Walking the Lake District Fells - Patterdale

Part of the Walking the Lake District Fells series, this guidebook covers a wide range of routes to 35 Lakeland summits that can be climbed from Ambleside, Grasmere and Patterdale and the Thirlmere and Ullswater valleys, with highlights including Helvellyn and Fairfield. Suggestions for longer ridge routes are also included.

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Mark Richards on the Fellranger series and sustainable walking

In our March Cicerone Live event, join Cicerone and Fellranger author Mark Richards to celebrate finishing the new editions and discuss sustainable walking in the Lake District.

Overview

This guide describes ascents of 35 Lake District fells that can be climbed from Patterdale, Ambleside and the Grasmere, Thirlmere and Ullswater valleys. The area is home to some of Lakeland's most celebrated peaks - including the mighty Helvellyn, commanding over the classic arête scrambles of Striding Edge and Swirral Edge - with many summits connected by airy ridges affording great views and highly pleasurable walking.

Unlike other guidebooks which describe a single or limited number of routes to a particular destination, the aim of the Walking the Lake District Fells series is to offer all the options. These are presented as numbered sections which can be combined to create infinite possibilities - from simple ascents to longer ridge routes. You'll find the classics and popular routes alongside less traditional alternatives perfect for the wandering spirit. The series gives you both the freedom to devise your own routes and the information to make informed decisions, thanks to the clear descriptions of the routes, terrain, hazards, interesting features and safe descent paths should the weather close in. Also included are a handful of classic ridge routes for longer fell days.

Mark Richards' inimitable text is complemented by HARVEY mapping and the author's own beautiful sketch topos and panoramas. Perfect for keen hillwalkers and peak-baggers alike and ideal both for pre-planning and use on the hill, Walking the Lake District Fells is the new incarnation of the Fellranger series, which sees the volumes updated and trimmed to a more practical size. These true connoisseurs' guides are sure to inspire you to get out and explore the beautiful fells of Lakeland.

For those collecting fell summits, a 'Fellrangers' hill list register can be found on the Long Distance Walkers Association website.

Table of Contents

Contents
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

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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

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