Carlisle & District Rambling & Fellwalking Club

Walk & Event Reports

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Sunday 2nd February 2025

Steel Fell and Helm Crag

Leader: Ian Rowley

Report: Ian Rowley

Photos: Ian Rowley, Ann Cameron-McIntosh and Astrid Carss

 

Steel Fell to Helm Crag
Ten  of defied the weather forecast to make this round of  four Wainwrights  over seven and a half miles. 
Making  the steep pull up to Steel Fell we soon lost any views and spent the rest of the walk in the clouds. The route followed the old Westmorland/Cumberland boundary for a while and we then picked our way through a series of bogs to finally make dry ground on to Calf Crag. After lunch we made our way along the undulating ridge over Gibson Knott.
A final climb to Helm Crag rewarded us with still no views but everyone enjoyed the day.