| Distance: | 13.5 km | |
| Time: | approx 5hrs | |
| Height gained: | 1150m | |
| Map: | Outdoor Leisure OL5 – The English Lakes, North-eastern area | |
| Parking: | In lay-by on A591 (NY 337085) | |
| Refreshments: | “Travellers Rest” near start (NY 336089). Nothing on route. |
View the route in OS Openspace: Grasmere – Helvellyn – Thirlmere
Note: My routes starts from my holiday rental cottage in Easedale. If starting from the point suggested above, the route then is around 12 km.
Route: Mill Bridge – Little Tongue Gill – Hause Riggs – Hause Gap – Grisedale Tarn – Dollywagon Pike – High Crag – Nethermost Pike – Striding Edge (western end) – Helvellyn – Lower Man – Browncove Crags – Helvellyn Gill – Highpark Wood.
Return to the start at Grasmere is by bus (once every 2hrs on a winter Sunday).
