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
Which
part of Lakeland is this walk situated
Terrain
Overview
Overview
A charming walk up to a very quirky
summit, literally from the centre of Grasmere.
Helm Crag or “The Lion and the
Lamb” as it is also known as viewed from
From the village centre take the Easdale Road leading out towards Easdale
Tarn
Helm Crag overshadowing the tiny
hamlet that you pass through at the bottom end of Easdale
Road
that leads onto a footpath
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 permissive path takes you
through the front lawns of the hotel where the track at the start of
the climb is found
The start of the path
Through the wooded area on to the
open fellside
Watch out for the staircase path on
your right that you need to take which leads along the base
of Jackdaw Crag
Slightly higher up the staircase
and the gradient eases a little
At the very top of the staircase
the view opens out towards Easdale Tarn
On reaching the shoulder prepare
top swing right to climb up to the summit approaches
A view of Tran Crag through the low
cloud from the shoulder
Following the path to the summit
approach
The final approach to the summit –
the path is well cairned
On the summit now and here is the
rock formation known as “The Lion and the Lamb”
The “Howitzer” the true summit of
Helm Crag which AW conceded that he had not managed to scale
in the Central Fells guide book
Looking towards Gibson Knott from
the Howitzer
Looking back south to Grasmere
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