Route outline for walk c286:
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.
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
![]() 7 English Mountains |
![]() 8 Wainwrights |
![]() 9 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 a English Mountain (Hewitt) (3rd highest in England, 12th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 3). Helvellyn is also known as a English Nuttall (4th highest in England, 14th highest in England & Wales). Helvellyn is also classified as a English Marilyn (2nd highest in England, 165th highest in the UK).
Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Lower Man (Helvellyn) at 925m (3036ft). Lower Man (Helvellyn) is also known as an English Nuttall (8th highest in England, 21st highest in England & Wales).
You will also reach the summit of Catstye Cam at 890m (2921ft). Catstye Cam is classified as a English Mountain (Hewitt) (12th highest in England, 30th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 10). Catstye Cam is also known as a English Nuttall (15th highest in England, 35th highest in England & Wales).
Along the way you will also bag Raise (Helvellyn) at 883m (2898ft). Raise (Helvellyn) is classified as a English Mountain (Hewitt) (14th highest in England, 34th highest in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 12) and a English Nuttall (17th highest in England, 39th highest in England & Wales); White Side at 863m (2832ft). White Side is classified as a English Mountain (Hewitt) (18th highest in England, 40th highest in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 16) and a English Nuttall (22nd highest in England, 47th highest in England & Wales); Stybarrow Dodd at 843m (2767ft). Stybarrow Dodd is classified as a English Mountain (Hewitt) (24th highest in England, 50th highest in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 21) and a English Nuttall (31st highest in England, 59th highest in England & Wales); Green Side (White Stones) at 795m (2609ft). Green Side (White Stones) is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (44th England, 81st Eng & Wal) and an English Nuttall (53rd highest in England, 98th highest in England & Wales); Hart Side at 756m (2481ft). Hart Side is classified as a Wainwright (No. 61) and a English Nuttall (81st highest in England, 140th highest in England & Wales); Sheffield Pike at 675m (2215ft). Sheffield Pike is classified as a English Mountain (Hewitt) (121st highest in England, 204th highest in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 99) and a English Nuttall (162nd highest in England, 272nd highest in England & Wales); Glenridding Dodd at 442m (1451ft). Glenridding Dodd is classified as a Wainwright (No. 193)
This walk is on Ordnance Survey Maps:
OS Explorer Map OL5 | |
1:25,000 scale (Orange Covers) |
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OS Landranger Map 90 | |
1:50,000 scale (Pink Covers) |
Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c286 The Glenridding Skyline from Glenridding
In no particular order . . .

Clouds rolling in over Fairfield (left), Dollywaggon Pike and Nethermost Pike from Helvellyn

Myself, Emma Cooper & Rachel Hargreaves descending Helvellyn via Swirral Edge
. . . load all 510 walk photos from Walk c286 The Glenridding Skyline from Glenridding
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