E3 · Eastern
Deepdale & Grisedale - St Sunday Crag to Nethermost Pike
22.4 km · 1546 m · OS time 08:41 h · with dogs 10-11 h · Very hard Amber
This trip: 0/6 · Overall: 0 of 214
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Car park
Patterdale car park (opposite the Patterdale Hotel)
CA11 0NN · NY395159 · 54.53513, -2.93557
Small paid car park; fills quickly at weekends. Glenridding car park (1.5 km) is the fallback.
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Fells
Route
Patterdale up Arnison Crag, across to Birks and up the ridge to St Sunday Crag. Down to Deepdale Hause and Grisedale Tarn, out-and-back up Seat Sandal, then up the pitched path to Dollywaggon Pike and on to Nethermost Pike. Return to Grisedale Tarn and walk the whole of Grisedale back to Patterdale.
Dog hazards
Arnison Crag's summit is a rocky outcrop - a hands-on clamber to the cairn (dogs can wait at its foot). The descent from St Sunday Crag to Deepdale Hause is steep and loose with a couple of rocky steps and a long fall line - leads and harnesses on. Dollywaggon zig-zags are stone-pitched and hard on paws when wet.
Scrambles
Arnison Crag summit clamber (stop at its base). Rocky steps on the steep loose St Sunday Crag descent.
Water
Grisedale Tarn (midpoint, good drinking for dogs) and Grisedale Beck on the walk out.
Livestock
Sheep everywhere; cattle sometimes in lower Grisedale fields.
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