A wild day on Helvellyn today as the snow starts to arrive!
We set off from Wythburn at 9.30am and climbed the steep path through the woods and up the steep Wythburn path to the summit of Helvellyn.
Lower down the winds were very light but these got much stronger as we climbed higher and as we reached the summit the wind was whipping the snow and hail across the summit plateau.
After a brief stop in the shelter we pressed on southwards crossing the summit of Nethermost Pike and climbing to the summit of Dollywaggon Pike before descending out of the winds over Willie Wife Moor and down by Reggle Knott to meet the path back to Wythburn.