Date: 26 Dec 2017 11:30am Taken at: Helvellyn summit shelter The return of winter - Drifting snow and rime ice on the Helvellyn summit shelter
Date: 25 Dec 2017 11:55am Taken at: Exit to Striding Edge Usually on Xmas Day I decorate rocks with tinsel! Too wet & wild today, so an unfestive Gough memorial & remaining snow.
Date: 24 Dec 2017 12:05pm Taken at: Summit of Helvellyn A deserted summit Trig Point on Christmas Eve with the rain accelerating the thaw.
Date: 23 Dec 2017 12:15pm Taken at: Striding Edge Ribbons of soft snow in Nethermost Cove intermittently visible as Striding Edge went in and out of the cloud.
Date: 22 Dec 2017 11:45am Taken at: Striding Edge Above the cloud, the extent of the thaw is clear. Some dry rock along Striding but banks of steep, wet snow on the exit.
Date: 21 Dec 2017 01:20pm Taken at: Red Tarn flanks of Swirral Edge On the south-facing flanks of Swirral Edge there are some sizeable patches of snow, ideal for winter skills courses!
Date: 20 Dec 2017 01:35pm Taken at: Top of Swirral Edge Kath Dyer making good use of her ice axe to safely cross the snow slope at the exit from Swirral Edge
Date: 19 Dec 2017 01:10pm Taken at: Helvellyn Summit A view through the murk of a couple approaching the trig pillar from the summit cairn.
Date: 18 Dec 2017 01:00pm Taken at: Helvellyn Headwall The view of a partially frozen Red Tarn, and Striding Edge, from the gully just north of Viking Buttress
Date: 17 Dec 2017 03:00pm Taken at: On the path towards Swirls, near the head of Brown Cove James Pierce and Andy Kelly braving the elements, and lots of wet snow, on Helvellyn today.