List of all walks

Here is a list of all the walks, ordered by difficulty. Where there is a blog post about that walk, there is a clickable link in the title column.

Score	Title	Wainwrights/Munros
10.5	St Sunday to Red Screes	Arnison Crag, Birks, St Sunday Crag, Fairfield, Hart Crag, Hartsop Above How, Dove Crag, Little Hart Crag, High Hartsop Dodd, Red Screes, Middle Dodd
9.0	We never meant to go to Helvellyn	Clough Head, Great Dodd, Watson's Dodd, Stybarrow Dodd, Raise, White Side, Helvellyn
8.5	Ben Nevis via CMD Arete	Carn Mor Dearg, Ben Nevis (Beinn Nibheis)
7.9	Coniston Old Man and Friends	Coniston Old Man, Dow Crag, Brim Fell, Grey Friar, Great Carrs, Swirl How, Wetherlam
7.7	Scafell Pike	Scafell Pike, Great End, Allen Crags, Rossett Pike
7.6	Crinkle Crags and all the rest	Pike of Blisco, Cold Pike, Crinkle Crags, Bowfell, Esk Pike
7.6	Walk to Codale Tarn	Great Crag, Eagle Crag, Sergeant's Crag, High Raise (High White Stones), Thunacar Knott, Pavey Ark, Sergeant Man
7.4	First Munros	Sron a' Choire Ghairbh, Meall na Teanga
7.4	Kentmere Horseshoe	Yoke, Ill Bell, Froswick, Thornthwaite Crag, High Street, Mardale Ill Bell, Harter Fell (Mardale), Kentmere Pike, Shipman Knotts
7.3	Blencathra the fun way	Souther Fell, Blencathra, Mungrisdale Common, Bannerdale Crags, Bowscale Fell
7.3	Meagaidh Munros	Carn Liath, Stob Poite Coire Ardair, Creag Meagaidh
7.2	Glaramara and home in the dark	Allen Crags, Glaramara, Rosthwaite Fell
6.9	Fairfield Horseshoe	Nab Scar, Heron Pike, Stone Arthur, Great Rigg, Fairfield, Hart Crag, Dove Crag, High Pike (Scandale), Low Pike
6.8	Yewbarrow, and just one more	Yewbarrow, Red Pike (Wasdale), Scoat Fell, Steeple, Haycock
6.4	Fairfield Horseshoe with kids	Nab Scar, Heron Pike, Great Rigg, Fairfield, Hart Crag, Dove Crag, High Pike (Scandale), Low Pike
6.4	Ullscarf, High Tove & Armboth Fell	Ullscarf, High Tove, Armboth Fell
6.4	Caw Fell and back	Crag Fell, Caw Fell
6.4	Red Pike and the Boggy Valley	Red Pike (Buttermere), Starling Dodd, Great Borne
6.3	Crinkle Crags and Bad Step	Crinkle Crags, Bowfell
6.2	Many Dodds	Great Dodd, Watson's Dodd, Stybarrow Dodd, Hart Side
6.2	Scafell from Eskdale	Slight Side, Scafell
6.2	Four more down the bottom right	Branstree, Tarn Crag (Sleddale), Grey Crag, Selside Pike
6.0	Sodden Fell above Thirlmere	Raven Crag, Bleaberry Fell, High Seat (Lake District), High Tove
6.0	Ullscarf from Stonethwaite	Eagle Crag, Sergeant's Crag, Ullscarf, Great Crag
6.0	Mopping up Langdales	Rossett Pike, Pike of Stickle, Thunacar Knott, Harrison Stickle, Loft Crag
5.9	High Raise via a bog in the rain	Tarn Crag (Easedale), High Raise (High White Stones), Sergeant Man, Blea Rigg, Silver How
5.9	High Stile Ridge	Red Pike (Buttermere), High Stile, High Crag
5.9	Pillar	Pillar
5.9	Walla Crag and up into the bog	Walla Crag, Bleaberry Fell, High Seat (Lake District), High Tove, Armboth Fell
5.8	Dollywaggon Pike	Helvellyn, Nethermost Pike, Dollywaggon Pike, Seat Sandal
5.8	Catsyycam	Sheffield Pike, Catstye Cam, Birkhouse Moor
5.8	Langdales in the Rain	Blea Rigg, Sergeant Man, High Raise (High White Stones), Thunacar Knott, Pavey Ark, Harrison Stickle, Pike of Stickle, Loft Crag
5.8	Coniston Old Man	Coniston Old Man, Brim Fell, Swirl How, Wetherlam
5.7	Skiddaw	Lonscale Fell, Skiddaw Little Man, Skiddaw, Carl Side
5.7	Dale Head	Maiden Moor, High Spy, Dale Head, Hindscarth
5.6	Grace Conquers the Old Man	Coniston Old Man, Brim Fell, Swirl How, Wetherlam
5.6	Coniston Old Man, still no view	Coniston Old Man, Brim Fell, Swirl How, Wetherlam
5.6	Tarn Crag: finding the path	Silver How, Tarn Crag (Easedale), Blea Rigg
5.5	Many hills in the rain	Hallin Fell, Steel Knotts, Wether Hill, Loadpot Hill, Arthur's Pike, Bonscale Pike
5.5	Great Gable and a slippery route down	Seathwaite Fell, Great Gable, Green Gable, Base Brown
