Walk Route Map c427 Helvellyn via Striding Edge from Patterdale

Walk c427 Helvellyn via Striding Edge from Patterdale

Lakeland's 3rd highest via the infamous Striding Edge

Vital Statistics:

Length:	8mls (12.5km)
Ascent:	2,990ft (911m)
Time:	6hrs
Grade:		(Moderate)

Walk route map with easy-to-follow route instructions for walk c427 Helvellyn via Striding Edge from Patterdale pdf

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 - Helvellyn - Swirral Edge (optional) - Hole-in-the-Wall - Grisedale Beck - Patterdale

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Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

1
English
Mountain

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 at 863m (2832ft). Striding Edge is also known as an English Nuttall (23rd highest in England, 48th highest in England & Wales).

This walk is on Ordnance Survey Maps:

OS Explorer Map OL5
1:25,000 scale (Orange Covers)
OS Landranger Map 90
1:50,000 scale (Pink Covers)

Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c427 Helvellyn via Striding Edge from Patterdale

In no particular order . . .

Birkhouse Moor from Hole-in-the-Wall in the snow

Photo: Mick Fox (14)

Walk c427 Helvellyn via Striding Edge from Patterdale - Glenridding Dodd (left), Ullswater and Place Fell from near Hole-in-the-Wall on the lower slopes of Helvellyn

Glenridding Dodd (left), Ullswater and Place Fell from near Hole-in-the-Wall on the lower slopes of Helvellyn

Photo: David Cooper (5)

The aircraft memorial on Helvellyn

Photo: Alan Wainwright (36)

Helvellyn from above Red Tarn (Helvellyn)

Photo: Katherine Horrex (17)

Catstye Cam from Helvellyn

Photo: Gerry Ball (14)

Approaching Striding Edge and Helvellyn via Low Spying How and Bleaberry Crag

Photo: Katherine Horrex (6)

Walk c427 Helvellyn via Striding Edge from Patterdale - Helvellyn, Swirral Edge and Red Tarn taken from Hole-in-the-Wall at the beginning of Striding Edge

Helvellyn, Swirral Edge and Red Tarn taken from Hole-in-the-Wall at the beginning of Striding Edge

Photo: Stella Whittaker (13)

Walk c427 Helvellyn via Striding Edge from Patterdale - Place Fell, Grisedale and the lower slopes of St Sunday Crag (right) from below Hole-in-the-Wall

Place Fell, Grisedale and the lower slopes of St Sunday Crag (right) from below Hole-in-the-Wall

Photo: Edward Felstead (16)

On Striding Edge

Photo: Wayne Hill (82)

Swirral Edge and Catstye Cam from Helvellyn

Photo: Iain Macdonald (2)

Striding Edge

Photo: Alan Wainwright (24)

On Striding Edge on the way to Helvellyn

Photo: Alan Wainwright (20)

Place Fell from Patterdale

Photo: Alan Wainwright (3)

Striding Edge, Helvellyn, Swirral Edge and Catstye Cam from Hole-in-the-Wall

Photo: Alan Wainwright (11)

Swirral Edge from Helvellyn

Photo: William Ringwood (41)

Walk c427 Helvellyn via Striding Edge from Patterdale - Rays of sun shining through the clouds over Fairfield (left) and Dollywaggon Pike (right) and Grisedale from Brownend Plantation

Rays of sun shining through the clouds over Fairfield (left) and Dollywaggon Pike (right) and Grisedale from Brownend Plantation

Photo: Edward Felstead (18)

St Sunday Crag above Grisedale from Hole-in-the-Wall in the snow

Photo: Mick Fox (16)

Musicians on the summit of Helvellyn

Photo: Brian Lavery (1)

Helvellyn and Swirral Edge (top right) from Red Tarn (Helvellyn)

Photo: John Holt (8)

Musicians on the summit of Helvellyn

Photo: Brian Lavery (3)

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