Walk Route Map c152 Calf Crag and Helm Crag from Grasmere

Walk c152 Calf Crag and Helm Crag from Grasmere

One steep ascent to fine views of Grasmere

Vital Statistics:

Length:	8¾mls (14km)
Ascent:	2,212ft (674m)
Time:	5½hrs
Grade:

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Route outline for walk c152:

Grasmere - Goody Bridge - High Raven Crag - Helm Crag - The Lion and The Lamb - The Howitzer - Gibson Knott - Calf Crag - Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk - Brownrigg Moss - Moor Moss - Far Easdale Gill - Goody Bridge - Grasmere

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Points of Interest/Notes on this walk:

Dove Cottage in Grasmere was William Wordsworth's home between1799 and 1813.

William Wordsworth is buried in St Oswald's Church in Grasmere.

Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

0
English
Mountains

3
Wainwrights

0
English
Nuttalls

1
English
Dewey

0
Wainwright
Outlying Fells

0
Marilyns

0
Bridgets

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is Calf Crag at 537m (1762ft). Calf Crag is classified as an Wainwright (No. 155).

Calf Crag is also known as an English Dewey (99th highest in England, 230th in England & Wales)

Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Gibson Knott at 420m (1378ft). Gibson Knott is classified as an Wainwright (No. 197).

You will also reach the summit of Helm Crag at 396m (1300ft). Helm Crag is classified as an Wainwright (No. 201).

National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:

Part of this walk follows a section of Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk, a 306km (190 miles) linear footpath connecting St Bees in Cumbria, England with Robin Hood's Bay in North Yorkshire, England. Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk is waymarked by the occasional sign. For more walks that include a section of this trail see Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk.

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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c152 Calf Crag and Helm Crag from Grasmere

In no particular order . . .

Walk c152 Calf Crag and Helm Crag from Grasmere - Looking down from Helm Crag past the Howitzer on to Dunmail Raise and the A591 Ambleside to Keswick Road

Looking down from Helm Crag past the Howitzer on to Dunmail Raise and the A591 Ambleside to Keswick Road

Photo: Brian Balfe (12)

Broadstone Head, Ferngill Crag and Deer Bields from Brownrigg Moss

Photo: Tim Hope (57)

Loughrigg Fell and Grasmere from Helm Crag

Photo: Tim Hope (76)

Walk c152 Calf Crag and Helm Crag from Grasmere - The Howitzer and the Lion and the Lamb on the summit of Helm Crag with Loughrigg and Grasmere in the background

The Howitzer and the Lion and the Lamb on the summit of Helm Crag with Loughrigg and Grasmere in the background

Photo: Alan Wainwright (208)

Walk c152 Calf Crag and Helm Crag from Grasmere - The Helevllyn Ridge featuring: Great Dodd, Watson's Dodd, Stybarrow Dodd, Raise (Helvellyn), White Side, Helvellyn, Nethermost Pike, Dollywaggon Pike, St Sunday Crag, Fairfield, Great Rigg and Heron Pike with Steel Fell (mid distance) and Calf Crag, Gibson Knott and Helm Crag (foreground) from Brownrigg Moss

The Helevllyn Ridge featuring: Great Dodd, Watson's Dodd, Stybarrow Dodd, Raise (Helvellyn), White Side, Helvellyn, Nethermost Pike, Dollywaggon Pike, St Sunday Crag, Fairfield, Great Rigg and Heron Pike with Steel Fell (mid distance) and Calf Crag, Gibson Knott and Helm Crag (foreground) from Brownrigg Moss

Photo: Alan Wainwright (211)

Deer Bields from Gibson Knott

Photo: Tim Hope (67)

Grasmere from the summit of Helm Crag

Photo: Zoe Blackbourn (1)

Runaway Ramblers from Bury approach 'The Lion and the Lamb' on Helm Crag

Photo: David Morecroft (21)

Seat Sandal towering above Grasmere

Photo: Edward Felstead (1)

Great Rigg (left). Stone Arthur (centre) and Heron Pike (right) from the top of High Raven Crag

Photo: Alan Wainwright (204)

Gibson Knott Summit

Photo: David Hayter (77)

Lorna Auty on the shore of Grasmere

Photo: Bryan Auty (2)

Helm Crag summit cairn

Photo: Tim Hope (72)

The Howitzer on Helm Crag

Photo: Tim Hope (74)

Steel Fell (left) and Seat Sandal (right) from Helm Crag

Photo: Tim Hope (71)

Raise (Helvellyn)

Photo: Alan Wainwright (212)

Autumn colours near Grasmere

Photo: David Connolly (14)

Helm Crag from Gibson Knott

Photo: Wayne Hill (63)

Grasmere and Easedale from Helm Crag

Photo: Tim Hope (70)

Grasmere Shore

Photo: David Hayter (409)

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