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| A few hundred yards to the west of Millbeck's village hall, a lane, signposted Skiddaw footpath, is the starting point of this walk |
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| The footpath leads past a small plantation where the view opens up to show the route of ascent, the south-west arete of Skiddaw Little Man, thrown into sharp relief by the early morning sunlight |
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| Looking back over Millbeck to the North Western Fells |
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| Derwent Water from the path above Millbeck |
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| The path climbs gradually towards a gate and stile before it starts to descend towards the deep valley of Mill Beck |
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| Looking back to the North Western Fells from the gate |
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| Descending towards Mill Beck |
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| Crossing the stream between Doups and Carsleddam, White Stones on Carl Side on the horizon at its head |
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| Just before reaching the weir in Mill Beck a path turns off to climb alongside the left bank |
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| The south-west arete of Skiddaw Little Man from the path above Mill Beck |
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| A short section of the path rises above a ravine giving a dramatic view down to a series of waterfalls |
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| Past the confines of the ravine the view opens out to Skiddaw at the head of the valley with the sharp profile of the south-west arete rising on the right |
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| Looking back towards Derwent Water |
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| Looking up Black Beck,to the south-west arete of Skiddaw Little Man on the left and Grey Crags on the right. It is time to leave the main path now to begin the climb to the arete |
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| Crossing Mill Beck, the main path can be seen reaching the col between Carl Side and Skiddaw |
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| In the first edition of the Northern Fells guide Wainwright mentions a small larch tree which helps to identify the confluence of Black Beck. This walk was done almost 50 years to the day after AW's ascent (4th September 1960) The larch tree is now of considerable size and now has a small rowan for company growing on the opposite side of Mill Beck |
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| Beginning the ascent to the foot of the arete, there is no path and the slope is much steeper than it appears in the photo! |
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| The steepness of the slope gives plenty of reasons for looking back to appreciate the view! |
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| Looking across to Grey Crags on the other side of Black Beck |
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| Looking down the lower slopes to AW's larch, the grass and bracken have now given way to heather and rocks making the going much more difficult |
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| Looking across the slopes of Carsleddam to the North Western Fells |
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| Lovely views of Derwent Water on this ascent |
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| ???Carl Side across the head of Mill Beck |
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| Looking down from the first platform on the south-west arete |
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| Lord's Seat, the highest of the Whinlatter Fells over the tops of Carsleddam and White Stones |
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| Looking up to the second platform |
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| Looking down from the second platform, the top of the first platform is directly below |
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| Helvellyn appears across the slopes of Grey Crags |
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| Derwent Water from the second platform |
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| The North Western Fells from the second platform |
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| Looking up from the second platform to the narrowest part of the arete |
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| Looking down the narrowest part of the arete |
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| The final slopes leading directly to the summit |
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| The summits of Long Side and Ullock Pike appear over the top of Carl Side |
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| The summit of Skiddaw |
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| Over to the right the cairn on Skiddaw Lesser Man comes into view |
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| Almost at the top now, looking down to the narrowest part of the arete |
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| The summit cairn comes into view |
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| The view to the south east over the summit of Lesser Man to the Helvellyn range |
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| Looking down to the summit of Latrigg and across to the Central Fells |
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| Derwent Water from the summit of Skiddaw Little Man |
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| The Newlands Valley and the North Western Fells |
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| Long Side and Ullock Pike over Carl Side col |
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| The summit of Skiddaw |
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| The upper Caldew Valley |
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| Blencathra from the summit of Skiddaw Little Man |
