Walk c167 Wetherlam and Swirl How from Low Tilberthwaite
A quiet alternative to the usual honey pots
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 8¾mls (14km) |
| Ascent: | 3,584ft (1,092m) |
| Time: | 6¾hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route outline for walk c167:
Low Tilberthwaite - Above Beck Fells - Hole Rake - Red Gill Head Moss - Steel Edge - Lad Stones - Wetherlam - Red Dell Head Moss - Black Sails - Keld Gill Head - Swirl Hawse - Prison Band - Swirl How - Great Carrs - Little Carrs - Hell Gill Pike - Wet Side Edge - High End - Greenburn Beck - Low Tilberthwaite
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
 3 English Mountains |
 3 Wainwrights |
 4 English Nuttalls |
 0 English Deweys |
 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
 0 Marilyns |
 0 Bridgets |
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
The highest point of this walk is Swirl How at 802m (2633ft). Swirl How is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (40th highest in England, 74th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 32).
Swirl How is also known as an English Nuttall (47th highest in England, 89th highest in England & Wales).
Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Great Carrs at 785m (2576ft). Great Carrs is classified as an Wainwright (No. 43).
Great Carrs is also known as an English Nuttall (61st highest in England, 110th highest in England & Wales).
You will also reach the summit of Wetherlam at 763m (2504ft). Wetherlam is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (64th highest in England, 110th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 56).
Wetherlam is also known as an English Nuttall (78th highest in England, 134th highest in England & Wales).
Along the way you will also bag:
- Black Sails at 745m (2445ft). Black Sails is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (71st England, 125th Eng & Wal) and an English Nuttall (88th highest in England, 153rd highest in England & Wales).
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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c167 Wetherlam and Swirl How from Low Tilberthwaite
In no particular order . . .
Cold Pike (left) and Pike of Blisco (Pike o' Blisco) from the summit of Great Carrs
Crinkle Crags (centre left) with Bow Fell (Bowfell) beyond from near Prison Band below Swirl How
The Old Man of Coniston (left) and Swirl How (right) from Wetherlam summit
*Little Langdale with the Langdale Pikes, Helvellyn and Fairfield beyond from Wetherlam
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