Snowy Lakes

[Mountain Snow]

Headed up over Causey Pike, Sail and Grisdale Pike yesterday. Perfect conditions, huge drifts of powder snow, lovely blue sky.

It's a shame most of this will melt with this coming mild spell. December has been great for snow on the Lakeland Fells, hopefully more of the same in the new year!

[Liam J]

Great pics mate, it was stunning in the Lakes yesterday with perfect photography conditions

Such a shame the snow will be melting now, I'm sure it will be back.

Edited December 19, 2011 by Liam J

[damianslaw]

Great photographs. I was in the NE over the weekend so couldn't take advantage of the great conditions. I knew it was going to be a good weekend - shame because the last couple of weekends when I have been walking were very unsettled and very windy - yes lots of snow but no views.

What is very dissapointing going by the outlook is most of the snow will be washed aside by christmas. The christmas-new year period is when I always look forward to a decent wintry walk or two, in the last three years there has been alot of snow about and decent conditions, have to go back to 2007 when we just had a green landscape.. Still we could see a decent polar NW shot again before new year returning the fells to their white splendour.. However, at least I have had three weekends in a row with plenty of the white stuff under my feet - I was on hadrians wall on friday in the snow.. if I hadn't seen any snow by now gosh I would be feeling low.

[Mountain Snow]

I was very lucky to have the sun out on Sunday for the last of the cold weather, have been out on the hill a few times this month but this was the first time I bothered to take the camera.

Will be very different conditions this christmas, last year we went for a walk around Aira Force which was frozen solid and Boxing day walked out across Derwent water which was covered in 4/5 inches of ice, wont be able to do that this year!