love this top and been here a few times but it's the first trig I've visited on my belly. Misty but dry with gusty winds at 60-70mph. Camped the night before under Dollywaggon Pike, so had the top to ourselves for as long as we needed
Walked up from Thirlmere. Cloud from around 2000'. However, it did clear whilst eating lunch and waiting for the rest of our party who had come via Striding edge. Good views of Ullswater and as far as Scotland.
brill day climbing. clear views from trig point. lots of people sitting around trig so could not get a close look, but looked in good condition.
Birketts CLF walk C/HEL1 Parked in Stanah > Sticks Pass > Raise > White Side > Lower Man Helvellyn > Helvellyn summit cairn the highest point > The trig slightly lower by 1m > Lower Man Helvellyn > Brown Crag > Stanah
Fantastic walk up via Striding Edge. Still a bit of snow as well.
Birketts CLF walk C/HEL3 > CP by the side of the A591 > Browncove Crags > Helvellyn - Lower Man > Helvellyn summit 1m higher than the trig point the trig point 120m NW at NY 34179 15167 OS official data NY 34170.188 15158.875 @ 949.147m > HELVELLYN summit cairn > Nethermost Pike > High Crag (Grisedale) > Dollywaggon Pike > Grisedale Tarn > Raise Beck > CP
Brilliant sunny day with occasional atmospheric mist. Superb snow conditions over striding edge return via swirral edge
Stonebuilt, and missing a couple of stones on SE corner.
Not very clear on top today, but a good day down on Striding Edge.
Up with the Inca Crew :)
Parked in the Glenridding CP, followed Birketts CLF walk C/HEL2, well marked paths all the way, over Birkhouse Moor, Striding Edge, Helvellyn summit, Swirral Edge then Catstycam, probably the best ridge walk in the Lake District. Trig point 120m NW of summit at NY 34170188 15158875 (949.147m). Previous visits 2/6/95, 8/6/1978 and 24/4/2004.
Via Striding and Swirral Edge again. Went for a pint in White Lion, Patterdale. It was outstanding!
Found on a stag do, before I'd registered on this site, in some quite wet weather (Logged as GCGPTF on GC.com). Ascended via Striding Edge, then descended via Swirral Edge.
Patch low level cloud did not spoil the view or ascent up Striding Edge.
Spotted while walking
can't completely remember how the trig point looked, i think it was in good condition.
Up Striding edge and down Swirral.Also visited Nethermost Pike, Catstye Cam and Birkhouse Moor. Best walk ever in great weather.Pillar good.
Bagged on a 12 mile circular route from Helvellyn YHA. Gloriously sunny, clear day with spectacular 360 degree views.
Came up via Stridding Edge
Crisp clear day - Snow on top
On a clear day views are spectacular. March is a cold time in the Lakes, our time to visit each year so we make the most of it. Trig is built of local stone and is in good condition. Ascended over Birkhouse Moor and Striding Edge, descended over Catstye Cam to bag the Wainwrights. A good day's walking.
Done via Striding Edge,what a great ridge. Photo from 22/04/2009 visit.
Early morning hike from patterdale village via the hole in the wall along striding edge good climb back down via swirral edge and red tarn
Lovely clear day to see great views in all directions. Striding Edge was well worth the effort.
Great up here today view with good views over Striding Edge and Ullswater having climbed up from Thirlmere
Ascended from Glenridding via Striding Edge with no queues! Good views but very hazy. Descended Swirral Edge and bagged Catseye Cam for the first time before heading back to car park. Very warm day. Went to Ramblers Bar in Glenridding for a welcome pint after walk and paid over £6.00 for a Guiness and a pint of lemonade! Mad prices.
Found while caching
Came up from Glenridding over Striding Edge, the cloud retreating before us as we climbed, to a very cold and windy summit alone apart from 2 others in the shelter. Trig has some slight damage to lower section, but nothing too serious considering the amount of handling it must get. Superb views all around, once the cloud lifted.
Come back Michael Fish, all is forgiven. The latest batch of forecasters got it wrong today.Outer shell, hat & gloves needed on summit in thick cloud. First of several mountains bagged on a 12-mile linear walk up Helvellyn Gill to Blencathra Mining Museum. Trig pillar stands alone some distance from the shelter. Couldn't see bugger-all, if you'll excuse the double negative.
Very cloudy up here today couldn't see a thing, great climb though
Went up after waiting at a check point of D of E groups, spectacular views of striding edge and a search and rescue helicopter!
Waymarking trip. Been here many times.
Poor score only because as I was within 1/4 mile of the summit the cloud descended and there was not a lot to see! However 30 minutes after I had left the summit via Swirrel Edge the conditions became even worse - rain and wind plus cloud! I suppose I could say that I had the best of the day!!
Stone Pillar in Good Conditon a little way from the summit carn. Plug tarmac. Great view from here of Red tarn and striding edge. Ascended by Wythburn path
Wow! Ascended via Striding Edge on a really hot suny day, doesn't get much better than that.
