White Side is a grassy summit on the Helvellyn ridge, and the main path crosses right over the top past a stone windshelter. Wainwright suggested the name may come from white quartz on its western slope. On the east side, Keppel Cove once held a dammed tarn that powered the Greenside mine, and when the dam burst in a storm in October 1927 the flood swept down into Glenridding; the broken dam is still there.
New to the Wainwrights?Read our guide: What Are The Wainwrights?Windshelter
Gentle grassy western slopes, with crags and scree dropping steeply on the east.
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Also on this route: Helvellyn, Raise, Birkhouse Moor
Safety: Routes are a guide only. Carry a map and compass and know how to use them, check the weather before you go, and turn back if in doubt. You use this route at your own risk.
