Walking the Wainwrights Eastern Fells, Lake District
With Mark Reid FRGS – author of ‘The Inn Way’ guidebooks & Mountain Leader
Book One – The Eastern Fells
Walk the Wainwrights with Mark Reid on this 6-day walking trip, as we summit all 35 ‘Wainwrights’ in Book One of his Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells (The Eastern Fells).
Based in the Lakeland village of Glenridding, we’ll spend six days completing six fantastic walks in the Eastern Fells of the Lake District.
- Reach all 35 summits (Eastern Fells) on six guided mountain walks with Mark Reid, a highly experienced Mountain Leader
- Experience the camaraderie of ‘Walking the Wainwrights’ with like-minded people
- Make new walking friends and share your sense of achievement on each summit
- Sociable evenings at Glenridding with your fellow walkers
- Small group sizes – maximum 8 people per Mountain Leader
GLENRIDDING, LAKE DISTRICT
This 6-day walking trip will be based from Glenridding, from where we will be able to access the Eastern Fells. Glenridding offers a range of accommodation and facilities including Youth Hostel, hotels, pub, B&Bs and a campsite. There are also shops and cafes. The nearest train stations are Windermere or Penrith, from where there is a bus service to Glenridding. We’ll car share to the various starting points of the walks.
OUTLINE OF THE WALKS
Great Rigg & Greenhead Gill
Meet 1pm at Grasmere
Stone Arthur (504m)
Great Rigg (760m)
Heron Pike (612m)
Nab Scar (450m)
10.5km / 750m ascent / 4 hours
Red Screes & Scandale Round
Meet 9:30am at Ambleside
Red Screes (776m)
Middle Dodd (654m)
Little Hart Crag (637m)
High Hartsop Dodd (519m)
Dove Crag (792m)
High Pike (658m)
Low Pike (508m)
19.5km / 1300m ascent / 8 hours
Gowbarrow Fell & the Mells
Meet 9:30am at Brownrigg, Great Mell Fell
Great Mell Fell (537m)
Gowbarrow Fell (481m)
Little Mell Fell (505m)
15km / 800m ascent / 6 hours
Meet 9:30am at Glenridding
Birkhouse Moor (718m)
Catsye Cam (890m)
Helvellyn (950m)
Nethermost Pike (891m)
Dollywaggon Pike (858m)
Seat Sandal (737m)
19km / 1250m ascent / 8 hours
Meet 8am at Glenridding
White Side (863m)
Raise (883m)
Stybarrow Dodd (843m)
Watson’s Dodd (789m)
Great Dodd (857m)
Clough Head (726m)
Hart Side (756m)
Glenridding Dodd (442m)
Sheffield Pike (675m)
26km / 1530m ascent / 9 – 10 hours
Please note: This trip includes 6 fell and mountain walks over 6 days, with a combined total of 106 km (66 miles) and 6,710 metres of ascent (& descent). All timings and distances are approximate. The precise routes and mountains will be decided each day, given weather conditions and group needs. All walks will include mountainous terrain, steep ground and mountain summits; we may experience adverse weather conditions. Some walks will include scrambles and exposed paths or ridges, as well as the Grade 1 scramble along Swirral Edge; full guidance will be given along these sections. A good level of fitness & stamina will be required.
