Catstye Cam
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grufftymilo
N 54° 32.009 W 003° 00.538
30U E 499419 N 6042879
Catstye Cam is a fell in the English Lake District. It is an outlier of Helvellyn in the Eastern Fells.
Waymark Code: WMA2B0
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 11/05/2010
Views: 24
The Helvellyn range runs broadly north to south for about 7 miles, remaining above 2,000 ft (600 m) throughout its length. Helvellyn itself sits near the centre of this ridge and displays the characteristic form of many of these fells, namely smooth grassy slopes to the west and shattered rock to the east. Helvellyn sends out two eastward arêtes, razor thin ridges between deep mountain corries. The southerly spur is Striding Edge, easily the most famous ridge in the district, and its northern partner is Swirral Edge. From the summit plateau of Helvellyn a rough slope drops to the start of Swirral Edge, and this narrow ridge curves gracefully down and then back up over half a mile, terminating at Catstye Cam.
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Altitude in Feet: 2920
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