Walk c264 The Grisedale Round from Patterdale

This 13¼ mile, Grade 9 (Very Hard), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at Patterdale & will take you about 10 hrs to complete.

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Vital Statistics:

Length:13¼mls (21km)
Ascent:5,189ft (1,581m)
Time:10hrs
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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


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Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

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5
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Mountains
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8
Wainwrights
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8
English
Nuttalls
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0
English
Deweys
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0
Wainwright
Outlying Fells
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3
Marilyns
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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 and tick-off:

  • Birks at 624m (2047ft). Birks is classified as a Wainwright (No. 125) and an English Nuttall (222nd highest in England, 387th highest in England & Wales)

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

In no particular order . . .

Grisedale Tarn from Dollywaggon Pike

Grisedale Tarn from Dollywaggon Pike

Photo: Alan Wainwright (48)

Helvellyn from Hole-in-the-Wall at the start of Striding Edge (High Spying How)

Helvellyn from Hole-in-the-Wall at the start of Striding Edge (High Spying How)

Photo: Christian Sky (3)

This is me scrambling to the summit of Helvellyn after surviving Striding Edge (High Spying How)!

This is me scrambling to the summit of Helvellyn after surviving Striding Edge (High Spying How)!

Photo: Paula Oldham (4)

Myself, Emma Cooper & Rachel Hargreaves descending Helvellyn via Swirral Edge

Myself, Emma Cooper & Rachel Hargreaves descending Helvellyn via Swirral Edge

Photo: David Cooper (4)

Helvellyn summit plateau

Helvellyn summit plateau

Photo: Craig Carter (8)

Striding Edge (High Spying How) (Helvellyn)

Striding Edge (High Spying How) (Helvellyn)

Photo: Richard Nicholls (37)

Snow on St Sunday Crag as the mist clears

Snow on St Sunday Crag as the mist clears

Photo: Gerry Ball (53)

Swirral Edge, Catstye Cam and Red Tarn from Striding Edge (High Spying How)

Swirral Edge, Catstye Cam and Red Tarn from Striding Edge (High Spying How)

Photo: Andy Brown (1)

A very snowy Helvellyn in early March!

A very snowy Helvellyn in early March!

Photo: Peter Dodds (1)

Ullswater from Birkhouse Moor

Ullswater from Birkhouse Moor

Photo: Tony Price (8)


. . . load all 281 walk photos from Walk c264 The Grisedale Round from Patterdale

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