E2 · Eastern
Helvellyn via Striding Edge & Swirral Edge
17.4 km · 1422 m · OS time 07:12 h · with dogs 7.2 h · Very hard No dogs
This trip: 0/7 · Overall: 0 of 214
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Car park
Glenridding car park (Ullswater Information Centre)
CA11 0PD · NY386169 · 54.54425, -2.95045
Large National Park pay car park. Toilets.
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Sketch only — straight lines between summits. Follow the OS Maps route on the hill.
Fells
Route
Glenridding up Mires Beck to Birkhouse Moor and the Hole-in-the-Wall, along Striding Edge to Helvellyn, down Swirral Edge and out to Catstye Cam, back to Lower Man, north over White Side to Raise and Sticks Pass, east to Sheffield Pike, then out to Glenridding Dodd and back to its col before descending the Greenside path to Glenridding.
Dog hazards
Not a dog day - see Scrambles.
Scrambles
Striding Edge (scramble with an awkward gully down from the last tower) and Swirral Edge (shorter scramble on loose rock). Leave the dogs at home.
Water
Red Tarn and Glenridding Beck. Nothing on the summit ridge.
Livestock
Sheep throughout; Herdwicks on Birkhouse Moor are very used to people but bolt from dogs.
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