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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 12¼mls (19.5km) |
| Ascent: | 3,984ft (1,214m) |
| Time: | 8½hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route outline for walk c389:
Ambleside - Rydal - Nab Scar - Heron Pike - Rydal Fell (Heron Pike North Top) - Greenhead Gill Head - Stone Arthur - Great Rigg - Fairfield - Rydal Head - Hart Crag - Dove Crag - High Pike (Scandale) - Low Pike (Scandale) - High Sweden Bridge - High Sweden Coppice - Ambleside
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
 4 English Mountains |
 9 Wainwrights |
 6 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 Fairfield at 873m (2865ft). Fairfield is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (15th highest in England, 35th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 13).
Fairfield is also known as an English Nuttall (18th highest in England, 40th highest in England & Wales) and an English Marilyn (7th highest in England, 280th highest in the UK).
Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Hart Crag at 822m (2698ft). Hart Crag is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (34th highest in England, 65th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 27).
Hart Crag is also known as an English Nuttall (40th highest in England, 76th highest in England & Wales).
You will also reach the summit of Dove Crag at 792m (2599ft). Dove Crag is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (47th highest in England, 85th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 38).
Dove Crag is also known as an English Nuttall (56th highest in England, 104th highest in England & Wales).
Along the way you will also bag:
- Great Rigg at 766m (2514ft). Great Rigg is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (62nd highest in England, 107th highest in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 54) and an English Nuttall (76th highest in England, 131st highest in England & Wales).
- High Pike (Scandale) at 656m (2153ft). High Pike (Scandale) is classified as a Wainwright (No. 109)
- Rydal Fell (Heron Pike North Top) at 621m (2038ft). Rydal Fell (Heron Pike North Top) is known as an English Nuttall (231st highest in England, 402nd highest in England & Wales).
- Heron Pike at 612m (2008ft). Heron Pike is classified as a Wainwright (No. 128) and an English Nuttall (246th highest in England, 430th highest in England & Wales)
- Low Pike (Scandale) at 508m (1667ft). Low Pike (Scandale) is classified as a Wainwright (No. 172)
- Stone Arthur at 500m (1641ft). Stone Arthur is classified as a Wainwright (No. 175)
- Nab Scar at 450m (1477ft). Nab Scar is classified as a Wainwright (No. 190)
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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c389 Great Rigg, Fairfield and Hart Crag from Ambleside
In no particular order . . .
The Helvellyn Ridge featuring Dollywaggon Pike, Nethermost Pike, Helvellyn and Striding Edge from Fairfield
Rydal Head with Fairfield (left) and Hart Crag (right) from Great Rigg
The Central Fells and Seat Sandal (right) from the summit of Fairfield
Easedale Tarn and High Raise (Langdale) with Bow Fell (Bowfell), Gunson Knott, Crinkle Crags (Long Top) and Crinkle Crags (South Top) beyond from Fairfield
Windermere from Low Pike (Scandale) on the way back down from completing The Fairfield Horseshoe
Lake Windermere, Nab Scar, Heron Pike, Heron Pike (North Top) and Great Rigg (far right) from the summit of Low Pike (Scandale)
Dollywaggon Pike, Nethermost Pike and Helvellyn from Cofa Pike near the summit of Fairfield
Heron Pike, Heron Pike (North Top), Great Rigg, Rydal Head and Fairfield from Hart Crag
Chelmsford YHA members on Fairfield looking to Helvellyn, Striding Edge and Catstycam
Looking down to Alcock Tarn from near Heron Pike with Helm Crag, Gibson Knott and Steel Fell beyond
Rocky outcrop marking the summit of Low Pike (Scandale) with High Pike (Scandale) (above left) in the background
On Heron Pike - with a view all the way from Lake Windermere to Morecambe Bay
Rydal Water (left) and Coniston Water (right - far distance) and Heron Pike in mid-distance from Hart Crag
Middle Dodd, Red Screes, Snarker Pike, the Scandale Valley and Lake Windermere from High Pike (Scandale)
Lake Windermere and Rydal Valley from Rydal Head with Heron Pike on the right
Steve Taylor and Ian Matthews Golledge looking back over Ambleside & Lake Windermere as we ascended Nab scar and on up to Fairfield
The Fairfield Horseshoe from the summit of Fairfield with Dove Crag (left), Rydal Beck, Ambleside, Windermere, Nab Scar and Heron Pike (prominent right)
Grisedale Hause, Dollywaggon Pike (centre), Nethermost Pike, Helvellyn and Striding Edge (far right) from Great Rigg
Rydal Water (centre) with Lake Windermere (top left) and Grasmere (right) from Nab Scar on The Fairfield Horeshoe
My wife just below High Pike (Scandale) during a temperature inversion on the Fairfield Horseshoe
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