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An inspirational guidebook to 50 challenging walks on the high fells of the Lake District. The graded circular routes, between 4 and 14 miles in length, cover classic Lakeland summits like Fairfield, Scafell Pike, Great Gable and Blencathra, to the lesser-known High Spy, King’s How and Brund Fell.
Cicerone says:
This is an inspirational guide to 50 memorable expeditions through the high fells of the Lake District. From the favourite summits of Scafell, Bowfell, Great Gable, the Crinkle Crags, to lesser-known fells, this guide offers only the best walks to explore all that is pure Lakeland.
Some of the 50 walks described in Great Mountain Days in the Lake District are well known classic challenges – such as Scafell Pike and Esk Pike, or the Gable Girdle – while others approach a favourite mountain from a new angle or combine several in a testing way. Each one can be crammed into a single, long day or backpacked over two to spend a little longer in this rugged and addictive landscape.
The circular walks are all graded, making this guidebook equally suitable for less experienced walkers looking for new summits and undiscovered areas of the Lake District, as well as experienced walkers looking for a challenging day out on the fells. The walks are categorised between the grades Energetic, Strenuous and Arduous.
- 50 graded walks throughout the Lake District National Park area
- routes illustrated with Harvey maps and pictorial route diagrams by artist and outdoor writer, Mark Richards
- some routes include mild scrambling or long days in rugged country.
This is one title in the Cicerone Great Mountain Days series, which includes Snowdonia, Scotland and the Pennines.
Our Verdict
For nearly 50 years Cicerone have been producing guidebooks on recognised treks, regions, areas and general tips for hikers.
We have used them countless times and they’ve always provided excellent insight and knowledge that you only get through experience, giving you the edge to make your trip a success and more enjoyable too.
If you’re a gram counter you can easily remove sections of the book to take with you making your own ultra-lightweight guidebook with only the essential sections that you require.
– Reviewed by Ultralight Outdoor Gear
Features
- Seasons: Suitable all-year round, but winter walking is not for the inexperienced or under-equipped
- Centres: Ambleside, Keswick, Patterdale, Seatoller, Boot, Ennerdale, Wasdale Head
- Difficulty: Circular routes, between 4 and 14 miles in length. Navigational skills needed. No special equipment required – only the mildest of scrambling will be encountered
- Must See: From classic summits like Fairfield, Scafell Pike and Blencathra, to the lesser-known High Spy, King’s How and Brund Fell, the walks will deepen your knowledge of the whole Lake District
Specifications
- Edition: First
- Number of pages: 288
- Size: 24.0 x 17.0 x 2.0cm
- Weighs 840g
Introduction Â
About the guide Â
Caring for the fells Â
Fix the Fells Â
Weather to walk? Â
Before you startÂ
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The Routes
1    Lingmoor Fell  Â
2    Pavey Ark and Harrison Stickle  Â
3    Loft Crag and Pike o’Stickle  Â
4    Bowfell and Rossett Pike  Â
5    Pike o’Blisco and Crinkle Crags  Â
6    Wetherlam  Â
7    Dow Crag and Coniston Old Man  Â
8    Dow Crag, Brim Fell, Swirl How and Grey Friar  Â
9    Black Combe  Â
10    Harter Fell (Eskdale) and Hard Knott  Â
11    Scafell Pike and Esk Pike  Â
12    Scafell and Slight Side  Â
13    Illgill Head and Whin Rigg  Â
14    Great End, Scafell Pike and Lingmell  Â
15    Pillar, Scoat Fell, Red Pike and Yewbarrow  Â
16    Kirk Fell and Great Gable  Â
17    Buckbarrow, Seatallan and Middle Fell  Â
18    Crag Fell, Caw Fell and Haycock  Â
19    Steeple, Scoat Fell and Pillar  Â
20    Mellbreak  Â
21    Whiteside, Hopegill Head, Grasmoor, Wandope, Whiteless Pike and Rannerside Knotts  Â
22    High Crag, High Stile and Red Pike  Â
23    Haystacks  Â
24    Fleetwith Pike, Dale Head, Hindscarth and Robinson  Â
25    Green Gable and Great Gable  Â
26    Rosthwaite Fell and Glaramara  Â
27    Eagle Crag, Sergeant’s Crag, High Raise and Ullscarf  Â
28    High Spy, King’s How and Brund Fell  Â
29    Catbells, Maiden Moor, High Spy, Dale Head and Hindscarth  Â
30    Robinson, Knott Rigg and Ard Crags  Â
31    Grisedale Pike, Hopegill Head, Eel Crag, Sail, Outerside and Barrow  Â
32    Ullock Pike, Long Side, Carl Side, Skiddaw Little Man, Skiddaw and Bakestall Â
33    Carrock Fell and High Pike  Â
34    Bowscale Fell, Blencathra and Souther Fell  Â
35    Blencathra  Â
36    Clough Head, Great Dodd, Watson’s Dodd, Stybarrow Dodd and Hart Side  Â
37    Raise, White Side and Helvellyn  Â
38    Helm Crag, Gibson Knott, Calf Crag and Sergeant Man  Â
39    Low Pike, High Pike, Dove Crag, Hart Crag, Fairfield, Great Rigg, Heron Pike and Nab Scar  Â
40    Red Screes, Litte Hart Crag, High Pike and Low Pike  Â
41    Caudale Moor  Â
42    Dove Crag, Hart Crag and Hartsop above How  Â
43    Fairfield and St Sunday Crag  Â
44    Dollywaggon Pike, Nethermost Pike, Helvellyn and Catstycam  Â
45    Birkhouse Moor, Helvellyn, White Side, Raise, Stybarrow Dodd and Sheffield Pike   Â
46    Place Fell  Â
47    Steel Knotts, High Raise, Rampsgill Head, The Knott, Rest Dodd, Angletarn Pikes and Beda Head  Â
48    High Street, Rampsgill Head and Kidsty Pike  Â
49    Yoke, Ill Bell, Froswick, Thornthwaite Crag, High Street and Mardale Ill Bell  Â
50 Â Â Â Shipman Knotts, Kentmere Pike and Harter Fell (Mardale)Â Â Â
Appendix 1:   Concise Walk Reference and Personal Log  Â
Appendix 2:   Index of the Fells  Â
Appendix 3:Â Â Â Further Reading


















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