Lang How
414m (1359ft)
The Central Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
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Walk c105 Lang How and Silver How from Grasmere
Fine Views of Grasmere
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 4.5ml (7.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 1,296ft (395m) | |
| Time: | 3 hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Moderate) |
Walk c144 Sergeant Man from Grasmere
Good ridge walk above Grasmere
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 10ml (16km) | |
| Ascent: | 2,936ft (895m) | |
| Time: | 6½ hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Grasmere - Sour Milk Gill - Sourmilk Gill Falls - Tarn Crag (Easedale) - Sergeant Man - Blea Rigg - Great Castle How - Little Castle How - Raw Pike - Swinescar Pike - Lang How - Silver How - Spedding Crag - Dow Bank - Huntingstile Crag - Grasmere
Walk c428 The Langdale Pikes, High Raise and The Easedale Fells from Grasmere
Long high level round
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 13.75ml (22km) | |
| Ascent: | 3,991ft (1,216m) | |
| Time: | 9 hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Grasmere - Allan Bank - Wray Gill - Silver How - Lang How - Sinescar Pike - Little Castle How - Great Castle How - Blea Rigg - Sergeant Man - Thunacar Knott - Pavey Ark - Harrison Stickle - Loft Crag - Pike of Stickle (Pike O' Stickle) - High Raise (Langdale) - Codale Head - Tarn Crag (Easedale) - Far Easedale Gill - Sourmilk Falls - Far Easedale Beck - Goody Bridge - Grasmere
Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Lang How
Paul Roddam walked up Lang How on February 4th, 2023 [from/via/route] Grasmere [with] Bri and Barber [weather] Cloudy but fairly dry with decent visibility
Damian Gourlay climbed Lang How on June 22nd, 2021 [from/via/route] Grassmere walk c144 tarn cragg [with] Lee Grist [weather] Sunny - Great walk real leg burner, showing my age. Hope this gets easier
John Tippins bagged Lang How on September 22nd, 2020 [from/via/route] Grasmere [weather] Overcast, low cloud for most of the day, drizzle/rain all day.
Adrian Howard hiked Lang How on June 21st, 2019 [from/via/route] From Elterwater, on the way to Silver How.
Lucy Perchard summited Lang How on May 14th, 2018 [from/via/route] From Grasmere before going onto Silver How, Dow Bank & Looughrigg Fell [with] Tony [weather] Lovely - Wayfinding a little tricky
Mark Davidson conquered Lang How on December 1st, 2004 [with] Theresa [weather] Lovely crisp winters' day - just glorious
Leon Harvey scaled Lang How on October 31st, 2015 [from/via/route] c144 [with] Solo [weather] Wet & Cloudy
Victoria Bates walked up Lang How on February 26th, 2015 [from/via/route] C166 [with] Mark
Iain Taylor climbed Lang How on February 17th, 2013 [from/via/route] Grasmere NY 33606 07370
Christine Shepherd bagged Lang How on September 2nd, 2010 [from/via/route] Used walk c144 from Grasmere [with] On my own [weather] Very warm
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Lang How
Great Langdale with Blea Rigg, Lang How and Silver How (left) and Lingmoor Fell (right) from the foot of Oxendale
*The Coniston Fells, The Langdale Pikes, High Raise, The Helvellyn Ridge, Fairfield, Seat Sandal, Great Rigg, Heron Pike and finally Loughrigg Fell from Lang How
Blea Rigg, Castle How, Lang How and Silver How (far left) Great Langdale, Windermere and Elter Water (left), Lingmoor Fell and Side Pike (centre left), Blea Tarn and Little Langdale (centre right), Pike of Blisco (Pike o' Blisco) right and Crickle Crags (far right) from the summit of Harrison Stickle, The Langdale Pikes
Grasmere, Silver How, Lang How, Blea Rigg, Easedale Tarn, The LAngdale Pikes, Codale Head, Gibson Knott and Calf Crag from Helm Crag summit cairn
Dunmail Raise and Grasmere Village in the valley with Helvellyn (left), Fairfield (centre) and Seat Scandal, Great Rigg and Heron Pike beyond from Lang How
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