Date: 21 Dec 2022 11:10am Taken at: Summit of Helvellyn A desolate Trig point which I had to myself; this could have been due to the intermittent biting, stinging hail!
Date: 20 Dec 2022 12:05pm Taken at: Exit to Swirral Edge The only snow left on Swirral Edge was at its exit, mostly soft & easily avoidable. Whiteside & Raise in the background.
Date: 19 Dec 2022 03:00pm Taken at: Greenside Heavy rain and a turbo thaw stripped the hills of snow & ice.
Date: 17 Dec 2022 01:04pm Taken at: Helvellyn Summit Shelter An ice axe buried up to the hilt in a snowdrift.
Date: 16 Dec 2022 11:59am Taken at: High Stile summit Looking over the summit cairn towards Pillar beyond.
Date: 13 Dec 2022 11:30am Taken at: Striding Edge Mixed conditions along Striding Edge with bare, dry rock, soft snow & isolated patches of ice where snow compressed.
Date: 12 Dec 2022 11:30am Taken at: Summit of Helvellyn An inversion meant similar temperatures on the summit & Ambleside! Looking at frozen Red Tarn & cloud covered Ullswater