Catstye Cam
890m (2921ft)
The Eastern Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 8.5ml (13.5km) |
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| Ascent: | 3,278ft (999m) |
| Time: | 6½ hrs |
| Grade: |  (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Glenridding - Birkhouse Moor - Hole-in-the-Wall - Red Tarn (Helvellyn) - Bleaberry Crag - Low Spying How - High Spying How - Striding Edge - Helvellyn - Swirral Edge - Catstye Cam - Hole-in-the-Wall - Brownend Plantation - Grisedale Beck - Lanty's Tarn - Keldas - Glenridding
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 10.75ml (17km) |
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| Ascent: | 3,449ft (1,051m) |
| Time: | 7.25hrs |
| Grade: | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Glenridding - Birkhouse Moor - Hole-in-the-Wall - Red Tarn (Helvellyn) - Catstye Cam - Swirral Edge - Helvellyn - Lower Man (Helvellyn) - White Side - Raise (Helvellyn) - Sticks Pass - Lucy's Tongue - Glenridding Beck - Glenridding
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 10ml (16km) |
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| Ascent: | 4,020ft (1,225m) |
| Time: | 8 hrs |
| Grade: |  (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Glenridding - Glenridding Dodd - Sheffield Pike - Nick Head - Sticks Pass - Raise (Helvellyn) - White Side - Lower Man (Helvellyn) - Helvellyn - Swirral Edge - Catstye Cam - Glenridding Beck - Glenridding Youth Hostel - Glenridding
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 11.5ml (18.5km) |
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| Ascent: | 4,418ft (1,346m) |
| Time: | 8½ hrs |
| Grade: | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Glenridding - Glenridding Dodd - Sheffield Pike - Nick Head - Glencoyne Head - Hart Side - Green Side (White Stones) - Stybarrow Dodd - Sticks Pass - Raise (Helvellyn) - White Side - Lower Man (Helvellyn) - Helvellyn - Swirral Edge - Catstye Cam - Red Tarn Beck - Glenridding Beck - Glenridding Youth Hostel - Glenridding
Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Catstye Cam
Geoff Hand walked up Catstye Cam on August 9th, 2023 [from/via/route] Set out from Glenridding Carpark Up Greenside Road. Started to climb just after the cattle grid to reach the Dodd. From the Dodd we went West climbing Heron Pike then onto Sheffield Pike. Very like the Dodd only higher! From here my navigation went haywire & I got crag bound below Nick Head. Eventually got down to the footbridge near the HYA & made our way up the track along side Red Tarn beck & up towards Swirral Edge then toook a right to climb Catstye Cam. From there we retraced out way back to Glen ridding. [with] Tess (Jack Russell) [weather] Sunny Intervals - Lovely views of Ullswater from the Dodd. Also Great views from Catstye Cam.
James Hughes climbed Catstye Cam on May 29th, 2023 [from/via/route] Glenridding Dodd, Sheffield Pike, Raise, White Side, Hellvellyn Swirral Edge, Catstye Cam [with] Solo [weather] Beautiful day, clear, warm. blue skies & no wind. - Pearler of a day...
Melfyn Parry bagged Catstye Cam on May 23rd, 2023 [from/via/route] Started walk from the car park at the Patterdale Hotel, followed route C427 with a couple of changes. Climbed over Striding Edge & then on to Helvellyn but then took a detour to walk out to Lower Man then doubled back to Helvellyn before descending Swirral Edge to then climb too summit of Catstye Cam. From here we descended to Hole in the Wall & then went out to Birkhouse Moor & rather than doubling back to Hole in the Wall to repeat the path back to the carpark we continued beyond the summit along easy to follow paths which led back down to join the return route at NY377158, making a total of 16.4Km [with] With DS [weather] Sunny spells & quite warm at times especially on uphill sections when in lea of the breeze. On the tops the breeze was chilly. - Stunning views in all directions.
John Tippins hiked Catstye Cam on May 9th, 2023 [from/via/route] From Glenridding via Greenside Road & Sticks Pass [with] Alone [weather] Warm & sunny, some cloud on summits, intermittent sun throughout the day.
Martyn Atherton summited Catstye Cam on September 17th, 2022 [from/via/route] Patterdale via Striding Edge, Catstye Cam, Birkhouse Moor to Patterdale [with] Paul Atherton [weather] Very Sunny - Loved the route very challenging
Joanne Kay conquered Catstye Cam on April 30th, 2021 [from/via/route] Patterdale
Andrew Johnson scaled Catstye Cam on July 1st, 2021 [from/via/route] Patterdale [weather] Fair weather
Richard Marshall walked up Catstye Cam on August 15th, 2021 [from/via/route] Birk house & Cat Stye Cam [with] Me [weather] Wet & cloudy
Christine Shepherd climbed Catstye Cam on June 6th, 2006 [from/via/route] Walked from Glennridding using walk c394 [with] My daughter Rebecca [weather] Hot & sunny - Climbed this peak again on 11.6.09 using walk c213 after leading friends over Striding Edge. Repeated the walk from Glenridding solo on 15.4.21 on a glorious day.
Angela Haworth bagged Catstye Cam on September 26th, 1999 [from/via/route] From Glenridding Birkhouse Moor - Striding Edge- Helvellyn- Swirral Edge - Catstycam [with] children [weather] Dry - .
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Catstye Cam
Striding Edge, Helvellyn, Swirral Edge and Catstye Cam from Hole-in-the-Wall
Striding Edge, (left), Helvellyn and Catstye Cam (right) from Birkhouse Moor
Swirral Edge, Catstye Cam, Red Tarn (Helvellyn) and Ullswater from the summit of Helvellyn
Catstye Cam (left), Helvellyn (centre) and Lower Man (Helvellyn) (right) from near White Side
Catstye Cam (centre) with Striding Edge (left), Helvellyn and Lower Man (Helvellyn) (right) in the background from Sheffield Pike
The shoulder of St Sunday Crag and Birks (left), Catstye Cam, Birkhouse Moor (centre) and Sheffield Pike from Arnison Crag, Patterdale
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