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.  

Map keys
Area covered by this guide
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    The Fairfield Horseshoe
2    The Helvellyn Ridge
3    The Dodds (through-route)
4    The Deepdale Round

More to explore
Useful contacts
A fellranger's glossary
The Lake District fells

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

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