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Helm Crag
396m (1300ft)
The Central Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
Helm Crag is on Ordnance Survey Maps:
| OS Explorer Maps OL5 & OL7 | |
| 1:25,000 scale (Orange Covers) |
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| OS Landranger Map 90 | |
| 1:50,000 scale (Pink Covers) |
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Helm Crag is on Peak Bagging Map & Hill Tick List:
*Version marked with the walk routes you need to follow to Walk all 214 Wainwrights in just 59 walks.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 3.75ml (6km) | |
| Ascent: | 1,201ft (366m) | |
| Time: | 3 hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Easy) |
Route Summary:
- Grasmere, Goody Bridge, Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk, Easedale House, High Raven Crag, Helm Crag, The Lion and The Lamb, The Howitzer, Goody Bridge, Grasmere.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 8.5ml (13.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 2,435ft (742m) | |
| Time: | 5½ hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
- Grasmere, Goody Bridge, Ghyll Foot Farm, Green Burn, Greenburn Bottom, Contra Breast, Dead Pike, Steel Fell (Dead Pike), Brownrigg Moss, Calf Crag, Gibson Knott, Helm Crag, The Lion and The Lamb, The Howitzer, High Raven Crag, Grasmere.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 8.75ml (14km) | |
| Ascent: | 2,212ft (674m) | |
| Time: | 5½ hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
- Grasmere, Goody Bridge, High Raven Crag, Helm Crag, The Lion and The Lamb, The Howitzer, Gibson Knott, Calf Crag, Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk, Brownrigg Moss, Moor Moss, Far Easdale Gill, Goody Bridge, Grasmere.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 10.25ml (16.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 3,128ft (953m) | |
| Time: | 6.75hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
- Grasmere, Goody Bridge, High Raven Crag, Helm Crag, The Lion and The Lamb, The Howitzer, Gibson Knott, Calf Crag, Brownrigg Moss, Greenup Edge, High Raise (Langdale), Sergeant Man, Belles Knott, Coledale Tarn, Easedale Tarn, Sour Milk Gill, Easedale, Grasmere.
Your Personal Mountain & Hill Bagging Record
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Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Helm Crag
Andrew Johnson walked up Helm Crag on August 23rd, 2019 [from/via/route] Grasmere village [with] Debbie and Ted [weather] Sunny weather
Robin Thorne climbed Helm Crag during May, 2018 [from/via/route] Coast to Coast Walk [with] Jon Thorne [weather] Sunny
Andrew Douthwaite bagged Helm Crag on August 24th, 2019 [weather] Sunny
Richard Marchant hiked Helm Crag on August 14th, 2016 [from/via/route] This route took us from the Main A591 where we left the car parked in a layby Town Head. A small country lane took us down to Helmside where we took a footpath that led us up on to Steele Fell then followed the ridge round to Calf Crag and then descended the ridge down to Gibson Knott and finally on to Helm Crag and down back to the car. [with] My youngest son Tom [weather] Fine clear sunny day all the through the day.
Bill Salisbury summited Helm Crag on March 7th, 2012 [with] Sue
Liz Sheerin conquered Helm Crag on August 23rd, 2015 [with] Neil
Andrew Peate scaled Helm Crag on March 1st, 2019 [from/via/route] Via Far Easedale [weather] Foggy, no wind
Jill Dean has walked up Helm Crag [from/via/route] Grasmere [with] Grez & [weather] Glorious! - Our 100th wainwright!
John Tippins climbed Helm Crag on August 27th, 2018 [from/via/route] Started from Grasmere. Walk C294 from go4awalk.com [with] With Afia, Zahra and Farah. [weather] Complete cloud cover, though generally above the summits, strong breezes and occasional hints of rain.
David Fiander bagged Helm Crag on May 26th, 2008 [from/via/route] Grasmere, Gibson KNott [with] Family [weather] Sun/wind
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Helm Crag
Grasmere, Silver How, Lang How, Blea Rigg, Easedale Tarn, The LAngdale Pikes, Codale Head, Gibson Knott and Calf Crag from Helm Crag summit cairn
High Raise (Langdale) and Coledale Head beyond Grasmere Common from Helm Crag
Looking down to Alcock Tarn from near Heron Pike with Helm Crag, Gibson Knott and Steel Fell beyond
. . . see all 61 walk photographs & pictures of views from, on or of Helm Crag
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