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Walk                :  Helm Crag (1,299ft) from Grasmere

Date                :  22nd December 2011

Weather          :  Overcast threatening rain

 

Distance         : 3miles round trip

Difficulty         : Easy, nothing too steep with a decent path

 

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Terrain Overview

A love of the Lakes - 3d view of walk

 

Overview

 

A charming walk up to a very quirky summit, literally from the centre of Grasmere.

 

A love of the Lakes - Helm Crag or “The Lion and the Lamb” as it is also known as viewed from Grasmere village centre

 

Helm Crag or “The Lion and the Lamb” as it is also known as viewed from Grasmere village centre

 

A love of the Lakes - From the village centre take the Easdale Road leading out towards Easdale Tarn

 

From the village centre take the Easdale Road leading out towards Easdale Tarn

 

A love of the Lakes - Helm Crag overshadowing the tiny hamlet that you pass through at the bottom end of Easdale Road that leads onto a footpath

 

Helm Crag overshadowing the tiny hamlet that you pass through at the bottom end of Easdale Road

that leads onto a footpath

 

A love of the Lakes - The footpath leads off towards Easdale Tarn – keep on the main drag and cross the bridge over Easdale Beck heading towards the Lancrigg Hotel. The climb
starts from there.

 

The footpath leads off towards Easdale Tarn – keep on the main drag and cross the bridge over Easdale

Beck heading towards the Lancrigg Hotel. The climb starts from there.

 

A love of the Lakes - The permissive path takes you through the front lawns of the hotel where the track at the start of the climb is found

 

The permissive path takes you through the front lawns of the hotel where the track at the start of

the climb is found

 

A love of the Lakes - The start of the path 

 

The start of the path

 

A love of the Lakes - Through the wooded area on to the open fellside

 

Through the wooded area on to the open fellside

 

A love of the Lakes - Watch out for the staircase path on your right that you need to take which leads along the base of Jackdaw Crag

 

Watch out for the staircase path on your right that you need to take which leads along the base

of Jackdaw Crag

 

A love of the Lakes - Slightly higher up the staircase and the gradient eases a little

 

Slightly higher up the staircase and the gradient eases a little

 

A love of the Lakes - At the very top of the staircase the view opens out towards Easdale Tarn

 

At the very top of the staircase the view opens out towards Easdale Tarn

 

A love of the Lakes - On reaching the shoulder prepare top swing right to climb up to the summit approaches

 

On reaching the shoulder prepare top swing right to climb up to the summit approaches

 

A love of the Lakes - A view of Tran Crag through the low cloud from the shoulder

 

A view of Tran Crag through the low cloud from the shoulder

 

A love of the Lakes - Following the path to the summit approach

 

Following the path to the summit approach

 

A love of the Lakes - The final approach to the summit – the path is well cairned

 

The final approach to the summit – the path is well cairned

 

A love of the Lakes - On the summit now and here is the rock formation known as “The Lion and the Lamb”

 

On the summit now and here is the rock formation known as “The Lion and the Lamb”

 

A love of the Lakes - The “Howitzer” the true summit of Helm Crag which AW conceded that he had not managed to scale in the Central Fells guide book

 

The “Howitzer” the true summit of Helm Crag which AW conceded that he had not managed to scale

in the Central Fells guide book

 

A love of the Lakes - Looking towards Gibson Knott from the Howitzer

 

Looking towards Gibson Knott from the Howitzer

 

A love of the Lakes - Looking back south to Grasmere

 

Looking back south to Grasmere

 

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