Walking Britain Ennerdale Horseshoe
Introduction to Walk 1082
Nat Park - Lake District - Lake District Western Fells
County/Area - Cumbria
Author - Peter Smyly
Length - 18.0 miles / 29.3 km
Ascent - 7000 feet / 2121 metres
Time - 16 hours 0 minutes
Grade - severe
This is a challenging Lake District walk involving considerable physical effort. The route includes the major peaks circling the upper reaches of Ennerdale and you can expect the route to take fourteen hours or more. The walk includes Red Pike, High Stile, High Crag, Haystacks, Green Gable, Great Gable, Kirk Fell and Pillar. Wainwrights included in this walk are - Great Gable, Green Gable, Haystacks, High Crag, High Stile, Kirk Fell, Pillar, Red Pike (Buttermere). A GPS File is available for download (see walk description). A route profile is also provided.
Maps | |||
| Ordnance Survey Explorer OL4 | Sheet Map | 1:25k | BUY |
| Anquet OS Explorer OL4 | Digital Map | 1:25k | BUY |
| Ordnance Survey Explorer OL6 | Sheet Map | 1:25k | BUY |
| Anquet OS Explorer OL6 | Digital Map | 1:25k | BUY |
| Ordnance Survey Landranger 89 | Sheet Map | 1:50k | BUY |
| Anquet OS Landranger 89 | Digital Map | 1:50k | BUY |
It is recommended you take a map. The preferred scale is 1:25k. | |||
Other walks nearby
1.4 miles / 2.3 km away
Ennerdale Water Circular
Grade - moderate
Length - 7.1 miles / 11.5 km
1.5 miles / 2.4 km away
Ennerdale Skyline incl. Steeple & other fells
Grade - mod/hard
Length - 13.8 miles / 22.3 km
2.5 miles / 4.0 km away
Grike & Crag Fell from Ennerdale Bridge
Grade - easy/mod
Length - 6.6 miles / 10.7 km
3.3 miles / 5.2 km away
Grike and Caw Fell from Kinniside Stone Circle
Grade - mod/hard
Length - 13.5 miles / 21.9 km
3.9 miles / 6.2 km away
Rannerdale Knotts & Grasmoor
Grade - moderate
Length - 8.0 miles / 13 km
4.1 miles / 6.6 km away
A circuit of Buttermere from Buttermere village
Grade - easy
Length - 4.5 miles / 7.3 km
4.1 miles / 6.6 km away
Crag Hill & Grasmoor from Buttermere
Grade - mod/hard
Length - 8.0 miles / 13 km
4.1 miles / 6.6 km away
Fleetwith Pike and Buttermere Circular
Grade - mod/hard
Length - 8.5 miles / 13.8 km
4.2 miles / 6.6 km away
Grasmoor & Whiteless Pike
Grade - moderate
Length - 7.0 miles / 11.4 km
Note : The distances quoted to other walks in the vicinity are measured in a straight line. The distance by road may be further.
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