Catstye Cam
890m (2921ft)
The Eastern Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
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Walk c213 Helvellyn from Glenridding
Lakeland's 3rd highest via the infamous Striding & Swirral Edges - not for the faint hearted
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 8.5ml (13.5km) | |
| 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
Walk c224 Helvellyn via Swirral Edge and Raise from Glenridding
Lakeland's most popular via the easier Swirral Edge
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 10.75ml (17km) | |
| 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
Walk c394 Helvellyn, Catstye Cam and Sheffield Pike from Glenridding
Superb high level walk
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 10ml (16km) | |
| 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
Walk c286 The Glenridding Skyline from Glenridding
Superb high level walk
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 11.5ml (18.5km) | |
| 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
Martyn Atherton walked up 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 climbed Catstye Cam on April 30th, 2021 [from/via/route] Patterdale
Andrew Johnson bagged Catstye Cam on July 1st, 2021 [from/via/route] Patterdale [weather] Fair weather
Richard Marshall hiked Catstye Cam on August 15th, 2021 [from/via/route] Birk house & Cat Stye Cam [with] Me [weather] Wet & cloudy
Christine Shepherd summited 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 conquered Catstye Cam on September 26th, 1999 [from/via/route] From Glenridding Birkhouse Moor - Striding Edge- Helvellyn- Swirral Edge - Catstycam [with] children [weather] Dry - .
Angela Moroney scaled Catstye Cam on September 14th, 2020 [from/via/route] glen ridding [with] SOLO
Jane Wilkinson has walked up Catstye Cam [with] Hazel doing a winter skills course
Andy Buxton climbed Catstye Cam during February, 1968 [from/via/route] From Patterdale. Swirral Edge, Helvellyn & descend Striding Edge. [with] BVGS [weather] Sunny,but very cold - Striding Edge under snow & ice. Very interesting.
Michael Austin bagged Catstye Cam on June 28th, 2019 [from/via/route] Striding Edge
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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
Birkhouse Moor (foreground left), Catstye Cam (foreground centre), White Side (centre right) and Raise (Helvellyn) (right) with Striding Edge, Helvellyn and Lower Man (Helvellyn) in the background from Sheffield Pike
Catstye Cam (shoulder left) and Raise (Helvellyn) above Keppel Cove from Red Tarn Beck in the snow
Catstye Cam (centre) with Striding Edge (left), Helvellyn and Lower Man (Helvellyn) (right) in the background from Sheffield Pike
Swirral Edge, Catstye Cam, Red Tarn (Helvellyn) and Ullswater from the summit of Helvellyn
*Striding Edge (left), Helvellyn, Swirral Edge and Catstye Cam (far right) from near Hole-in-the-wall
Striding Edge (left), Helvellyn and Catstye Cam from the summit of Birkhouse Moor
Catstye Cam (left), Helvellyn (centre) and Lower Man (Helvellyn) (right) from near White Side
Birkhouse Moor summit cairn - with Striding Edge, Helvellyn, Swirral Edge and Catstye Cam beyond
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