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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 8½mls (13.5km) |
| Ascent: | 3,278ft (999m) |
| Time: | 6½hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route outline for walk c213:
Glenridding - Birkhouse Moor - Hole-in-the-Wall - Red Tarn (Helvellyn) - Bleaberry Crag - Low Spying How - High Spying How - Striding Edge - Helvellyn - Swirral Edge - Catstye Cam - Hole-in-the-Wall - Brownend Plantation - Grisedale Beck - Lanty's Tarn - Keldas - Glenridding
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
 3 English Mountains |
 3 Wainwrights |
 4 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 Catstye Cam at 890m (2921ft). Catstye Cam is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (12th highest in England, 30th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 10).
Catstye Cam is also known as an English Nuttall (15th highest in England, 35th highest in England & Wales).
You will also reach the summit of Striding Edge at 863m (2831ft). Striding Edge is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (19th highest in England, 42nd highest in England & Wales)
Striding Edge is also known as an English Nuttall (23rd highest in England, 49th highest in England & Wales).
Along the way you will also bag:
- Birkhouse Moor at 718m (2356ft). Birkhouse Moor is classified as a Wainwright (No. 79) and an English Nuttall (110th highest in England, 188th highest in England & Wales)
You can find more walks near this one on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps: (click/TAP to select)
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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c213 Helvellyn from Glenridding
In no particular order . . .
Storms developing over Fairfield (left) and Dollywaggon Pike (right) from Brownend Plantation, Grisedale
Helvellyn Summit flanked by Striding Edge (left) and Swirral Edge (right) from Hole-in-the-Wall in the snow
Birkhouse Moor summit cairn - with Striding Edge, Helvellyn, Swirral Edge and Catstye Cam beyond
Approaching Striding Edge and Helvellyn via Low Spying How and Bleaberry Crag
Family group having completed Striding Edge before the last pull up to Helvellyn.
Me and my father John at the summit of Helvellyn at the beginning of Feb 2012
*Striding Edge (left), Helvellyn, Swirral Edge and Catstye Cam (far right) from near Hole-in-the-wall
Striding Edge and Helvellyn above Red Tarn from the col between Swirral Edge and Catstye Cam
The head of the Grisedale Valley with Dollywaggon Pike to the left, High Crag, Nethermost Pike and then Helvellyn (far right) from near Brownend Plantation
Grisedale with Birks beyond from near the Hole-in-the-wall between Birkhouse Moor and Helvellyn
Helvellyn, Swirral Edge and Red Tarn taken from Hole-in-the-Wall at the beginning of Striding Edge
Lesley and the 2 Cocker Spaniels, Millie and Monty, on Helvellyn in November 2011
Catstye Cam, White Side and Raise (Helvellyn) from the summit of Birkhouse Moor
Rays of sun shining through the clouds over Fairfield (left) and Dollywaggon Pike (right) and Grisedale from Brownend Plantation
Clouds rolling in over Fairfield (left), Dollywaggon Pike and Nethermost Pike from Helvellyn
Mike, Tim and Shaun at the summit trig point on a very wet Helvellyn - I swear there were seals on the summit!
The Ullswater Water Steamer docked at Glenridding
with Place Fell in the background
Glenridding Dodd (left), Ullswater and Place Fell from near Hole-in-the-Wall on the lower slopes of Helvellyn
Looking up Grisedale to St Sunday Crag & Fairfield (left), Grisedale Hause, Dollywaggon Pike, High Crag (Helvellyn) & Nethermost Pike from below Hole-in-the-Wall
Place Fell, Grisedale and the lower slopes of St Sunday Crag (right) from below Hole-in-the-Wall
Myself, Emma Cooper & Rachel Hargreaves descending Helvellyn via Swirral Edge
Storms brewing over St Sunday Crag (far left), Fairfield (left) and Dollywaggon Pike (right) and Grisedale from Brownend Plantation
A very grumpy Shaun post walk in Glenridding after scaling Helvellyn via Striding Edge on a very, very wet day!
This is me scrambling to the summit of Helvellyn after surviving Striding Edge!
Striding Edge, (left), Helvellyn and Catstye Cam (right) from Birkhouse Moor
Myself, Emma Cooper & Rachel Hargreaves on the summit of Helvellyn after tackling Striding Edge
High Dodd (Sleet Fell) and Place Fell across Ullswater from Mossdale Bay near Glenridding
Striding Edge, Helvellyn, Swirral Edge and Catstye Cam from Hole-in-the-Wall
Helvellyn (left), Swirral Edge and Red Tarn (Helvellyn) from the approach to Striding Edge near Hole-in-the-Wall
Swirral Edge, Catstye Cam, Red Tarn (Helvellyn) and Ullswater from the summit of Helvellyn
Striding Edge (left), Helvellyn and Swirral Edge (right) from above Hole-in-the-Wall
Striding Edge (left) and Helvellyn from the approach to Hole-in-the-Wall
Red Tarn (Helvellyn) and Striding Edge in all it's glory from Helvellyn
Me (in orange jacket) and my mate Neil on our way to the top of Helvellyn on a drizzly and bitterly cold day.
Looking up Grisedale with St Sunday Crag (left) and Dollywagon Pike (centre)
The Newlands Valley from High Spy with Bassenthwaite Lake in the distance and The Skiddaw Massif to the right
Striding Edge (left), Helvellyn and Catstye Cam from the summit of Birkhouse Moor
Runaway Ramblers from Bury on top of Steel Fell (Dead Pike) in early May
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