5.5	Ben More via A' Chioch	Ben More
5.5	Causey Pike and Sale	Causey Pike, Scar Crags, Sail, Outerside, Barrow
5.4	Robinson in the snow	Ard Crags, Knott Rigg, Robinson
5.4	Rain forecast above 400m, red warning for phones	The Knott, Rampsgill Head, High Raise (High Street), Kidsty Pike, Rest Dodd, Brock Crags
5.3	Crinkle Crags	Crinkle Crags, Bowfell
5.3	All around Whinlatter	Graystones, Broom Fell, Lord's Seat, Barf, Whinlatter
5.2	Scafell Pike via Piers Gill	Lingmell, Scafell Pike
5.2	Grasmore and Rannerdale Knotts	Grasmoor, Crag Hill (Eel Crag), Wandope, Whiteless Pike, Rannerdale Knotts
5.2	The Day Evie didn't get to do Skiddaw	Ullock Pike, Long Side, Carl Side
5.2	Lingmoor and Cathedral Cavern	Lingmoor Fell
5.2	Kirk Fell	Kirk Fell
5.1	Haystacks	Haystacks, Brandreth, Grey Knotts, Fleetwith Pike
5.0	Sadly not around Wastwater	Illgill Head, Whin Rigg
5.0	Lingmell not Scafell	Lingmell
5.0	Snowdon
5.0	Helm Crag to Steel Fell	Helm Crag, Gibson Knott, Calf Crag, Steel Fell
4.9	Carl Side ridge then Dodd Skiddaw	Ullock Pike, Long Side, Carl Side, Dodd Skiddaw
4.9	The Steep Approach to Mellbreak	Mellbreak, Hen Comb
4.9	Place Fell	Beda Fell, Angletarn Pikes, Place Fell
4.8	Brothers Water to Thornthwaite Crag in the mist	Hartsop Dodd, Caudale Moor, Thornthwaite Crag, Gray Crag
4.7	Heading up high in the wind	Bakestall, Great Calva
4.7	Around Wast Water	Illgill Head, Whin Rigg
4.7	Knott	Longlands Fell, Brae Fell, Great Sca Fell, Knott, Meal Fell, Great Cockup
4.7	Hart Side	Hart Side
4.6	Steel Fell from Grasmere	Helm Crag, Gibson Knott, Calf Crag, Steel Fell
4.5	Grisedale Pike	Whiteside, Hopegill Head, Grisedale Pike
4.5	First time up Coniston Old Man	Coniston Old Man
4.4	Our first Ennerdale fells	Grike, Crag Fell, Lank Rigg
4.3	Grace is too ill for the Old Man	Coniston Old Man
4.3	Back up into the snow	Gavel Fell, Blake Fell, Burnbank Fell
4.1	Lingmoor Fell in Bank Holiday drizzle	Lingmoor Fell
4.0	The Nab	Rest Dodd, The Nab
4.0	Castle Crag and the slight detour	Castle Crag, Grange Fell
4.0	Loughrigg from Elterwater	Loughrigg Fell
3.9	Walk back from Codale Tarn
3.7	Seatallan	Middle Fell, Seatallan, Buckbarrow
3.7	Half a Dale Head round	Maiden Moor, High Spy
3.7	Sale Fell & Ling Fell in the wind	Sale Fell, Ling Fell
3.6	Great and Little Mell	Great Mell Fell, Little Mell Fell
3.6	We never got to Helvellyn	Birkhouse Moor
3.5	Blea Rigg, then Dark Descent	Blea Rigg
3.5	Whinlatter Forest	Lord's Seat, Barf
3.3	The bleak fells at the back of beyond	Carrock Fell, High Pike (Caldbeck)
3.3	Rannerdale Knotts and the pub	Rannerdale Knotts
3.3	Loughrigg from Ambleside	Loughrigg Fell
3.3	Harter Fell from Hardknott Castle	Harter Fell (Eskdale)
3.2	Three peaks out the back garden
3.2	Irton Pike
3.1	Around the back of Pavey Ark	Pavey Ark, Harrison Stickle, Pike of Stickle
3.1	Helm Crag	Helm Crag
3.1	Gowbarrow Fell	Gowbarrow Fell
3.0	High Rigg	High Rigg
3.0	Yewbarrow	Yewbarrow
3.0	Cathedral Cave
3.0	Troutbeck Tongue	Troutbeck Tongue
3.0	Fellbarrow on New Year's Day	Low Fell, Fellbarrow
2.9	Wansfell, Baystones	Baystones
2.9	Circumnavigation of Elter Water
2.9	Arg Crags and Knott Rigg	Ard Crags, Knott Rigg
2.8	Sour Howes and Sallows	Sour Howes, Sallows
2.7	Driving, rain and hobbling	Cold Pike, Pike of Blisco
2.6	Around Buttermere
2.4	Ling Fell and Sale Fell	Sale Fell, Ling Fell
2.4	Rosthwaite Fell in the rain	Rosthwaite Fell
2.2	Black Fell	Black Fell
2.1	Green Crag	Green Crag
2.1	Catbells and Castlerigg	Cat Bells
2.1	First ascent up Catbells	Catbells
2.0	Latterbarrow from Hawkshead
1.9	Sunset over Windermere
1.8	Catbells in the rain	Catbells
1.8	Wansfell in the Wind
1.7	Blea Tarn and Squeeze Rock	Lingmoor Fell
1.5	Holme Fell	Holme Fell
1.4	Glenridding Dodd	Glenridding Dodd
0.9	Poppy's first Wainwright	Binsey
0.9	Hard Knott in the snow	Hard Knott
0.8	Aira Force
0.6	Latrigg for lunch	Latrigg
0.6	Tarn Howes

