A Walk at Grasmere

Leader: Jenny Mathias

Distance: 9+ miles

Total Ascent/descent:2750ft

Probable Route [click to enlarge]

We will leave the car park and make our way through the village of Grasmere.  This ia your chance to assess the merits of the various watering holes for our return!  Taking the Easedale Road - hoping it doesn’t lull you into a false sense of comfort - for a mile or so before we start the zig zag climb up onto Helm Crag.  This is sometimes referred to as ‘The Lion and the Lamb” because of the rock structures.  On a clear day you can see as far as Morecambe Bay. 

 We will continue along the ridge over Gibson’s Knott, Pike of Carrs to Calf Crag - Part of the ‘Coast to Coast walk’ - before dropping down off the ridge. 

 We will then climb up onto Greenup Edge, the ridge dropping down into Borrowdale.

 

We will then begin our descent into Far Easdale back into Grasmere.

 

This quiet valley, little changed from Wordsworth’s day, a pleasant end to a fairly energetic walk.