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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 11½mls (18.5km) |
| Ascent: | 4,418ft (1,346m) |
| Time: | 8½hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route outline for walk c286:
Glenridding - Glenridding Dodd - Sheffield Pike - Nick Head - Glencoyne Head - Hart Side - Green Side (White Stones) - Stybarrow Dodd - Sticks Pass - Raise (Helvellyn) - White Side - Lower Man (Helvellyn) - Helvellyn - Swirral Edge - Catstye Cam - Red Tarn Beck - Glenridding Beck - Glenridding Youth Hostel - Glenridding
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
 6 English Mountains |
 8 Wainwrights |
 9 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 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 Lower Man (Helvellyn) at 925m (3036ft). Lower Man (Helvellyn) is also known as an English Nuttall (8th highest in England, 21st highest in England & Wales).
You will also reach the summit of Catstye Cam at 890m (2921ft). Catstye Cam is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (12th highest in England, 30th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 10).
Catstye Cam is also known as an English Nuttall (15th highest in England, 35th highest in England & Wales).
Along the way you will also bag:
- Raise (Helvellyn) at 883m (2898ft). Raise (Helvellyn) is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (14th highest in England, 34th highest in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 12) and an English Nuttall (17th highest in England, 39th highest in England & Wales).
- White Side at 863m (2832ft). White Side is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (18th highest in England, 41st highest in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 16) and an English Nuttall (22nd highest in England, 48th highest in England & Wales).
- Stybarrow Dodd at 843m (2767ft). Stybarrow Dodd is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (25th highest in England, 51st highest in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 21) and an English Nuttall (31st highest in England, 59th highest in England & Wales).
- Green Side (White Stones) at 795m (2609ft). Green Side (White Stones) is known as an English Nuttall (53rd highest in England, 100th highest in England & Wales).
- Hart Side at 756m (2481ft). Hart Side is classified as a Wainwright (No. 61) and an English Nuttall (81st highest in England, 139th highest in England & Wales)
- Sheffield Pike at 676m (2218ft). Sheffield Pike is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (117th highest in England, 200th highest in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 99) and an English Nuttall (156th highest in England, 267th highest in England & Wales).
- Glenridding Dodd at 442m (1451ft). Glenridding Dodd is classified as a Wainwright (No. 193)
You can find this walk and other nearby walks on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps:
1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (orange/yellow covers):
1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (pink/magenta covers):
Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c286 The Glenridding Skyline from Glenridding
In no particular order . . .
*The Helvellyn summit ridge, Whiteside, Thirlmere and Watson's Dodd from Raise (Helvellyn) summit
High Dodd (Sleet Fell) and Place Fell across Ullswater from Mossdale Bay near Glenridding
Striding Edge (High Spying How) and Helvellyn above Red Tarn from the col between Swirral Edge and Catstye Cam
Runaway Ramblers from Bury on top of Steel Fell (Dead Pike) in early May
Lesley and the 2 Cocker Spaniels, Millie and Monty, on Helvellyn in November 2011
Dave Munro and Red Tarn from Helvellyn with Striding Edge (High Spying How) beyond
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