Walk Route Map c209 Hopegill Head from Hopebeck

Walk c209 Hopegill Head from Hopebeck

Easy scramble up an exposed ridge

Vital Statistics:

Length:	7¼mls (11.5km)
Ascent:	3,180ft (969m)
Time:	5¾hrs
Grade:

Map with easy-to-follow route details for walk c209 Hopegill Head from Hopebeck pdf

Route outline for walk c209:

Hopebeck - Hope Beck - Swinside (Whinlatter) - Hope Gill - Ladyside Pike - Hopegill Head - Hobcarton Crag - Grisedale Pike - Hopegill Head - Gasgale Crags - Whiteside (Crummock) - Whiteside (Crummock) (West Top) - Dodd (Whiteside) - Hopebeck

Find new companions for walks in North West England

See photos from this walk

Get Directions to the start of walk c209

See our unique interactive walk planning map of The Lake District National Park

Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

4
English
Mountains

3
Wainwrights

6
English
Nuttalls

0
English
Deweys

0
Wainwright
Outlying Fells

1
Marilyn

1
Bridget

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is Grisedale Pike at 791m (2596ft). Grisedale Pike is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (48th highest in England, 87th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 40).

Grisedale Pike is also known as an English Nuttall (57th highest in England, 106th highest in England & Wales) and an English Marilyn (16th highest in England, 410th highest in the UK).

The summit of Grisedale Pike is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.

Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Hopegill Head at 770m (2525ft). Hopegill Head is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (60th highest in England, 104th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 52).

Hopegill Head is also known as an English Nuttall (74th highest in England, 128th highest in England & Wales).

You will also reach the summit of Hobcarton Crag at 739m (2425ft). Hobcarton Crag is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (73rd highest in England, 128th highest in England & Wales)

Hobcarton Crag is also known as an English Nuttall (92nd highest in England, 159th highest in England & Wales).

Along the way you will also bag:

Whiteside (Crummock) at 719m (2360ft). Whiteside (Crummock) is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (87th highest in England, 149th highest in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 78) and an English Nuttall (109th highest in England, 187th highest in England & Wales).

Whiteside (Crummock) (West Top) at 707m (2320ft). Whiteside (Crummock) (West Top) is known as an English Nuttall (124th highest in England, 208th highest in England & Wales).

Ladyside Pike at 703m (2307ft). Ladyside Pike is known as an English Nuttall (128th highest in England, 213th highest in England & Wales).

Dodd (Whiteside) at 454m (1490ft). Dodd (Whiteside) is known as an English Bridget.

You can find more walks near this one on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps: (click/TAP to select)

The Lake District National Park

1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (the ones with orange/yellow covers):

OL4 The English Lakes - North Western area

1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Maps (the ones with pink/magenta covers):

89 West Cumbria, Cockermouth & Wast Water

90 Penrith & Keswick, Ambleside

Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c209 Hopegill Head from Hopebeck

In no particular order . . .

Looking across Hobcarton Crag to Grisedale Pike from Hopegill Head

Photo: Christine Shepherd (65)

The steep descent from Hopegill Head to Ladyside Pike

Photo: Christine Shepherd (290)

Approaching Grisedale Pike

Photo: Julie Graham (5)

Ladyside Pike from Hopegill Head

Photo: Christine Shepherd (292)

Hopegill Head and Grisedale Pike from the cairn on the summit of Whiteside (Crummock)

Photo: Christine Shepherd (63)

Hopegill Head and Hobcarton Crag from Grisedale Pike

Photo: Paul Johnson (7)

Whiteside from Hopegill Head

Photo: William Ringwood (22)

Whiteside (Crummock) from Hopegill Head

Photo: Christine Shepherd (68)

Ladyside Pike from Hopegill Head

Photo: Christine Shepherd (291)

Walk c209 Hopegill Head from Hopebeck - *Kettle Crag (left), Oxendale, The Band (centre - with Crinkle Crags (Crinkle Crags (South Top), Crinkle Crags (Long Top), & Gunson Knott) (top left) and Bow Fell (Bowfell) (top right), Mickleden and The Langdale Pikes from Side Pike

*Kettle Crag (left), Oxendale, The Band (centre - with Crinkle Crags (Crinkle Crags (South Top), Crinkle Crags (Long Top), & Gunson Knott) (top left) and Bow Fell (Bowfell) (top right), Mickleden and The Langdale Pikes from Side Pike

Photo: Andy Malcolm (58)

. . . load all 52 walk photos from Walk c209 Hopegill Head from Hopebeck

Send us your photographs and pictures from your walks and hikes

We would love to see your photographs and pictures from walk c209 Hopegill Head from Hopebeck. Send them in to us as email attachments (configured for any computer) along with your name and where the picture was taken to:

and we shall do our best to publish them.

(Guide Resolution = 300dpi. At least = 660 pixels (wide) x 440 pixels (high).)