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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 8½mls (13.5km) |
| Ascent: | 3,278ft (999m) |
| Time: | 6½hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route outline for walk c213:
Glenridding - Birkhouse Moor - Hole-in-the-Wall - Red Tarn (Helvellyn) - Bleaberry Crag - Low Spying How - High Spying How - Striding Edge (High Spying How) - Helvellyn - Swirral Edge - Catstye Cam - Hole-in-the-Wall - Brownend Plantation - Grisedale Beck - Lanty's Tarn - Keldas - Glenridding
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
 3 English Mountains |
 3 Wainwrights |
 4 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 Catstye Cam at 890m (2921ft). Catstye Cam is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (12th highest in England, 30th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 10).
Catstye Cam is also known as an English Nuttall (15th highest in England, 35th highest in England & Wales).
You will also reach the summit 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).
Along the way you will also bag:
- Birkhouse Moor at 718m (2356ft). Birkhouse Moor is classified as a Wainwright (No. 79) and an English Nuttall (110th highest in England, 188th 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 c213 Helvellyn from Glenridding
In no particular order . . .
Storms brewing over St Sunday Crag (far left), Fairfield (left) and Dollywaggon Pike (right) and Grisedale from Brownend Plantation
Swirral Edge, Catstye Cam, Red Tarn (Helvellyn) and Ullswater from the summit of Helvellyn
Red Tarn (Helvellyn) with Catstye Cam beyond from Striding Edge (High Spying How)
Striding Edge (High Spying How) basking in glorious September Sun viewed from Helvellyn
Striding Edge (High Spying How) and Helvellyn above Red Tarn from the col between Swirral Edge and Catstye Cam
A very grumpy Shaun post walk in Glenridding after scaling Helvellyn via Striding Edge (High Spying How) on a very, very wet day!
Striding Edge (High Spying How) (left) and Helvellyn from near 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!
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