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Great Mountain Days in the Lake District

50 classic routes exploring the Lakeland Fells

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9781852845162

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27 Mar 2008

Reprinted

24 May 2022

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First

Pages

288

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24.00 x 17.00 x 2.00cm

Weight

840g

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The best days out in the Lake District mountains, including Scafell Pike, Fairfield, Helvellyn, Skiddaw, and Blencathra and other lesser-known but wonderful Lake District mountain walks. Each route offers a Great Mountain Day, a challenging walk exploring the beauty of the Lake District.

Seasons

Suitable all-year round, but you must be experienced and suitably equipped for winter walking in the Lake District.

Centres

Ambleside, Keswick, Patterdale, Seatoller, Boot, Ennerdale, Wasdale Head

Difficulty

Circular routes, between 4 and 14 miles in length and graded for difficulty. No special equipment required but navigational skills needed.

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ISBN

9781852845162

Availability

Published

27 Mar 2008

Reprinted

24 May 2022

Edition

First

Pages

288

Size

24.00 x 17.00 x 2.00cm

Weight

840g

Delivery & Returns

Overview

An inspirational guidebook to the best days out in the Lake District mountains, including Scafell Pike, Fairfield, Helvellyn, Skiddaw, and Blencathra and other lesser-known but wonderful Lake District mountain walks. Each route offers a Great Mountain Day, a challenging walk exploring the beauty of the Lake District.

This larger format book is perfect for choosing the next mountain to summit whether that will be a well-known classic challenge or revisiting a favourite mountain via a new route. Ideal for those new to the Lake District or those who think they know the Lake District well! Centres include Ambleside, Keswick, Patterdale, Seatoller, Boot, Ennerdale, and Wasdale Head.

Each of the 50 great mountain days can be hiked in one day or are suitable for backpacking adventures. The circular walks are between 4 and 14 miles in length and all graded for difficulty, making this guidebook equally suitable for less experienced walkers and those looking for a challenging day out on the fells. All routes are illustrated with Harvey maps and the author's pictorial route diagrams.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Sir Chris Bonington
Preface

Introduction

About the guide
Caring for the fells
Fix the Fells
Weather to walk?
Before you start

The Routes

1 Lingmoor Fell
2 Pavey Ark and Harrison Stickle
3 Loft Crag and Pike o’Stickle
4 Bowfell and Rossett Pike
5 Pike o’Blisco and Crinkle Crags
6 Wetherlam
7 Dow Crag and Coniston Old Man
8 Dow Crag, Brim Fell, Swirl How and Grey Friar
9 Black Combe
10 Harter Fell (Eskdale) and Hard Knott
11 Scafell Pike and Esk Pike
12 Scafell and Slight Side
13 Illgill Head and Whin Rigg
14 Great End, Scafell Pike and Lingmell
15 Pillar, Scoat Fell, Red Pike and Yewbarrow
16 Kirk Fell and Great Gable
17 Buckbarrow, Seatallan and Middle Fell
18 Crag Fell, Caw Fell and Haycock
19 Steeple, Scoat Fell and Pillar
20 Mellbreak
21 Whiteside, Hopegill Head, Grasmoor, Wandope, Whiteless Pike and Rannerside Knotts
22 High Crag, High Stile and Red Pike
23 Haystacks
24 Fleetwith Pike, Dale Head, Hindscarth and Robinson
25 Green Gable and Great Gable
26 Rosthwaite Fell and Glaramara
27 Eagle Crag, Sergeant’s Crag, High Raise and Ullscarf
28 High Spy, King’s How and Brund Fell
29 Catbells, Maiden Moor, High Spy, Dale Head and Hindscarth
30 Robinson, Knott Rigg and Ard Crags
31 Grisedale Pike, Hopegill Head, Eel Crag, Sail, Outerside and Barrow
32 Ullock Pike, Long Side, Carl Side, Skiddaw Little Man, Skiddaw and Bakestall
33 Carrock Fell and High Pike
34 Bowscale Fell, Blencathra and Souther Fell
35 Blencathra
36 Clough Head, Great Dodd, Watson’s Dodd, Stybarrow Dodd and Hart Side
37 Raise, White Side and Helvellyn
38 Helm Crag, Gibson Knott, Calf Crag and Sergeant Man
39 Low Pike, High Pike, Dove Crag, Hart Crag, Fairfield, Great Rigg, Heron Pike and Nab Scar
40 Red Screes, Litte Hart Crag, High Pike and Low Pike
41 Caudale Moor
42 Dove Crag, Hart Crag and Hartsop above How
43 Fairfield and St Sunday Crag
44 Dollywaggon Pike, Nethermost Pike, Helvellyn and Catstycam
45 Birkhouse Moor, Helvellyn, White Side, Raise, Stybarrow Dodd and Sheffield Pike
46 Place Fell
47 Steel Knotts, High Raise, Rampsgill Head, The Knott, Rest Dodd, Angletarn Pikes and Beda Head
48 High Street, Rampsgill Head and Kidsty Pike
49 Yoke, Ill Bell, Froswick, Thornthwaite Crag, High Street and Mardale Ill Bell
50 Shipman Knotts, Kentmere Pike and Harter Fell (Mardale)

Appendix 1: Concise Walk Reference and Personal Log
Appendix 2: Index of the Fells
Appendix 3: Further Reading

Maps

To aid visualisation the routes are depicted both on line diagrams and customised HARVEY maps (1:40,000). The former give an aerial impression of the walks, while the latter pin-point the key detail covered in the route description. The bold symbols of HARVEY maps make them well suited to outdoor use. HARVEY maps owe their origins to the dynamic sport of orienteering, and it shows. Note that key landmarks that feature on the maps and diagrams appear in bold in the text to help you plot the route.

Although the guide contains map extracts and diagrams, you are strongly advised to also take with you the relevant sheet map for the route – not only for safety, but also to help you get to know the wider area in which you are walking.

Six HARVEY Superwalker maps are required for the walks in this guide: Lakeland Central, Lakeland South West, Lakeland South East, Lakeland East, Lakeland West, Lakeland North.

Alternatively, four Ordnance Survey maps are needed: OL4 North-western area, OL5 North-eastern area, OL6 South-western area, OL7 South-eastern area.

Updates

January 2019

Route updates and corrections

Page 4: The correct website address for Jon Allison is www.lakedistrictlandscapes.co.uk

Page 22: IN CASE OF EMERGENCY The web link to the Lake District Search and Mountain Rescue Association (LDSAMRA) has changed to www.ldsamra.org.uk

Page 54: Route 7 - Ascent figure in the info box is wrong for this walk. It should read 742m not 555m.

Page 180: Route 31 - Start point grid reference is incorrect. It should read GR227237 and features in the Route Information box and also below
in column 1, para 1, line 5.

Page 215: Walk 38 - You need both OS Maps OL6 (South-western) and OL7 (South-eastern) to cover this walk.

Route 39 Both Map OL5, North-eastern area, and OL7, South-eastern area, are needed to cover this walk.

By Mark Richards

In 1980 Mark Richards began his three-part guide to the Peak District for Cicerone Press, and in 1987, with Chris Wright, wrote a guide to walking around the former county of Westmorland. He now lives in Cumbria and, after 14 years' dedicated research, has completed his series of Lakeland Fellranger guides covering the entire region. He has also written a guide to Hadrian's Wall.

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