Helvellyn
950m (3118ft)
The Eastern Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
Helvellyn is on Ordnance Survey Maps:
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| OS Landranger Map 90 | |
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Helvellyn 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.
Walk c432 Helvellyn from Thirlmere
The 'easiest' way up Lakeland's most climbed mountain
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 5ml (8km) | |
| Ascent: | 2,649ft (807m) | |
| Time: | 4½ hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
- The Swirls, Helvellyn Gill, Browncove Crags, Lower Man (Helvellyn), Helvellyn, Lower Man (Helvellyn), Browncove Crags, Helvellyn Gill, The Swirls.
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: | 7.5ml (12km) | |
| Ascent: | 2,949ft (899m) | |
| Time: | 5.75hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Moderate) |
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, Hole-in-the-Wall, Brownend Plantation, Grisedale Beck, Lanty's Tarn, Keldas, Glenridding.
Walk c427 Helvellyn via Striding Edge from Patterdale
Lakeland's 3rd highest via the infamous Striding Edge
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 8ml (12.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 2,990ft (911m) | |
| Time: | 6 hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
- Patterdale, Patterdale Church, Grisedale Bridge, Grisedale Beck, Brownend Plantation, Lanty's Tarn, Hole-in-the-Wall, Red Tarn (Helvellyn), Bleaberry Crag, Low Spying How, High Spying How, Striding Edge, Helvellyn, Swirral Edge (optional), Hole-in-the-Wall, Grisedale Beck, Patterdale.
Walk c113 Helvellyn from Thirlmere
Lakeland's most popular mountain
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 8.5ml (13.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 3,296ft (1,005m) | |
| Time: | 6½ hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
- The Swirls Car Park Thirlmere, Browncove Crags, Lower Man (Helvellyn), Helvellyn, White Side, Raise (Helvellyn), Sticks Pass, Sticks Gill, Stanah Gill, Legburthwaite, Thirlmere, Thirlspot, The Swirls Car Park Thirlmere.
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: | | (Very 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 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: | 10ml (16km) | |
| Ascent: | 3,119ft (951m) | |
| Time: | 6.75hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
- Glenridding, Birkhouse Moor, Hole-in-the-Wall, Red Tarn (Helvellyn), Swirral Edge, Helvellyn, Lower Man (Helvellyn), White Side, Raise (Helvellyn), Sticks Pass, Lucy's Tongue, Glenridding Beck, Glenridding.
Walk c124 Helvellyn Ridge from Thirlmere
Lakeland's most popular mountain with a fine ridge walk
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 10.5ml (17km) | |
| Ascent: | 3,575ft (1,090m) | |
| Time: | 7½ hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
- The Swirls Car Park Thirlmere, Browncove Crags, Lower Man (Helvellyn), Helvellyn, White Side, Raise (Helvellyn), Sticks Pass, Stybarrow Dodd, Watson's Dodd, Great Dodd, Legburthwaite, Thirlmere, Thirlspot, The Swirls Car Park Thirlmere.
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 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: | | (Very 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 c286 The Glenridding Skyline from Glenridding
Superb high level walk
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 12.25ml (19.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 4,418ft (1,346m) | |
| Time: | 9 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.
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 Helvellyn
Darin Torrance climbed on March 15th, 2020 [from/via/route] Thirlmere [weather] Cold snow rain windy - Hard walk
Mark Davidson bagged during 1965 [with] Mum, Dad, Richard, Chris, Andy, Uncle Jack, Aunt Margaret, Ian, Janet and Beau (the Boxer) [weather] Fine day with huge views - My first Lake District Mountain - been in love with it ever since! Been up there a few times since (about 11)
Richard Banks hiked on August 17th, 2019 [from/via/route] Thirlmere
Kevin Foster summited on October 24th, 2019 [from/via/route] Patterdale [with] By myself. [weather] Blue skies (cloud developing later on Striding Edge and Helvellyn). - This was actually my second visit to Helvellyn this year. My earlier visit had been via Catstyecam and Swirral Edge with my friend Peter (and my faithful Labrador Henry). Henry had struggled a bit that day (well he is 10 and technically older than me now in adult years) which influenced my decision to leave him at home today. In hindsight I think he would have managed the route over Striding Edge I took. After taking a few photos and joining the crowds at the wind shelter to eat my lunch I set off (alone) in the direction of Nethermost Pike. The crowds made their way down Swirral Edge or towards Helvellyn Lower Man.
Andrew Johnson conquered on October 2nd, 2019 [from/via/route] Bramcrag quarry. Car left in Grasmere. Bus to Thirlmere dam road then bike to Bramcrag quarry, [weather] Sunny weather
Robin Thorne scaled during May, 2018 [from/via/route] Coast to Coast Walk [with] Jon Thorne [weather] Sunny
Jamie Bryan walked up on July 6th, 2019 [from/via/route] Route from Thirlmere [weather] Sunny
Richard Marchant climbed on October 28th, 2010 [from/via/route] From Glenridding up on to Birkhouse Moor to Striding Edge-Helvellyn-Swirl Edge-Catstye Cam down to Red Tarn up to the Hole in the Wall and followed the footpath down in to Grisedale and cut back up to Lanty's Tarn and down to the car in Glenridding. [with] My oldest son James. [weather] Overcast but dry and the cloud level was above Helvellyn, also very light winds. - First time for James on Striding Edge.
Stephen Reader bagged on July 5th, 2019 [from/via/route] Via Grisedale Tarn, Dollywaggon & Nethermost Pikes [with] Mountain Walks [weather] Very windy, cold and wet on top. No view at all.
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Helvellyn
Birkhouse Moor summit cairn - with Striding Edge, Helvellyn, Swirral Edge and Catstye Cam beyond
Chelmsford YHA members on Fairfield looking to Helvellyn, Striding Edge and Catstycam
Great Langdale and Blea Rigg with The Helvellyn Massiff in the distance under a deep blanket of snow from the lower slopes of Pike of Blisco (Pike o' Blisco)
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