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Helvellyn via Striding Edge & St Sunday Crag loop from Glenridding — Lake District National Park

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Helvellyn via Striding Edge & St Sunday Crag loop from Glenridding — Lake District National Park

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Helvellyn via Striding Edge & St Sunday Crag loop from Glenridding — Lake District National Park

03:11

17.5km

1,100m

Running

Hard run. Very good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 6, 2024

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Includes segments that may be dangerous

Parts of this route comprise highly technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience is required.

After 5.25 km for 559 m

After 5.89 km for 17 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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5.21 km

Striding Edge

Highlight • Trail

Striding Edge leads airily up to the summit of Helvellyn from the Glenridding & Ullswater side.
It's a classic and brilliant grade 1 scramble that is a brilliant although serious …

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6.11 km

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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9.67 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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12.2 km

St Sunday Crag

Highlight • Viewpoint

St Sunday Crag is an outlier of the Fairfield Horseshoe. But with sheer cliffs that plunge into Grisedale (home to the thrilling Pinnacle Ridge), summit views that stretch over the …

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17.5 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.81 km

3.77 km

3.62 km

1.20 km

561 m

521 m

448 m

438 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

7.60 km

7.37 km

1.17 km

782 m

435 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (930 m)

Lowest point (160 m)

Weather

Monday 1 June

16°C

11°C

70 %

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Helvellyn via Striding Edge & St Sunday Crag loop from Glenridding — Lake District National Park

Striding Edge

Helvellyn Summit

Grisedale Tarn

St Sunday Crag

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