Walk c264 The Grisedale Round from Patterdale

Superb high level ridge walk


Route outline for walk c264:

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 (High Spying How)  -  Helvellyn  -  Nethermost Pike  -  High Crag (Helvellyn)  -  Dollywaggon Pike  -  Seat Sandal  -  Grisedale Tarn  -  St Sunday Crag  -  Birks  -  Arnison Crag  -  Patterdale




Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

hewitt
5
English
Mountains
Wainwright
8
Wainwrights
 English Nuttalls
8
English
Nuttalls
Dewey
0
English
Deweys
Wainwright Outlying Fell
0
Wainwright
Outlying Fells
marilyn
3
Marilyns
Bridget
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 Nethermost Pike at 891m (2924ft). Nethermost Pike is classified as an Wainwright (No. 9).

Nethermost Pike is also known as an English Nuttall (14th highest in England, 34th 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:


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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c264 The Grisedale Round from Patterdale

In no particular order . . .

Walk c264 The Grisedale Round from Patterdale - Helvellyn summit trig piller

Helvellyn summit trig piller

Photo: Alan Wainwright (34)

Walk c264 The Grisedale Round from Patterdale - Striding Edge (High Spying How) (Helvellyn)

Striding Edge (High Spying How) (Helvellyn)

Photo: Richard Nicholls (35)

Walk c264 The Grisedale Round from Patterdale - Striding Edge (High Spying How) and Red Tarn (Helvellyn) from the summit of Helvellyn

Striding Edge (High Spying How) and Red Tarn (Helvellyn) from the summit of Helvellyn

Photo: Peter Royle (6)

Walk c264 The Grisedale Round from Patterdale - Red Tarn from Helvellyn

Red Tarn from Helvellyn

Photo: Tony Higgs (20)

Walk c264 The Grisedale Round from Patterdale - On Striding Edge (High Spying How) in the mist

On Striding Edge (High Spying How) in the mist

Photo: Mike Smart (7)

Walk c264 The Grisedale Round from Patterdale - Striding Edge (High Spying How) (Helvellyn)

Striding Edge (High Spying How) (Helvellyn)

Photo: Richard Nicholls (38)

Walk c264 The Grisedale Round from Patterdale - The flat cairn on the summit of Birks

The flat cairn on the summit of Birks

Photo: Christine Shepherd (527)

Walk c264 The Grisedale Round from Patterdale - Striding Edge (High Spying How) from Helvellyn

Striding Edge (High Spying How) from Helvellyn

Photo: Alan Wainwright (33)

Walk c264 The Grisedale Round from Patterdale - Grisedale Tarn from Dollywaggon Pike

Grisedale Tarn from Dollywaggon Pike

Photo: Alan Wainwright (48)

Walk c264 The Grisedale Round from Patterdale - On Helvellyn

On Helvellyn

Photo: Dave Blanchard (1)

Walk c264 The Grisedale Round from Patterdale - David Morecroft at the summit of Helvellyn

David Morecroft at the summit of Helvellyn

Photo: David Morecroft (18)

Walk c264 The Grisedale Round from Patterdale - Birkhouse Moor with Ullswater beyond from Helvellyn

Birkhouse Moor with Ullswater beyond from Helvellyn

Photo: Tony Higgs (18)

Walk c264 The Grisedale Round from Patterdale - The Memorial to Robert Dixon on Striding Edge (High Spying How)

The Memorial to Robert Dixon on Striding Edge (High Spying How)

Photo: Alan Wainwright (18)

Walk c264 The Grisedale Round from Patterdale - With work colleagues on the summit of Helvellyn on a sponsored walk

With work colleagues on the summit of Helvellyn on a sponsored walk

Photo: Kate Daniel (1)

Walk c264 The Grisedale Round from Patterdale - Me on the left, looking towards Ullswater & St Sunday Crag (right) from a very snowy Seat Sandal

Me on the left, looking towards Ullswater & St Sunday Crag (right) from a very snowy Seat Sandal

Photo: Rob Barklamb (57)

Walk c264 The Grisedale Round from Patterdale - Striding Edge (High Spying How), Helvellyn, Swirral Edge and Catstye Cam from Hole-in-the-Wall

Striding Edge (High Spying How), Helvellyn, Swirral Edge and Catstye Cam from Hole-in-the-Wall

Photo: Alan Wainwright (11)

Walk c264 The Grisedale Round from Patterdale - Grisedale Tarn from Seat Sandal

Grisedale Tarn from Seat Sandal

Photo: David Hayter (313)

Walk c264 The Grisedale Round from Patterdale - Temperature Inversion seen from the summit of Helvellyn

Temperature Inversion seen from the summit of Helvellyn

Photo: Paul Johnson (20)

Walk c264 The Grisedale Round from Patterdale - Red Tarn and Striding Edge (High Spying How) from Helvellyn

Red Tarn and Striding Edge (High Spying How) from Helvellyn

Photo: Roger Stone (1)

Walk c264 The Grisedale Round from Patterdale - On Striding Edge (High Spying How) - looking back to Birkhouse Moor

On Striding Edge (High Spying How) - looking back to Birkhouse Moor

Photo: Alan Wainwright (15)


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