Seat Sandal
736m (2417ft)
The Eastern Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 7.5ml (12km) |
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| Ascent: | 3,116ft (950m) |
| Time: | 6 hrs |
| Grade: |  (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Grasmere - Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk - Mill Bridge - Little Tongue - Seat Sandal - Grisedale Tarn - Fairfield - Rydal Head - Great Rigg - Stone Arthur - Grasmere
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9.5ml (15km) |
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| Ascent: | 3,682ft (1,122m) |
| Time: | 7.25hrs |
| Grade: |  (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Grasmere - Mill Bridge - Little Tongue - Seat Sandal - Grisedale Tarn - Fairfield - Rydal Head - Great Rigg - Rydal Fell (Heron Pike North Top) - Heron Pike - Alcock Tarn - Grasmere
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 10ml (16km) |
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| Ascent: | 3,979ft (1,213m) |
| Time: | 7½ hrs |
| Grade: | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Patterdale - Grisedale Bridge - Ruthwaite Lodge - The Tongue - Dollywaggon Pike - Seat Sandal - Grisedale Tarn - Deepdale Hause - St Sunday Crag - Birks - Patterdale
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 13.25ml (21km) |
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| Ascent: | 5,189ft (1,581m) |
| Time: | 10 hrs |
| Grade: |  (Very Hard) |
Route Summary:
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
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*This version is marked with the walk routes you need to follow to Walk all 214 Wainwrights in just 59 walks.
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Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Seat Sandal
Iain Jones walked up Seat Sandal on December 3rd, 2024 [from/via/route] Grasmere via Grisedale Hause
Neil Heywood climbed it on August 9th, 2024 [with] Logan Heywood
Tim Winn bagged it on July 25th, 2024 [from/via/route] Coniston [with] Simon [weather] Overcast but dry.
Kate Peacock hiked Seat Sandal on May 25th, 2024 [from/via/route] Parked at Wanthwaite as well as leaving a car at the end. Up via Clough Head. [with] Me, Sheila & Skye [weather] Sunny at times, breezy & cold when the sun was behind the clouds - Longest hike to date
Martin Hartshorne summited on February 23rd, 2024 [from/via/route] Wythburn church [with] finley [weather] Sunny start, snow in tops, whiteout later & bitterly cold. Ended in the dark again!
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Seat Sandal
Helm Crag, Seat Sandal, Grisedale Hause, Fairfield, Great Rigg, Stone Arthur, Heron Crag, Nab Scar, Loughrigg and Grasmere above The Pass of Dunmail Raise from the top of High Raven Crag
Seat Sandal (left) Grisedale Hause, Fairfield (centre) and Great Rigg above The Pass of Dunmail Raise from the top of High Raven Crag
*The Coniston Fells, The Langdale Pikes, High Raise, The Helvellyn Ridge, Fairfield, Seat Sandal, Great Rigg, Heron Pike and finally Loughrigg Fell from Lang How
Grisedale Tarn, St Sunday Crag and the shoulder of Fairfield from Seat Sandal
Helvellyn (centre left) and Seat Sandal (right) above The Pass of Dunmail Raise from Helm Crag
*Codale Tarn (left) and Easedale Tarn from the Blea Rigg ridge with Helvellyn (left), Seat Sandal (centre) and Fairfield (right) on the horizon
Steel Fell, Gibson Knott and Helm Crag below Seat Sandal (with Helvellyn and Fairfield in mist beyond) from Tarn Crag summit cairn
The Wythburn Fells (left) Thirlmere, Helvellyn (in mist) and Seat Sandal (right) from Steel Fell (Dead Pike)
Sunset on Helvellyn, Fairfield (centre) and Seat Sandal from High Seat (Ashness Fell)
Helm Crag & Steel Fell (left), Grasmere Village & Dunmail Raise (centre) and Seat Sandal (right) beautifully reflected in Grasmere
Me on the left, looking towards Ullswater & St Sunday Crag (right) from a very snowy Seat Sandal
St Sunday Crag (left), Fairfield (right) and Grisedale Hause from Seat Sandal
The Central Fells and Seat Sandal (right) from the summit of Fairfield
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