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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 8mls (12.5km) |
| Ascent: | 2,990ft (911m) |
| Time: | 6hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route outline for walk c427:
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 (High Spying How) - Helvellyn - Swirral Edge (optional) - Hole-in-the-Wall - Grisedale Beck - Patterdale
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
 2 English Mountains |
 1 Wainwright |
 2 English Nuttalls |
 0 English Deweys |
 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
 1 Marilyn |
 0 Bridgets |
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
The highest point of this walk is Helvellyn at 950m (3118ft). Helvellyn is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (3rd highest in England, 12th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 3).
Helvellyn is also known as an English Nuttall (4th highest in England, 14th highest in England & Wales) and an English Marilyn (2nd highest in England, 165th highest in the UK).
The summit of Helvellyn is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.
Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Striding Edge (High Spying How) at 863m (2831ft). Striding Edge (High Spying How) is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (19th highest in England, 42nd highest in England & Wales)
Striding Edge (High Spying How) is also known as an English Nuttall (23rd highest in England, 49th highest in England & Wales).
You can find this walk and other nearby walks on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps:
1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (orange/yellow covers):
1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (pink/magenta covers):
Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c427 Helvellyn via Striding Edge (High Spying How) from Patterdale
In no particular order . . .
Striding Edge (High Spying How) and Helvellyn above Red Tarn from the col between Swirral Edge and Catstye Cam
Striding Edge (High Spying How) basking in glorious September Sun viewed from Helvellyn
Striding Edge (High Spying How) (left) and Helvellyn from the approach to Hole-in-the-Wall
Runaway Ramblers from Bury on top of Steel Fell (Dead Pike) in early May
Red Tarn (Helvellyn) and Striding Edge (High Spying How) in all it's glory from Helvellyn
Red Tarn (Helvellyn) and Striding Edge (High Spying How) from Helvellyn summit
This is me scrambling to the summit of Helvellyn after surviving Striding Edge (High Spying How)!
Family group having completed Striding Edge (High Spying How) before the last pull up to Helvellyn.
Me and my father John at the summit of Helvellyn at the beginning of Feb 2012
Myself, Emma Cooper & Rachel Hargreaves descending Helvellyn via Swirral Edge
Swirral Edge, Catstye Cam, Red Tarn (Helvellyn) and Ullswater from the summit of Helvellyn
Place Fell, Grisedale and the lower slopes of St Sunday Crag (right) from below Hole-in-the-Wall
Mike, Tim and Shaun at the summit trig point on a very wet Helvellyn - I swear there were seals on the summit!
Helvellyn, Swirral Edge and Red Tarn taken from Hole-in-the-Wall at the beginning of Striding Edge (High Spying How)
Glenridding Dodd (left), Ullswater and Place Fell from near Hole-in-the-Wall on the lower slopes of Helvellyn
Swirral Edge and Red Tarn (Helvellyn) from Striding Edge (High Spying How)
Rays of sun shining through the clouds over Fairfield (left) and Dollywaggon Pike (right) and Grisedale from Brownend Plantation
Looking back east along Striding Edge (High Spying How) toward St Sunday Crag
Me (in orange jacket) and my mate Neil on our way to the top of Helvellyn on a drizzly and bitterly cold day.
Helvellyn Summit flanked by Striding Edge (High Spying How) (left) and Swirral Edge (right) from Hole-in-the-Wall in the snow
Striding Edge (High Spying How), Helvellyn, Swirral Edge and Catstye Cam from Hole-in-the-Wall
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
Striding Edge (High Spying How) (left), Helvellyn and Swirral Edge (right) from above Hole-in-the-Wall
Striding Edge (High Spying How) (left) and Helvellyn from near Hole-in-the-wall
Lesley and the 2 Cocker Spaniels, Millie and Monty, on Helvellyn in November 2011
Helvellyn from the 'Bad Step' at the western end of Striding Edge (High Spying How)
Storms brewing over St Sunday Crag (far left), Fairfield (left) and Dollywaggon Pike (right) and Grisedale from Brownend Plantation
Looking up Grisedale to St Sunday Crag & Fairfield (left), Grisedale Hause, Dollywaggon Pike, High Crag (Helvellyn) & Nethermost Pike from below Hole-in-the-Wall
The Newlands Valley from High Spy with Bassenthwaite Lake in the distance and The Skiddaw Massif to the right
Striding Edge (High Spying How) and Red Tarn (Helvellyn) from the summit of Helvellyn
Grisedale with Birks beyond from near the Hole-in-the-wall between Birkhouse Moor and Helvellyn
Helvellyn, Red Tarn, Swirral Edge and Catstye Cam from Striding Edge (High Spying How)
Approaching Striding Edge (High Spying How) and Helvellyn via Low Spying How and Bleaberry Crag
Red Tarn (Helvellyn) with Catstye Cam beyond from Striding Edge (High Spying How)
*Striding Edge (High Spying How) (left), Helvellyn, Swirral Edge and Catstye Cam (far right) from near Hole-in-the-wall
Myself, Emma Cooper & Rachel Hargreaves on the summit of Helvellyn after tackling Striding Edge (High Spying How)
Rescue Helicopter above a frozen Red Tarn from Striding Edge (High Spying How)
Helvellyn from Hole-in-the-Wall at the start of Striding Edge (High Spying How)
Storms developing over Fairfield (left) and Dollywaggon Pike (right) from Brownend Plantation, Grisedale
Looking up Grisedale with St Sunday Crag (left) and Dollywagon Pike (centre)
Helvellyn (left), Swirral Edge and Red Tarn (Helvellyn) from the approach to Striding Edge (High Spying How) near Hole-in-the-Wall
Dave Munro and Red Tarn from Helvellyn with Striding Edge (High Spying How) beyond
Clouds rolling in over Fairfield (left), Dollywaggon Pike and Nethermost Pike from Helvellyn
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