Description
An area featuring many of Lakeland’s classic fells.
Patterdale and its neighbouring valleys offer access to prominent fells and renowned ridges, with Helvellyn and Fairfield serving as natural focal points. This guide also covers other peaks and connections within the area, providing a foundation for a varied fell walking holiday. It allows you to choose between well-known destinations and new alternatives, rather than adhering to the same standard route on every visit.
Thirty-five peaks with alternative ascents.
The guide is organised fell by fell, detailing ascents, descents, and connections between them. This enables you to assemble routes that suit your starting point, experience level, and available time. The areas around Ullswater, Thirlmere, and Grasmere offer diverse approaches, and the book assists you in understanding how these can be utilised when planning a day’s walk.
HARVEY maps and hand-drawn illustrations.
Maps and sketches support the detailed descriptions, making it easier to visualise the fells’ contours and choose lines of ascent. This book is part of Mark Richards’ Lake District series, offering concentrated coverage of this specific area. It is suitable both as a planning tool before your trip and for exploring further options once you are familiar with some of the more frequented routes.
Adapt your route choice to terrain and conditions.
Well-known ridges such as Striding Edge demand different considerations than standard paths, and wind or wet ground can alter the challenge. Longer routes also require adequate fitness and daylight. This guide is suitable for fell walkers who can actively use descriptions and maps to select routes based on their skills and current weather, rather than solely on the familiarity of a name or destination.
A long tradition of hiking guides.
Cicerone has published guidebooks since 1969. The publisher emerged from a community of climbers and mountaineers who wished to share their thorough knowledge of routes – a tradition that continues to characterise the publisher’s books on walking, trekking, and other outdoor experiences.
About this edition.
Author: Mark Richards. English language. 280 pages. Second edition, published in 2020. ISBN 9781786310347.
