Walk Route Map c269 The Grisedale Horseshoe from Patterdale

Walk c269 The Grisedale Horseshoe from Patterdale

Lakeland's most climbed mountain - not for the faint hearted

Vital Statistics:

Length:	11½mls (18.5km)
Ascent:	4,582ft (1,396m)
Time:	8¾hrs
Grade:

Map with easy-to-follow route details for walk c269 The Grisedale Horseshoe from Patterdale pdf

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

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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 . . .

Helvellyn Summit

Photo: Ian McCutcheon (12)

Climbing Birkhouse Moor above Mires Beck

Photo: Lorelei Ashman (1)

On Striding Edge

Photo: Dean Richardson (1)

On Nethermost Pike

Photo: Kurt Elliott (3)

Grisedale Beck with St Sunday Crag beyond

Photo: Alan Wainwright (7)

Walk c269 The Grisedale Horseshoe from Patterdale - Mike, Tim and Shaun at the summit trig point on a very wet Helvellyn - I swear there were seals on the summit!

Mike, Tim and Shaun at the summit trig point on a very wet Helvellyn - I swear there were seals on the summit!

Photo: Mike Hall (2)

Me at the summit trig point on Helvellyn

Photo: Peter Pearson (2)

On Striding Edge

Photo: Wayne Hill (82)

On Striding Edge on the way to Helvellyn

Photo: Alan Wainwright (20)

Walk c269 The Grisedale Horseshoe from Patterdale - Helvellyn, Swirral Edge and Red Tarn taken from Hole-in-the-Wall at the beginning of Striding Edge

Helvellyn, Swirral Edge and Red Tarn taken from Hole-in-the-Wall at the beginning of Striding Edge

Photo: Stella Whittaker (13)

Grisedale Tarn with St Sunday Crag (centre left) and Fairfield (right)

Photo: Tony Higgs (22)

On Dollywaggon Pike summit

Photo: Alan Wainwright (47)

Helvellyn summit

Photo: Paul Coulter (10)

Red Tarn (Helvellyn) with Catstye Cam beyond from Striding Edge

Photo: Stella Whittaker (16)

Striding Edge (Helvellyn)

Photo: John Friskney (1)

On Striding Edge (Helvellyn)

Photo: Iain Macdonald (1)

*Striding Edge and Helvellyn from Nethermost Pike

Photo: Ian McCutcheon (16)

En-route to Rossett Pike from Great Langdale

Photo: Terry Clarke (1)

Grisedale Tarn in the snow with St Sunday Crag (centre left) and Fairfield (right)

Photo: John Andelin (1)

Me on Helvellyn Summit

Photo: Jonathan Ashforth (2)

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