Scafell Pike via Piers Gill

We had Scafell Pike on our sights for the week, I'd planned a couple of routes, but the evening before had done a little more research and found the route via Piers Gill, so we planned to go up this way, and back down the tourist path.  It's a little longer route up, but I'd definitely recommend this way when the weather is fine - we avoided virtually everyone until getting to the final 250m up Scafell Pike.

Difficulty: 5
Walkers: Tim, Caroline, Isabelle (16), Grace (14), Evie (11), Poppy (8)
10:41, 0.0km 0h00 0m, Start (76)
13:52, 6.0km 3h10 769m, Lingmell (807, Hewitt, Wainwright)
14:49, 7.7km 4h07 1014m, Scafell Pike (978, Wainwright, Hewitt)
17:46, 13.3km 7h04 1027m, End (82)

We parked at Wasdale Head, hoping to be back in time for a pint at the pub before heading back home (and a dinner booked at the Bridge Inn).

Beautiful sunshine and a little less hazy than the day before.

There was one person ahead of us taking the same path, but he quickly disappeared from view leaving the whole fell to us.  We found the crossing point with the arrow marked on the stone to indicate the path.

Leading up to Piers Gill.

This was the start of Piers Gill (or the end, if you're water) a very impressive crevasse.  We'd seen the warnings not to attempt to walk up the stream bed, so stuck to the path on the left hand side.

After the short stretch of scrambling up a rock face we stopped for lunch.

Isabelle and Poppy sticking to the path.

Now at the top of Piers Gill, we join the Corridor Route to the top, so started to meet some other walkers.

