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Lake District: High Level and Fell Walks Vivienne Crow

Lake District: High Level and Fell Walks By Vivienne Crow

Lake District: High Level and Fell Walks by Vivienne Crow


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From classic horseshoes to well-trodden routes onto some of the quieter summits, this guidebook covers 30 all the best high-level fell walks to be had in England's beautiful and much-loved Lake District National Park. including Scafell Pike, Helvellyn, Skiddaw, and the Fairfield Horseshoe.

Lake District: High Level and Fell Walks Summary

Lake District: High Level and Fell Walks: Walking in the Lake District - the highest mountains in England by Vivienne Crow

A guidebook to 30 high level day walks in the Lake District, exploring some of the best mountains, ridgewalks, fells and summits within the national park. Mostly circular except for a few linear routes that make use of public transport links, the walks are graded according to difficulty, ensuring there is something for all levels of fitness and experience.

The walks range from 7 to 24km (415 miles) in length and can be completed in between 3 and 9 hours. They are arranged geographically into 6 areas: Keswick, Borrowdale and Buttermere, the Western Valleys, Coniston and Langdale, Ambleside and Windermere, and Ullswater.

  • 1:50,000 OS maps for each walk
  • GPX files available to download
  • Detailed information on terrain, refreshments and public transport for each walk
  • Information given on local history and archaeology
  • Highlights include Scafell Pike, Scafell, Helvellyn, Skiddaw, Newlands Round and the Fairfield Horseshoe

About Vivienne Crow

Londoner by birth, but Cumbrian by choice, Vivienne Crow is an award-winning writer and photographer. Based near the Lake District, she has written more than a dozen guides to the national park and writes popular walking columns that appear in several north Cumbrian newspapers.

Table of Contents

Introduction The high fells Geology Wildlife and habitats History Weather Where to stay Getting around Waymarking and access Maps Clothing, equipment and safety Using this guide The Walks Walk 1 Skiddaw via Ullock Pike Walk 2 Blencathra and its neighbours Walk 3 Coledale Horseshoe Walk 4 Newlands Round Walk 5 Causey Pike, Knott Rigg and Robinson Walk 6 Helvellyn range, end to end Walk 7 Scafell Pike Walk 8 Glaramara and Allen Crags Walk 9 Great Gable (from Honister) Walk 10 Hay Stacks Walk 11 Grasmoor and Gasgale Crags Walk 12 The High Stile ridge Walk 13 Great Gable (from Wasdale Head) Walk 14 Pillar and Red Pike Walk 15 Scafell Walk 16 The Coniston Fells Walk 17 The Langdale Pikes Walk 18 Pike o' Blisco and Crinkle Crags Walk 19 Bow Fell and the Mickleden Round Walk 20 Fairfield Horseshoe Walk 21 Helm Crag and Blea Rigg Walk 22 Kentmere Round Walk 23 Helvellyn via the edges Walk 24 Deepdale Round Walk 25 Caiston Glen Round Walk 26 Hartsop Dodd and Gray Crag Walk 27 High Street and Harter Fell Walk 28 A Martindale Round Walk 29 Place Fell and Beda Fell Walk 30 Matterdale and the Dodds Appendices Appendix A Route summary table Appendix B 96 800x600 Normal 0 false false false EN-GB JA X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Calibri;} Useful contacts

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NGR9781786312266
9781786312266
1786312263
Lake District: High Level and Fell Walks: Walking in the Lake District - the highest mountains in England by Vivienne Crow
New
Paperback
Cicerone Press
2024-02-16
208
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