Silver How
395m (1296ft)
The Central Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 4.5ml (7.5km) |
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| Ascent: | 1,296ft (395m) |
| Time: | 3 hrs |
| Grade: |  (Moderate) |
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 10ml (16km) |
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| Ascent: | 2,936ft (895m) |
| Time: | 6½ hrs |
| Grade: |  (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Grasmere - Sour Milk Gill - Sourmilk Gill Falls - Tarn Crag (Easedale) - Sergeant Man - Blea Rigg - Great Castle How - Little Castle How - Raw Pike - Swinescar Pike - Lang How - Silver How - Spedding Crag - Dow Bank - Huntingstile Crag - Grasmere
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 13.75ml (22km) |
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| Ascent: | 3,991ft (1,216m) |
| Time: | 9 hrs |
| Grade: |  (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Grasmere - Allan Bank - Wray Gill - Silver How - Lang How - Sinescar Pike - Little Castle How - Great Castle How - Blea Rigg - Sergeant Man - Thunacar Knott - Pavey Ark - Harrison Stickle - Loft Crag - Pike of Stickle (Pike O' Stickle) - High Raise (Langdale) - Codale Head - Tarn Crag (Easedale) - Far Easedale Gill - Sourmilk Falls - Far Easedale Beck - Goody Bridge - Grasmere
Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Silver How
Claire Kirk walked up Silver How on November 28th, 2013 [from/via/route] Grasmere [with] Self [weather] Cold but sunny, windy at the summit
David Higginbottom climbed Silver How on October 3rd, 2024 [from/via/route] C144 [with] Carolyn [weather] Clear - A little boggy miserable walk
Andrew Gayne bagged Silver How on September 4th, 2024 [from/via/route] From Grasmere [with] Becky [weather] Sunny day - Walked up from Grasmere on a circular route from the Bridge Hotel
Angeline Grieveson hiked Silver How on June 1st, 2024 [with] Rick
Christine Shepherd summited Silver How on October 31st, 2008 [from/via/route] Walked from Grasmere [with] On my own [weather] Sunshine,showers & rainbows - Bagged again on 2.9.10 Climbed again 30.5.18 from Allen Banks the with a group from Head 4 the Hills on 31.5.21 Climbed again on 9.10.23 using walk c195 but done in reverse. The day was glorious until we walked into cloud as we approached the summit. walked out of the mist on the descent back to Grasmere.
Andrew Thornton conquered Silver How on August 5th, 2023 [from/via/route] Grasmere [with] Jenny [weather] Overcast
Steve Cookson scaled Silver How on March 23rd, 2022 [from/via/route] C105 from Grasmere [with] Gillie [weather] Sunny hot & calm.
Martin Hartshorne walked up Silver How on May 14th, 2023 [from/via/route] Underherron cottage past Allan Banks circular [with] finley [weather] Cloud over the higher tops, very light drizzle, breaks of sunshine. Late afternoon walk - Lovely little afternoon walk
Neil Heywood climbed Silver How on April 19th, 2023 [from/via/route] Grassmere [with] logan Heywood [weather] Mixed
Michael Lewis bagged Silver How on September 10th, 2021 [from/via/route] From Grasmere when stayed at Bridge House Hotel on my own [weather] Dry cold with snow on the ground from the previous 48 hourse
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Silver How
Great Langdale with Blea Rigg, Lang How and Silver How (left) and Lingmoor Fell (right) from the foot of Oxendale
Grasmere, Silver How, Lang How, Blea Rigg, Easedale Tarn, The LAngdale Pikes, Codale Head, Gibson Knott and Calf Crag from Helm Crag summit cairn
Blea Rigg, Castle How, Lang How and Silver How (far left) Great Langdale, Windermere and Elter Water (left), Lingmoor Fell and Side Pike (centre left), Blea Tarn and Little Langdale (centre right), Pike of Blisco (Pike o' Blisco) right and Crickle Crags (far right) from the summit of Harrison Stickle, The Langdale Pikes
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