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Walking the Lake District Fells - Patterdale

Helvellyn, Fairfield and the East

ISBN

9781786310347

Availability

Published

19 Mar 2020

Edition

Second

Pages

280

Size

17.20 x 11.60 x 1.60cm

Weight

330g

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Mark Richards' Walking the Lake District Fells series is a unique collection of eight guidebooks with all the routes to the summits of 230 Lakeland fells. This guide explores 35 summits from the Patterdale area. Ideal for keen hikers, it offers route descriptions, maps and hand-drawn topos to customise adventures.

Seasons

Year-round walking. Winter walks, even on the lower fells, are not for the inexperienced or under-equipped.

Centres

Patterdale, Hartsop, Ambleside, Rydal, Grasmere, Thirlmere, Threlkeld, Dockray, Glenridding

Difficulty

Straightforward ascents on sometimes clear, sometimes faint paths, and occasionally pathless terrain, to be used as a basis for readers' own walks. Navigational skills are needed but no specialist equipment. Any scrambling is easy and non-scrambling alternatives are always provided.

Must See

A fresh perspective on classic summits in the Lakes including Helvellyn, Fairfield, Catstycam, Dollywaggon Pike, St Sunday Crag and Red Screes, and an inspiring introduction to lesser-known Lakeland fells such as Sheffield Pike and Clough Head; superlative ridge walking including the iconic Fairfield Horseshoe

ISBN

9781786310347

Availability

Published

19 Mar 2020

Edition

Second

Pages

280

Size

17.20 x 11.60 x 1.60cm

Weight

330g

Overview

Ready for adventure in the Lake District Fells? Cicerone’s Walking the Lake District Fells guides are your ultimate fell-by-fell companions. A series of eight guidebooks, one for each of the main valley bases, cover ALL the routes up ALL the fells in each area – that’s 230 fells in total.

This guidebook covers 35 Lakeland summits that can be climbed from Patterdale, Ambleside and the Grasmere, Thirlmere and Ullswater valleys. The area is characterised by lofty ridges, with highlights including Helvellyn, Fairfield, St Sunday Crag and Red Screes, plus a handful of classic ridge routes for longer fell days.

Those with some previous hiking experience will find all the info needed to climb the fells with confidence, plus a fresh perspective on both classic and lesser-known fells. Keen summit-baggers can use our tick lists to tick off the fells as they go.

What sets these guidebooks apart from the rest?

Complete coverage – every route covered, not just the main one.
Devise your own routes – a variety of ascents, descents, and ridge routes, so you can choose to climb one fell or combine routes to craft your own adventure.
Up-to-date route information – complete route description and HARVEY mapping for each fell.
Hand-drawn topos and panoramas – easily see the routes up each fell and views from the top.
Fell-friendly routes – designed to minimise environmental impact.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS

Volumes in the series

Map keys

Author preface

Starting points

Introduction

Valley bases

Fix the Fells

Using this guide

Safety and access

Additional online resources

Fells

1 Arnison Crag

2 Birkhouse Moor

3 Birks

4 Catstycam

5 Clough Head

6 Dollywaggon Pike

7 Dove Crag

8 Fairfield

9 Glenridding Dodd

10 Gowbarrow Fell

11 Great Dodd

12 Great Mell Fell

13 Great Rigg

14 Hart Crag

15 Hart Side

16 Hartsop above How

17 Helvellyn

18 Heron Pike

19 High Hartsop Dodd

20 High Pike

21 Little Hart Crag

22 Little Mell Fell

23 Low Pike

24 Middle Dodd

25 Nab Scar

26 Nethermost Pike

27 Raise

28 Red Screes

29 Seat Sandal

30 Sheffield Pike

31 St Sunday Crag

32 Stone Arthur

33 Stybarrow Dodd

34 Watson’s Dodd

35 White Side

Ridge routes

1 Fairfield Horseshoe

2 Helvellyn Skyline

3 Great Dodd Ridgeway

4 Deepdale and Dovedale Round

Appendix A Useful contacts

Appendix B A fellranger’s glossary

Appendix C Alphabetical list of fells in the Fellranger series

Updates

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Reviews

By far the best [guidebook] to this popular part of the Lakes.

I'm very impressed with this guide which is evidently a fully revised update of the original 2008 edition. Much though I always associate the Lakes with the Wainwright guides the reality is they are now out of date and better left to the bookshelf than taken the fells. Covering the area north of Ambleside it includes the whole of the Helvellyn and Fairfield ranges with detailed routes for 35 peaks and additional suggestions for longer skyline walks. I reckon that's fair value and yet it's not too bulky to carry in the backpack.

The layout of the routes is such that longer interconnected walks can easily be made and the descriptions strike a good balance between being concise but so sparse as to become dull. There’s a nod to Wainwright too in the use of topographical drawings, and the Harvey 1:40,000 scale mapping is excellent, though I'd still take a separate map. The inclusion of four ridge walks at the end of the guide is a helpful addition, as are lists of contacts, car parking and faculties – there's even a tick list of the peaks. Overall an excellent addition to my collection of guidebooks and by far the best to this popular part of the Lakes.

Mark C, Amazon

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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