Cicerone’s Walking the Lake District Fells guides are your ultimate fell-by-fell companions to the Lake District fells. 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 25 fells accessible from the Great Langdale Valley, Grasmere and Ambleside. The area offers stunning scenery and fantastic walking, from charming Loughrigg to eye-catching Helm Crag, from the lofty heights of Bowfell to the iconic Langdale Pikes. England's highest mountain, Scafell Pike, is also included in this volume as are a handful of classic ridge routes for longer fell days. 

Ideal both for pre-planning and use on the hill, keen hillwalkers will find all the info needed to climb the fells with confidence, plus a fresh perspective on both classic and lesser-known fells. If you’re a summit-bagger you can use our tick lists to check off the fells as you climb them. 

 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.  

Author preface
Area covered by this guide
Key to maps and topos
Starting points

Introduction
Valley bases
Fix the Fells
Using this guide
Safety and access
Additional online resources

Fells
1    Blea Rigg
2    Bowfell
3    Calf Crag
4    Cold Pike
5    Crinkle Crags
6    Esk Pike
7    Gibson Knott
8    Great End
9    Harrison Stickle
10    Helm Crag
11    High Raise
12    Lingmoor Fell
13    Little Stand
14    Loft Crag
15    Loughrigg Fell
16    Pavey Ark
17    Pike o'Blisco
18    Pike o'Stickle
19    Rossett Pike
20    Scafell Pike
21    Sergeant Man
22    Silver How
23    Steel Fell
24    Tarn Crag
25    Thunacar Knott

Ridge routes
1    The Great Langdale Round
2    The Langdale Pikes
3    The Easedale Skyline
4    The Greenburn Horseshoe

More to explore
Useful contacts
A fellranger's glossary
List of 230 Fellranger fells

Seasons

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

Centres

Ambleside, Grasmere, Rydal, Elterwater, Chapel Stile, the Old and New Dungeon Ghyll hotels

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 Bowfell, Crinkle Crags, Great End, Helm Crag, Loughrigg, Scafell Pike and the Langdale Pikes, and an inspiring introduction to lesser-known Lakeland fells such as Blea Rigg and Little Stand

December 2019

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