Walk Information

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Walk route: Millbeck - Skiddaw Lesser Man - Skiddaw Little Man - Skiddaw - Carlside Tarn - Carl Side - White Stones - Millbeck

Distance: 5.00 miles

Ascent: 3,000ft

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Time: 2 hours 55 minutes

With: on own

Conditions: Evening walk, blue sky and scattered clouds, strong wind on the summits

Comment: Everest the Easy Way ascent 4

Photos

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Skiddaw Little Man from above Millbeck, my line of ascent is to be up the heathery slope right of centreThe weir across Slades Beck or Mill Beck, I'm not sure where one ends and the other beginsThe way ahead, a long drag, a 'tedious climb' per AWLooking across to Carsleddam and Carl SideThe wide band of heather that has to be crossed on the ascent with the two boulders sketched by Wainwright on the centre skylineKeswick, Derwent Water and the central fells from the ascent of Skiddaw Little ManThe two boulders up close, no where near the summit but they do mark the end of the heather!The view across to the Helvellyn rangeLooking back down the heathery slope to Millbeck on the far side of the treesThe north western fells from my ascent of Skiddaw Little ManSkiddaw from Skiddaw Little ManCarl Side with Long Side and Ullock Pike beyond and the Solway Firth in the distanceSkiddaw Little Man and Derwent Water from the path up SkiddawLonscale Fell and Skiddaw Little Man with the Helvellyn range in the distance from SkiddawLooking north along Skiddaw's summit ridgeSkiddaw's summitSkiddaw summitLooking over Carl Side to the north western fellsLong Side and Ullock Pike seen across SoutherndaleSkiddaw Little Man and the Helvellyn ridge from Carlside TarnThe view south from Carl Side's summit cairnLooking over the grassy Latrigg to the Helvellyn ridge with Carsleddam below from my descent off Carl SideThe view south to the Newlands valley from the White Stones path off Carl SideLooking back to White Stones and Carl Side from the desent to MillbeckMillbeck

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