Route outline for walk c196:
Lanthwaite Green - Liza Beck - Whin Ben - Whiteside (Crummock) (West Top) - Whiteside (Crummock) - Gasgale Crags - Hopegill Head - Hobcarton Crag - Sand Hill - Coledale Hause - Grasmoor - Wandope - Whiteless Pike - Whiteless Breast - Low Bank - Rannerdale Knotts - Crummock Water - Hause Point - Lanthwaite Green.
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
![]() 6 English Mountains |
![]() 6 Wainwrights |
![]() 8 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 Grasmoor at 852m (2796ft). Grasmoor is classified as a English Mountain (Hewitt) (22nd highest in England, 46th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 20). Grasmoor is also known as a English Nuttall (27th highest in England, 54th highest in England & Wales). Grasmoor is also classified as a English Marilyn (9th highest in England, 313th highest in the UK).
Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Wandope at 772m (2534ft). Wandope is classified as a English Mountain (Hewitt) (58th highest in England, 100th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 51). Wandope is also known as a English Nuttall (72nd highest in England, 124th highest in England & Wales).
You will also reach the summit of Hopegill Head at 770m (2527ft). Hopegill Head is classified as a English Mountain (Hewitt) (59th highest in England, 103rd highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 52). Hopegill Head is also known as a English Nuttall (73rd highest in England, 126th highest in England & Wales).
Along the way you will also bag Sand Hill at 756m (2481ft). Sand Hill is known as an English Nuttall (82nd highest in England, 141st highest in England & Wales); Hobcarton Crag at 739m (2425ft). Hobcarton Crag is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (74th England, 129th Eng & Wal) and an English Nuttall (92nd highest in England, 159th highest in England & Wales); Whiteside (Crummock) at 719m (2360ft). Whiteside (Crummock) is classified as a English Mountain (Hewitt) (87th highest in England, 149th highest in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 78) and a English Nuttall (109th highest in England, 185th highest in England & Wales); Whiteside (Crummock) (West Top) at 707m (2320ft). Whiteside (Crummock) (West Top) is known as an English Nuttall (124th highest in England, 208th highest in England & Wales); Whiteless Pike at 660m (2166ft). Whiteless Pike is classified as a English Mountain (Hewitt) (134th highest in England, 232nd highest in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 105) and a English Nuttall (181st highest in England, 309th highest in England & Wales); Rannerdale Knotts at 355m (1165ft). Rannerdale Knotts is classified as a Wainwright (No. 210)
This walk is on Ordnance Survey Maps:
OS Explorer Map OL4 | |
1:25,000 scale (Orange Covers) |
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OS Landranger Map 89 | |
1:50,000 scale (Pink Covers) |
Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c196 Grasmoor and Rannerdale Knotts from Lanthwaite Green
In no particular order . . .

Buttermere, Fleetwith Pike, Hay Stacks and the High Stile Ridge from the lower slopes of Rannerdale Knotts

Looking across the bluebells and Crummock Water towards Mellbreak from Rannerdale Knotts
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