Big climb but worth it for the trig and virtual in one
Superb views. Great cache/trig
Great walk over Stridng Edge. Wondeful weather!
Lovely walk and views.
first climbed june 1988
Took the Greenside road from Glenridding and parked near the bunk houses followed path left side of Glenridding Beck up to sheepfold then path alongside Red Tarn Beck up to Red Tarn skirting round Catstye Cam which until this point had hidden any sight of Helvellyn and what a great view this is with the tarn nestling some 750 feet below Helvellyn summit with Stiding Edge and Swirral Edge marching up either side good place for a cup of coffee and decide which way up,went for Striding Edge, no need to follow the path up to the ridge via the hole in the wall its a easy climb straight up the bank between Low and High Spying How,good views from here,there was no striding over Striding Edge as there was still some snow and ice infact I crossed most of the ridge on all fours ! anyway I made it across and after a steep scramble reached the summit,wonderful views all round on a clear sunny morning descended via Lower Man and Whiteside Bank, I did Helvellyn in the mid eighties from the Thirlmere side and found that way up a bit of a drudge unlike the great walk I experienced today.
Ascended vis Striding Edge and down Swirral Edge. Great stuff in poor weather. We got some good views though.
Thick cloud limited visibility to a few yards, but the motorways up and down are easy to follow, first good climb for me following illness and first ever for two companions. We didn't care about the weather!
Great views across to morecombe bay. Trig in good conditions. Tar plug
Great view form the top. Didn't stay long as it was pretty windy. Scurried off to find some shelter
RW, GLT & Corrie Dog
I've marked the pillar down as being in good condition even though it had an England flag attached to it at the time, today being the day that Portugal knocked England out of the world cup.
nice summy day today lots of people abot too!!
Always good to visit this Summit Covered in snow today ,, Hard acsent
Ascent via Dollywagon Pike and Nethermost Pike from Grisedale Valley. Great views from snow covered top. Should have tested new crampons when coming down Swirral Edge. Very busy on top. Great stone built trig.
Catching up on a few visited Trigpoints.
Good walk up & along Striding Edge. Views are stunning, makes the trip all worth while
2nd visit. Constructed of stone blocks.
Ascended via Wythburn path. Excellent Views all the way.
Was it really November 1989 I last passed this way ? Where have the years gone ?
Fantastic 'prize' after a good climb.
vgc, stonebuilt, bitmac plug, a bit N of cruciform shelter, revisited May05 while helping on a Bob Graham Round - great hill, prev visits ??? & 22/05/1999
Surely the best of trigs? This day was remarkably quiet - I saw only one other person - and it was so clear that I could see the sea! Alas, I forgot my camera.
Trig iced over, so number not obtained. 80mph blizzard meant no chance to get the camera out, and no more than 5 mins on top was possible. Barrie blown over, and I crawled on all fours to approach trig. But the top was crowded with walkers and dogs!! Unbelievable!! Public
lovely walk early in the morning but loads of flying insects
It was a drab and dreary day on England's third highest peak
Up Striding edge & down Swirrel edge.
A great walk today, came up the north west ridge of Catstycam which is always quiet and back down from Raise into Glenridding. A cool breeze up top and not too many visitors today. One of our favourite hills with great all round views.
Sherpa'd a guy From Uni who had never been up a mounatin before and didn't want to go on his own.
Up from Patterdale via Striding Edge on a gloroius Easter Sunday. Perfect viewing and spectacular scenery. 10/10
This was my first lakes hill-1981. About 10 visits since, and one overnighter on a crisp october night as part of a complete N-S traverse
Lovely wintery conditions today. Howling gale on the summit - needed crampons just to stay upright on the sheet ice! Striding edge was particularly exciting, though thankfully sheltered from much of the wind. This has got to be one of my favourite hills, even in today's cloud a definite 10!
Couldn't see anything from the top and the trig point was covered in ice - but never mind!
Walked along Striding edge from the YHA, strenuous but very glad I did it. Second time on the top, first time with the scouts back in the late 60s.
Visited With lancaster University Hiking Club
Fabulous views!
Superb place..from Glenridding,up striding and down swirrel
A classic walk [ nothing else needs to be said]
Westmorland County Top. A good winter walk for this, my 4th ascent of Helvellyn.
Great Sunny day upto Nethernmost Pike, along and down via Sticks Pass but the cloud came down just as we reached the summit, so no pictures!
Passed here on todays trek..Grasmere, Grisedale tarn,Dollywaggon Pike,Nethermost Pike,Down Swirrel Edge,UP Striding Edge, Back to Grisedale then UP Fairfield,Great Rigg,Herron Pike then Alcock Tarn and back to Grasmere....for a coffee at the garden centre...about 18.11miles 6000ft of ascent 38320 steps 7hrs 38min duration
A fabulous day, clear blue sky and unbelievable views. From Glenridding up Grizedale Beck to Striding Edge (fortunately a quiet day), lunch at the trig point, down Swirrel Edge, then via Lanty's Tarn and Keldas (from where a great view up Ullswater)
Not the first time or last
this loomed out of the misty drizzle after a blind ascent of Striding Edge--wot fun. But another old county summit conquered (Westmoreland)
Did a round from Glenridding, out via Striding and return via Swirral edges. Wonderful views.
