Publisher Description

Ready for adventure in the Lake District Fells? Cicerone's Walking the Lake District Fells guides are your ultimate fell-by-fell companions. A series of eight guidebooks, one for each of the main valley bases, cover ALL the routes up ALL the fells in each area – that's 230 fells in total. This guidebook covers 36 Lakeland summits accessible from the Kentmere, Haweswater and Ullswater valleys. Highlights include High Street, Place Fell and the Kentmere horseshoe, further east lie less well-known summits that offer solitude and magnificent views. Suggestions for longer ridge routes are also given. Those with some previous hiking experience will find all the info needed to climb the fells with confidence, plus a fresh perspective on both classic and lesser-known fells. Keen summit-baggers can use our tick lists to tick off the fells as they go. What sets these guidebooks apart from the rest?

• Complete coverage – every route covered, not just the main one.
• Devise your own routes – a variety of ascents, descents, and ridge routes, so you can choose to climb one fell or combine routes to craft your own adventure.
• Up-to-date route information – complete route description and HARVEY mapping for each fell.
• Hand-drawn toposand panoramas – easily see the routes up each fell and views from the top.
• Fell-friendly routes – designed to minimise environmental impact.

Author Biography

In 1980 Mark Richards began his three-part guide to the Peak District for Cicerone Press. He later moved to Cumbria and, after 14 years' dedicated research, completed his series of Lakeland Fellranger guides covering the entire region. He has also written a guide to Hadrian's Wall Path.

Table of Contents

Map keysArea covered by this guideAuthor prefaceStarting pointsIntroductionValley basesFix the FellsUsing this guideSafety and accessAdditional online resourcesFells1 Angletarn Pikes2 Arthur's Pike3 Beda Fell4 Bonscale Pike5 Branstree6 Brock Crags7 Caudale Moor8 Froswick9 Gray Crag10 Grayrigg Forest11 Grey Crag12 Hallin Fell13 Harter Fell14 Hartsop Dodd15 High Raise16 High Street17 Ill Bell18 Kentmere Pike19 Kidsty Pike20 Loadpot Hill21 Mardale Ill Bell22 Place Fell23 Rampsgill Head24 Rest Dodd25 Sallows26 Selside Pike27 Shipman Knotts28 Steel Knotts29 Tarn Crag30 Thornthwaite Crag31 Troutbeck Tongue32 Wansfell33 Wether Hill34 Whinfell Beacon35 Winterscleugh36 YokeRidge routes1 The Kentmere Horseshoe2 The Martindale Round3 The Blea Water Circuit4 The Borrowdale RoundMore to exploreUseful contactsA fellranger's glossaryThe Lake District fells

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