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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 11½mls (18.5km) |
| Ascent: | 4,582ft (1,396m) |
| Time: | 8¾hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route outline for walk c269:
Patterdale - Grisedale Bridge - Grisedale Beck - Brownends Plantation - Hole-in-the-Wall - Birkhouse Moor - Hole-in-the-Wall - Red Tarn (Helvellyn) - Bleaberry Crag - Low Spying How - High Spying How - Striding Edge - Helvellyn - Nethermost Pike - High Crag (Helvellyn) - Dollywaggon Pike - Grisedale Tarn - Deepdale Hause - St Sunday Crag - Birks - Patterdale
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
 4 English Mountains |
 6 Wainwrights |
 7 English Nuttalls |
 0 English Deweys |
 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
 2 Marilyns |
 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 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:
- Dollywaggon Pike at 858m (2816ft). Dollywaggon Pike is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (21st highest in England, 44th highest in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 18) and an English Nuttall (25th highest in England, 51st highest in England & Wales).
- St Sunday Crag at 841m (2760ft). St Sunday Crag is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (27th England, 53rd highest in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 22), an English Nuttall (33rd highest in England, 61st highest in England & Wales) and an English Marilyn (10th England, 328th highest in the UK).
- 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)
- 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 c269 The Grisedale Horseshoe from Patterdale
In no particular order . . .
This is me scrambling to the summit of Helvellyn after surviving Striding Edge!
Helvellyn Summit flanked by Striding Edge (left) and Swirral Edge (right) from Hole-in-the-Wall in the snow
Runaway Ramblers from Bury on top of Steel Fell (Dead Pike) in early May
Place Fell, Grisedale and the lower slopes of St Sunday Crag (right) from below Hole-in-the-Wall
Looking down Grisdale from Dollywaggon Pike with St Sunday Crag on the right and Ullswater in the distance
Family group having completed Striding Edge before the last pull up to Helvellyn.
*Striding Edge (left), Helvellyn, Swirral Edge and Catstye Cam (far right) from near Hole-in-the-wall
Swirral Edge, Catstye Cam, Red Tarn (Helvellyn) and Ullswater from the summit of Helvellyn
Helvellyn, Swirral Edge and Red Tarn taken from Hole-in-the-Wall at the beginning of Striding Edge
Birkhouse Moor summit cairn - with Striding Edge, Helvellyn, Swirral Edge and Catstye Cam beyond
Striding Edge (left) and Helvellyn from the approach to Hole-in-the-Wall
Grisedale Tarn in the snow with St Sunday Crag (centre left) and Fairfield (right)
Striding Edge (left), Helvellyn and Swirral Edge (right) from above Hole-in-the-Wall
Lesley and the 2 Cocker Spaniels, Millie and Monty, on Helvellyn in November 2011
The Newlands Valley from High Spy with Bassenthwaite Lake in the distance and The Skiddaw Massif to the right
Helvellyn (left), Swirral Edge and Red Tarn (Helvellyn) from the approach to Striding Edge near Hole-in-the-Wall
Looking up Grisedale with St Sunday Crag (left) and Dollywagon Pike (centre)
A frozen Grisedale Tarn from the lower slopes of Dollywaggon Pike in the snow
Red Tarn (Helvellyn) and Striding Edge in all it's glory from Helvellyn
Grisedale with Birks beyond from near the Hole-in-the-wall between Birkhouse Moor and Helvellyn
Clouds rolling in over Fairfield (left), Dollywaggon Pike and Nethermost Pike from Helvellyn
Approaching Striding Edge and Helvellyn via Low Spying How and Bleaberry Crag
Catstye Cam, White Side and Raise (Helvellyn) from the summit of Birkhouse Moor
Striding Edge, (left), Helvellyn and Catstye Cam (right) from Birkhouse Moor
Dollywaggon Pike (right) with The Langdale Pikes (mid distance) and Bow Fell (Bowfell) and Scafell Pike (far distance) from St Sunday Crag
Me and my father John at the summit of Helvellyn at the beginning of Feb 2012
Striding Edge (left), Helvellyn and Catstye Cam from the summit of Birkhouse Moor
Myself, Emma Cooper & Rachel Hargreaves on the summit of Helvellyn after tackling Striding Edge
Me (in orange jacket) and my mate Neil on our way to the top of Helvellyn on a drizzly and bitterly cold day.
Mike, Tim and Shaun at the summit trig point on a very wet Helvellyn - I swear there were seals on the summit!
Myself, Emma Cooper & Rachel Hargreaves descending Helvellyn via Swirral Edge
Birkhouse Moor (left), St Sunday Crag (right) and Place Fell (centre) from near Grisedale Tarn
Striding Edge, Helvellyn, Swirral Edge and Catstye Cam from Hole-in-the-Wall
Looking up Grisedale to St Sunday Crag & Fairfield (left), Grisedale Hause, Dollywaggon Pike, High Crag (Helvellyn) & Nethermost Pike from below Hole-in-the-Wall
Cofa Pike and Fairfield from High Crag (Helvellyn) with Red Screes in the distance
A frozen Grisedale Tarn from the lower slopes of Dollywaggon Pike in the snow
Glenridding Dodd (left), Ullswater and Place Fell from near Hole-in-the-Wall on the lower slopes of Helvellyn
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