Catstycam
Height: 890 metres / 2920 feet Grid reference: NY 34811 15823 Category: The Eastern Fells
Hartsop – Brock Crags – Cat Crag – Angletarn Pikes (South) – Angletarn Pikes (North) – Boredale Hause – Dubhow – Hartsop
Start Point: Patterdale (NY 394 160) Patterdale – Hole-in-the Wall – Striding Edge – Helvellyn – Swirral Edge – Catstycam – Birkhouse Moor – Patterdale Distance: 14.2 km Total Ascent: 898 metres Time Taken: 5 hours 10 minutes Start Time: 06:40 Weather: Some cloud, clearing. 4°C After seemingly endless days of gloom and overcast skies over the last week or two,
Well, here we are again! It took some time from the previous post to get a follow up but at last I have managed it.
WARNING: Only cross Striding Edge if you are experienced and confident enough in your own abilities to do so; many people have come to grief crossing Striding Edge. Always use a map. Do not cross in bad weather. Do not cross without being adequately attired and have the correct equipment for the weather conditions and
Height: 657 metres / 2156 feet Grid reference: NY 40564 16955 Category: The Far Eastern Fells
Height: 718 metres / 2356 feet Grid reference: NY 36344 15974 Category: The Eastern Fells Birkhouse Moor is usually climbed on the way to Helvellyn (via Striding Edge or Swirral Edge).
Height: 789 metres / 2589 feet Grid reference: NY 33568 19560 Category: The Eastern Fells
Height: 857 metres / 2812 feet Grid reference: NY 34193 20556 Category: The Eastern Fells
The Eastern Fells include the greatest single concentrated mass of high ground in Lakeland: a tremendous barrier running north and south, high and steep all along its length, rising to above 3000 feet on Helvellyn – the most-often climbed mountain in the Lake District. To the south and east they are separated from the Far