Dollywaggon Pike
858m (2816ft)
The Eastern Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
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Walk c181 Dollywaggon Pike and Seat Sandal from Patterdale
Great high level route with an easy scramble
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 10ml (16km) | |
| Ascent: | 3,979ft (1,213m) | |
| Time: | 7½ hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Patterdale - Grisedale Bridge - Ruthwaite Lodge - The Tongue - Dollywaggon Pike - Seat Sandal - Grisedale Tarn - Deepdale Hause - St Sunday Crag - Birks - Patterdale
Walk c220 Helvellyn via Striding Edge from Glenridding
Lakeland's most climbed mountain via the infamous Striding Edge - not for the faint hearted
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 10ml (16km) | |
| Ascent: | 3,382ft (1,031m) | |
| Time: | 7 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 - Nethermost Pike - High Crag (Helvellyn) - Dollywaggon Pike - Grisdale Tarn - Ruthwaite Lodge - Grisedale Beck - Brownend Plantation - Lanty's Tarn - Keldas - Glenridding
Walk c269 The Grisedale Horseshoe from Patterdale
Lakeland's most climbed mountain - not for the faint hearted
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 11.5ml (18.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 4,582ft (1,396m) | |
| Time: | 8.75hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Patterdale - Grisedale Bridge - Grisedale Beck - Brownends Plantation - Hole-in-the-Wall - Birkhouse Moor - Hole-in-the-Wall - Red Tarn (Helvellyn) - Bleaberry Crag - Low Spying How - High Spying How - Striding Edge - Helvellyn - Nethermost Pike - High Crag (Helvellyn) - Dollywaggon Pike - Grisedale Tarn - Deepdale Hause - St Sunday Crag - Birks - Patterdale
Walk c192 Helvellyn Ridge from Glenridding
An exhilarating high ridge walk
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 13ml (21km) | |
| Ascent: | 4,359ft (1,329m) | |
| Time: | 9.25hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Glenridding - Glenridding Dodd - Sheffield Pike - Green Side - Stybarrow Dodd - Sticks Pass - Raise (Helvellyn) - White Side - Lower Man (Helvellyn) - Helvellyn - Nethermost Pike - High Crag (Helvellyn) - Dollywaggon Pike - Grisdale Tarn - Grisedale Beck - Brownend Plantation - Lanty's Tarn - Keldas - Glenridding
Walk c264 The Grisedale Round from Patterdale
Superb high level ridge walk
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 13.25ml (21km) | |
| Ascent: | 5,189ft (1,581m) | |
| Time: | 10 hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Very Hard) |
Route Summary:
Patterdale - Grisedale Bridge - Grisedale Beck - Brownend Plantation - Hole-in-the-Wall - Birkhouse Moor - Hole-in-the-Wall - Red Tarn (Helvellyn) - Bleaberry Crag - Low Spying How - High Spying How - Striding Edge - Helvellyn - Nethermost Pike - High Crag (Helvellyn) - Dollywaggon Pike - Seat Sandal - Grisedale Tarn - St Sunday Crag - Birks - Arnison Crag - Patterdale
Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Dollywaggon Pike
Ian Ashton walked up Dollywaggon Pike on March 31st, 2021 [with] Jack Liam chelle
Claire Murray climbed Dollywaggon Pike on September 4th, 2021 [from/via/route] Helvellyn from free car park then Nethermost Pike, Dollywaggon Pike & Seat Sandal [with] Vitor - Lots of steps to climb to the top, lovely flat walk back beside Thirlmere
Tony Halliday bagged Dollywaggon Pike on May 7th, 2022 [from/via/route] Circular walk starting at swirl car park as part of a circular taking in Helvellyn lower man Helvellyn nethermost pike & dolly wagon pike [with] My boarder terrier jimmy boo and George also my wife sal [weather] The weather was warm start dry sunny no wind but cooler on the summit - Nice circular roughly 10miles great views over Keswick & surrounding fells ended with a nice couple of pints
Christine Shepherd hiked Dollywaggon Pike on February 19th, 2006 [from/via/route] Thirlmere [with] My daughter,Rebecca [weather] A white out! very cold!! - Lead by a local man to the summit in the snow. Was glad to climb Dollywaggon & Nethermost again on my own in glorious sunshine on 25.9.10. using walk c269. Climbed via Raise Beck after climbing Seat Sandal on 7.05.22
Caroline Winter summited Dollywaggon Pike on September 22nd, 2021 [from/via/route] Steel Fell CP, Seat Sandal opposite Dunmail Raise, Grizedale Tarn, Dollywaggon Pike, Raise Beck, CP [with] Solo [weather] Last day of good weather this week, wind picking up to 30mph on descent - Found myself walking on a good track (not on map), going up Seat Sandal, rather than staying with Raise Beck. Lovely descent of the beck with waterfalls. Watched couple making a difficult & slow direct descent from DW.