However we turned right to fit in Lingmell - we'd been up before but in foul weather, so it was great to revisit it with this view to Scafell Pike.  Remembering how hard the navigation was around here in the bad weather and just how trivial it was now was a great reminder.

From Lingmell, looking back down Piers Gill.

Now in fairness I think Isabelle is standing on a higher rock than Caroline in this picture...

And so we crossed over and headed up the main path to Scafell Pike.  After stopping to try in vain to help a man look for his missing dog (which we'd seen but had disappeared) we made it to the top for a very rare full family photo.

Heading back down the path for the easiest descent, the viewed opened out to Wastwater.

And turning right to head to Wasdale Head, we succeeded in making it back down in time for a pint before the drive home.

Pillar

Jo and Dave sat out this walk, so we took Lilly around with us.  After clearing up extra Wainwrights a couple of days earlier, we had two peaks left in this area - Pillar and Black Crag.  I had thoughts of heading up the steep path between them, but after the previous day was in no mind to take risks, so we headed up the longer route to Black Sail Pass and then along the ridge.  I had hoped to get up Kirk Fell or Great Gable in the sunshine, but sadly that wasn't to be.

Difficulty: 6
Walkers: Tim, Caroline, Isabelle (16), Grace (14), Evie (11), Poppy (8)
10:41, 0.0km 0h00 0m, Start (77)
14:34, 7.8km 3h53 916m, Black Crag (828, Hewitt)
15:16, 8.8km 4h34 1050m, Pillar (892, Wainwright, Hewitt)
18:04, 15.6km 7h23 1117m, End (77)

We parked at Wasdale Head car park, leaving our NT membership card visible in the windscreen, but it wasn't clear this was needed.

Isabelle posing by the bridge - the path was on this side of the stream, but it makes a good picture.  In the distance you can see Black Crag at the left and Pillar in the middle of the far ridge.

On the route up to Pillar, looking back at the Black Sail Pass and Kirk Fell beyond.

Quite a spectacular spot for lunch.  The view was very hazy looking towards the lake and Scafell.

Pillar from the side isn't quite as gentle as you might think.

Top of Pillar, more awesome views.

At this point I wanted to get to Black Crag - it's a Hewitt rather than a Wainwright, but as it's marked on my map I'd like to tick it off.  It meant going down from Pillar, past the top of the screen path that we avoided taking, and then back up to Black Crag. 

Isabelle at Black Crag, looking over towards Ennerdale.

From Black Crag, looking towards Yewbarrow and Wastwater.

Panorama shot from the ridge, Kirk Fell on the left and Yewbarrow on the right going up to Red Pike just out of shot on the far right.  Scafell and Scafell Pike in the middle.

On getting back down to Black Sail Pass, we saw some a bunch of cyclists with very different levels of enthusiasm (one offered to sell us their bike, one was encouraging the others with some great flowery language).  Caroline was determined to do Kirk Fell as well, so had headed up the path, but the children stopped by this cairn and refused to go further.  

We had a delightful standoff for about 20min, before we eventually headed back down the path.

Finally at the valley floor again.  A pity not to do more peaks, although with Scafell Pike on the cards for tomorrow it was perhaps better to conserve a little more energy.

Sadly not around Wastwater

We were determined to have a shorter easier walk, and with a little rain forecast we decided to stay a little lower.  I'd planned this walk, but clearly should have spent more time looking at the map...

Difficulty: 5
Walkers: Tim, Caroline, Isabelle (16), Grace (14), Evie (11), Poppy (8)
11:38, 0.0km 0h00 0m, Start (74)
13:32, 3.6km 1h54 533m, Illgill Head (609, Wainwright)
14:22, 6.1km 2h43 589m, Whin Rigg (535, Wainwright)
19:24, 15.2km 7h45 797m, End (74)

We parked at the large National Trust car park at the top of Wasdale, but instead of heading the well trod path to Scafell Pike, we turned right and up the ridge to Illgill Head.

Looking back towards the head of Wasdale and Scafell.

Poppy at Illgill Head. It's one of the ones where you really can't guess which set of rocks are the official Wainwright without a really good memory or a gps unit.

Walking across to Whin Rigg.  Evie was clearly inspired by Grace's exercise class earlier, and with the ideal sprung surface had taken her boots off and was doing a gymnastics master class.  We had somersaults, cartwheels, running forward rolls, and all sorts.  

