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Threlkeld

Helvellyn Summit – Fairfield Summit loop from Threlkeld

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United Kingdom
England
North West England
Cumbria
Eden
Threlkeld

Helvellyn Summit – Fairfield Summit loop from Threlkeld

Hard

4.0

(1)

315

runners

Helvellyn Summit – Fairfield Summit loop from Threlkeld

06:32

38.3km

2,390m

Running

Hard run. Very good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 16, 2026

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Lake District National Park

Waypoints

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Bus stop

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6.61 km

Great Dodd

Peak

2

7.88 km

Watson's Dodd Summit

Highlight • Natural Monument

I've visited the summit of Watson's Dodd twice, it sits between Great Dodd and Stybarrow Dodd on the long Helvellyn ridge. Its Wainwright status makes it popular with peak baggers …

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3

9.65 km

Sticks Pass

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Sticks Pass is the only major route crossing the Eastern Fells ridge between Grisedale Tarn and Threlkeld. The old route crosses from Legburthwaite by Thirlmere to Glenridding by Ullswater. At …

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4

13.3 km

Helvellyn Summit

Highlight • Summit

Up there with Britain’s best-loved mountains, Helvellyn is home to a horseshoe ridge of legendary quality. First comes Striding Edge, a knife-edge arête with a tantalisingly-good tightrope path edging along …

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14.2 km

Nethermost Pike

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6

17.7 km

Grisedale Tarn

Highlight • Lake

Grisedale Tarn is in an atmospheric setting high in the mountains at the head of three valleys. According to folklore, a battle was fought in 945AD between the Saxon King …

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7

18.5 km

Cofa Pike

Highlight • Climb

Great little scramble-ish route onto Fairfield from St Sunday Crag.

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8

18.9 km

Fairfield Summit

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Centrepiece of its namesake horseshoe, Fairfield is rarely a walker’s sole goal. Instead it is renowned as the highest point of the much-frequented Fairfield Horseshoe, a looped ridge walk bagging …

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9

20.6 km

Seat Sandal Summit

Highlight • Viewpoint

Seat Sandal is a prominent summit between Fairfield and the Thirlmere valley. The cairn on the summit is at 2,414 feet (736 m).

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10

34.1 km

Clough Head summit

Highlight • Viewpoint

The highlight of reaching the summit of Clough Head has to be the outstanding view to Blencathra. It's a real treat! A trig pillar marks the summit.

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38.3 km

End point

Bus stop

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

13.3 km

12.9 km

10.7 km

1.34 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

16.7 km

7.84 km

6.84 km

2.42 km

2.30 km

2.13 km

< 100 m

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Highest point (930 m)

Lowest point (140 m)

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