Walk Route Map c264 The Grisedale Round from Patterdale

Walk c264 The Grisedale Round from Patterdale

Superb high level ridge walk

Vital Statistics:

Length:	13¼mls (21km)
Ascent:	5,189ft (1,581m)
Time:	10hrs
Grade:

Map with easy-to-follow route details for walk c264 The Grisedale Round from Patterdale pdf

Route outline for walk c264:

Patterdale - Grisedale Bridge - Grisedale Beck - Brownend 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 - Seat Sandal - Grisedale Tarn - St Sunday Crag - Birks - Arnison Crag - Patterdale

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Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

5
English
Mountains

8
Wainwrights

8
English
Nuttalls

0
English
Deweys

0
Wainwright
Outlying Fells

3
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).

Seat Sandal at 736m (2417ft). Seat Sandal is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (75th England, 130th highest in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 68), an English Nuttall (94th highest in England, 161st highest in England & Wales) and an English Marilyn (24th England, 512th 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)

Arnison Crag at 433m (1421ft). Arnison Crag is classified as a Wainwright (No. 194)

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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c264 The Grisedale Round from Patterdale

In no particular order . . .

Walk c264 The Grisedale Round from Patterdale - Storms brewing over St Sunday Crag (far left), Fairfield (left) and Dollywaggon Pike (right) and Grisedale from Brownend Plantation

Storms brewing over St Sunday Crag (far left), Fairfield (left) and Dollywaggon Pike (right) and Grisedale from Brownend Plantation

Photo: Edward Felstead (19)

Glenridding Dodd (left), Glenridding and Ullswater from Birkhouse Moor

Photo: Mike Jennings (10)

On Striding Edge

Photo: Dean Richardson (3)

Descending Helvellyn via Swirral Edge

Photo: David Cooper (3)

The infamous Striding Edge from Helvellyn

Photo: Andrew Fryer (2)

Walk c264 The Grisedale Round from Patterdale - Helvellyn (left), Swirral Edge and Red Tarn (Helvellyn) from the approach to Striding Edge near Hole-in-the-Wall

Helvellyn (left), Swirral Edge and Red Tarn (Helvellyn) from the approach to Striding Edge near Hole-in-the-Wall

Photo: Ray Foster (10)

Helvellyn summit plateau

Photo: Craig Carter (8)

Climbing Birkhouse Moor above Mires Beck

Photo: Lorelei Ashman (1)

Walk c264 The Grisedale Round from Patterdale - Looking up Grisedale to St Sunday Crag & Fairfield (left), Grisedale Hause, Dollywaggon Pike, High Crag (Helvellyn) & Nethermost Pike from below 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

Photo: Katherine Horrex (13)

Grisedale Beck

Photo: Alan Wainwright (5)

Walkers negotiating Striding Edge

Photo: Katherine Horrex (8)

Striding Edge (Helvellyn)

Photo: Richard Nicholls (38)

Helvellyn Summit Cairn

Photo: David Wright (269)

Grisdale Tarn

Photo: Liz Stanley (2)

John and Tony on top of Helvellyn

Photo: John Gilllatt (1)

Dollywaggon Pike from Nethermost Pike

Photo: William Ringwood (68)

Runaway Ramblers from Bury on top of Steel Fell (Dead Pike) in early May

Photo: David Morecroft (19)

Striding Edge (left) and Helvellyn from the approach to Hole-in-the-Wall

Photo: Katherine Horrex (5)

On the summit of Helvellyn

Photo: Glenn Philpott (2)

A Frozen Red Tarn from Striding Edge in the Snow

Photo: Tony Price (6)

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