Evie at Whin Rigg.

We headed down the hillside, as the light rain came and went.

And finally Grace got a chance to get her boots soaking wet by wading out.  It was quite amazing that she'd lasted this long with the inside of her boots dry.

And so the flaw in my route was exposed.  A very long stretch of slippery wet rocks approached, and whilst Evie and Grace were absolutely fine, and Poppy just persevered, Caroline and Jo struggled a little.  

Isabelle gets an honourable mention for helping them out, whilst the rest of us waited for them to catch up.  As we waited Evie, high from fruit pastilles, treated us to a singing & dancing demonstration - making up lyrics & dance moves to match (when she could keep a straight face).

Finally the view opposite Bowerdale, after a long time.  Around this point we noticed that Grace was nowhere to be seen, we thought she was ahead but wasn't visible and couldn't hear us shouting.  I couldn't quite believe that she'd gone so far in front, and was mentally rehearsing how much daylight we had left to go back and check for an incapacitated daughter.  However, after another trip ahead of the rest of the group I found her sitting quite calmly on a rock.

So there are warning signs at either end of this path - we'd blithely ignored them and learnt our lesson.  Taking the extra could of km to walk fully around the lake would have meant a lot of road walking but would have been far faster...

Yewbarrow, and just one more

We'd walked the Yewbarrow ridge before, staying at Bowderdale three years earlier, but I hoped that we could fit in Red Pike as well this year.

Difficulty: 7

Walkers: Tim, Caroline, Isabelle (16)

11:08, 0.0km 0h00 0m, Start (68)

13:19, 2.5km 2h10 614m, Yewbarrow (627, Wainwright, Hewitt)

13:46, 3.4km 2h37 647m, Yewbarrow North Top (Stirrup Crag) (616, Hewitt)

15:26, 6.6km 4h17 1116m, Red Pike (Wasdale) (826, Wainwright, Hewitt)

15:52, 7.7km 4h44 1199m, Scoat Fell (841, Wainwright, Hewitt)

16:07, 8.3km 4h58 1201m, Steeple (819, Wainwright)

16:40, 10.1km 5h31 1349m, Haycock (797, Wainwright, Hewitt)

18:35, 16.9km 7h26 1359m, End (68)

We parked at the car park just after the bridge on the left, right at the bottom of the Yewbarrow ridge path.

It's one of those paths, where you have no idea how it gets up the rocky part at the top, but you mainly focus on continuing to make progress up the steep section and ignore what the future has in store.

Nearing the top, for a view across Wastwater.

Looking down at Isabelle, and across to Middle Fell.

Evie at the top of Yewbarrow.

Poppy at the top of Yewbarrow North, a little like Cambridge North - it's there, and some people swear by it, but most people can pretty much ignore it's existence.

Heading down the steep section to Dore Head, the saddle point between Yewbarrow and Red Pike opposite.  Once we'd got everyone down this, we decided to split the party, with Jo taking the four smallest children back leaving myself, Caroline, Isabelle & Dave to make our way up to Red Pike to compete the planned walk.

We made it to Red Pike!  Surprisingly quickly given the lack of small children to encourage...

Caroline at Red Pike, the cliffs down the side are quite impressive from here.  At this point, given we were quite close to Scoat Fell, we decided to just do one more Wainwright.

Yes!  We managed to get to Scoat Fell without much difficulty.  This photos looks east towards Black Crag & Pillar.

Now at this point, I spotted the fairly accurately named Steeple, and we all decided that it didn't look too far away, so we really should to another Wainwright.

Panorama from Steeple, sweeping from Ennerdale at the left to the ridge with Pillar, Black Crag and Scoat Fell on the right.

From Steeple, looking back the way we'd come.  At this point we could make a circular walk of it, if we just headed a little more to the west.

Fortunately that path brought us 500m from Haycock, so we spent the extra 25min or so on a little diversion to our final Wainwright of the day.  Here looking towards Ennerdale.

So finally we headed down the path back towards Wastwater, turning directly into the very strong wind for the first section - my eyes were streaming so much I could barely see where to put my feet.

And finally we got to see Yewbarrow again, lit up in the late afternoon sunshine.