Above date most recent of 10 visits, first being on 12/02/77. A magnificent view point.
middle of a long multi range day
Great walk from Glenridding via Striding Edge and returing via Red Tarn. Sadly it was very wet and very poor visibility above 550m!! 950m Me, Lou
Climbed from Glenridding via Striding Edge.Excellent views.
Fantastic.
by cruciform summit shelter, mind the sheep - great hill
Lovely mountain, assended many times since this first visit
On a solo walking week having just got engaged. Managed to get the summit to myself for a short while. Peaks to south and west shrouded in mist.
Approached over Striding Edge. Never again says Sue!
Far too busy. Think I'll stick to further north. Kick-ass views tho!
Went up Helvellyn in training for the Three Peaks.
Walked up from Wythburn Church,top covered in mist. No views.
I did this with some friends after my GCSEs in 1996. I was taken via Striding Edge where I managed to tear some new shorts. The views were stunning from the trig point on a baking hot day. We then wandered down the other side all the way to Grasmere.
this time it was a dawn walk starting at approx 4am. Nine of us, me Lisa, Chrissie, Richard P, Caroline M David C, Chris N, Susan P, Jonathan C
All the others go via Strding edge but I vere off solo via Catsye Cam and Swirral edge. Summit at 2pm
Staying at Striding Edge hostel with OTC family group. I've just arrived but with agenda of immediately having a lte evening walk as it's both clear calm warm weather and also pretty well full moon. Persuade Chrissie and Lisa to accompany me, so a night walk by moonlight up valley straight up the valley zigzags and over Whiteside, Raise and Lower Man. Fantastic peacful and tranquil. Back by 3pm to grab 5 hours sleep before going up again!!
An emotional day on son's 10th birthday for family's 1st 3000'er. My Dad dragged me up at the age of 11 (1972), so my lad went one better! Striding Edge most unpopular with wife, & daughter fell & hurt herself (temporarily)descending Swirral. Blazing hot sunshine gave hazy but distant views. Most welcome pints of Boddies at Travellers' Rest in Glenridding!
Excellent views. Local stone with tarmac plug.
Visited to record FB number. The pillar was completed in May 1950 costing £48.15s.0d. In 1952 this marker was computed for triangulation as secondary station NY11/12 in the Workington block. Flush bracket S5948 was levelled for height also in 1952. This trig point was last maintained by the OS in August 1984. Stone built pattern. Spider centre had lost original OS plug and is now plugged with bitumen. The pillar photograph was taken by my mother while I stood at the pillar. Bagged 2/07/1991, GRP.
Up Striding Edge, Down Swirrel Edge and Catstye Cam.
First (or at least, the first I can remember) of several visits over the years, either with family or climbing clubs.
Perfect winter round of Striding Edge and Swirral Edge. Shame we left the ice axes in the car. Very stupid to have carried on when we got to the snow and ice.
Ascent via Dunmail & Dollywaggon on very cold windy day. Fingers numb in the 30 seconds gloves were off to take picture.
Visited on first visit to Lakes. Further visits made on 10.09.99 when Nethermost Pike, Striding Edge, Dollywagon Pike and Birkhouse Moor were visited and again on 19.07.00 when Lower Man, Catstye Cam, Raise and Whiteside were visited.
Last hill in a long day from Kirkstone. Dead quiet on Fairfield/Red Screes, but they were all up here. Westmorland county top.
Walking Coast to Coast with Marion. Crowded on top with queues on Striding Edge.
Retrospective Logging of this trig from when I reached this summit whilst doing the Wainwrights
first visit
Old log - has to be a high score for the ridges
done may times. this trip was during coast to coast
Up from west and down Striding Edge on Youth Hostelling holiday. Attacked by sheep on summit wanting some of our lunch (banana!).
First of two visits. Made the mistake of doing it on a Bank Holiday - long tailbacks of pedestrian traffic on Striding Edge!
Childhood visit (with Army Cadets - Winter Arduous Training)
Extremely hot. Man selling water for 6d (old money) a cup from a bucket |
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Helvellyn headwall
27th Oct 2012 21:48 by 
Helvellyn Trig Point
4 Men, a dog and some snow in May
Flush Bracket
Pillar + view
Summit
Striding Edge from Helvellyn Trig
me at trig
lady walkers cellebrate
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The Trig
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Shorts day at Gough memorial
Nearly up
View back along Striding Edge
Helvellyn FB
Big Fish at the Trig
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Proof climbed up!
caching too!
Helvellyn Trig & inserts FB top
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Trig and Striding Edge
Helvellyn - Looking towards Glenridding
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Me On The Trig Point
Helvelyn The trig
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Striding Edge from Nethermost Pike
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