Richard Marshall conquered Dollywaggon Pike on August 26th, 2021 [from/via/route] Various [with] Me and Roxy [weather] Sunny & warm
Paul Ward scaled Dollywaggon Pike on April 26th, 2016 [from/via/route] Started from Wild Campsite near Hartsop [with] Jamie
Martin Woods walked up Dollywaggon Pike on June 6th, 2021 [from/via/route] From Patterdale - Birks to Fairfield round to Hellvelyn & down to Glenridding [with] Ackers and Crush [weather] Sun, 22 deegrees v.little breeze
Angela Haworth climbed Dollywaggon Pike on March 25th, 2002 [from/via/route] From Thirlspot return via Dollywagon Pike, Grisdale Tarn - Dunmail Raise [with] companion [weather] Dry - Broke leg between Grisdale Tarn & Dunmail Raise - walked myself to the road.
Sarah Culverhouse bagged Dollywaggon Pike on September 18th, 2020 [from/via/route] Glenridding [weather] glorious sunshine
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Dollywaggon Pike
Rays of sun shining through the clouds over Fairfield (left) and Dollywaggon Pike (right) and Grisedale from Brownend Plantation
Dollywaggon Pike (right) with The Langdale Pikes (mid distance) and Bow Fell (Bowfell) and Scafell Pike (far distance) from St Sunday Crag
A frozen Grisedale Tarn from the lower slopes of Dollywaggon Pike in the snow
Storms developing over Fairfield (left) and Dollywaggon Pike (right) from Brownend Plantation, Grisedale
The head of the Grisedale Valley with Dollywaggon Pike to the left, High Crag, Nethermost Pike and then Helvellyn (far right) from near Brownend Plantation
Looking down Grisdale from Dollywaggon Pike with St Sunday Crag on the right and Ullswater in the distance
The Helvellyn Ridge featuring Dollywaggon Pike, Nethermost Pike, Helvellyn and Striding Edge from Fairfield
Grisedale Hause, Dollywaggon Pike (centre), Nethermost Pike, Helvellyn and Striding Edge (far right) from Great Rigg
Clouds rolling in over Fairfield (left), Dollywaggon Pike and Nethermost Pike from Helvellyn
A frozen Grisedale Tarn from the lower slopes of Dollywaggon Pike in the snow
Dollywaggon Pike, Nethermost Pike and Helvellyn from Cofa Pike near the summit of Fairfield
The Helevllyn Ridge featuring: Great Dodd, Watson's Dodd, Stybarrow Dodd, Raise (Helvellyn), White Side, Helvellyn, Nethermost Pike, Dollywaggon Pike, St Sunday Crag, Fairfield, Great Rigg and Heron Pike with Steel Fell (mid distance) and Calf Crag, Gibson Knott and Helm Crag (foreground) from Brownrigg Moss
Looking up Grisedale to St Sunday Crag & Fairfield (left), Grisedale Hause, Dollywaggon Pike, High Crag (Helvellyn) & Nethermost Pike from below Hole-in-the-Wall
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