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View from Helvellyn across the Thirlmere Lake Towa...

Description 

Some of the earliest climbing done in England was done here in the Lake District. The scenery around ‘The Lakes’ attracts many tourists from all over which make the roads a very busy in the summer. Once you park up and head to the crag you’ll be able to enjoy the scenery with fellow climbers and hikers. There are many fine cliffs in The Lakes, with many of them offering high quality multi pitch routes.


Getting There 

Head North on the M6 towards Kendal. Turn left at Kendal and follow the traffic into the Lake District National Park.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for The Lake District:
Mega Boulder V10- in nails   V10-     Trad, Boulder, 8 feet, Grade V   Wasdale : ScawFell
Catbells ...Hike   3rd V-easy WI1 C0 Easy Snow PG13     Trad, Sport, Aid, Boulder, Ice, Snow, 1 pitch, 2500 feet, Grade II   Shepards Crag.. The Borrowd...
Little Chamonix   5.4     Trad, 4 pitches, 210 feet   Shepards Crag.. The Borrowd...
Troutdale Pinnacle   5.6     Trad, 6 pitches, 350 feet   Black Crag. The Borrowdale ...
Napes Needle   5.6     Trad, 2 pitches, 6 feet   Wasdale : The Napes ,Great Gable
Slip Knot.   5.7     Trad, 2 pitches, 150 feet   Great Langdale : White Ghyll Crag
Ardus    5.7     Trad, 3 pitches, 140 feet   Shepards Crag.. The Borrowd...
Eve   5.7+     Trad, 4 pitches, 165 feet   Shepards Crag.. The Borrowd...
Kern Knotts Crack   5.8     Trad, 2 pitches, 140 feet   Wasdale : Great Gable
Haste Not.    5.8     Trad, 3 pitches, 190 feet   Great Langdale : White Ghyll Crag
Just Another Expedition.    5.8+     Trad, 1640 feet, Grade III   Shepards Crag.. The Borrowd...
Illusion    5.8+     Trad, 3 pitches, 140 feet   Falcon Crags.Borrowdale
Troutdale Pinnacle Superdirect.   5.8+     Trad, 5 pitches, 320 feet   Black Crag. The Borrowdale ...
Central Buttress.   5.9     Trad, 6 pitches, 405 feet   Wasdale : ScawFell
Raindrop   5.9     Trad, 4 pitches, 300 feet   Black Crag. The Borrowdale ...
The Blugeon   5.9+     Trad, 2 pitches, 180 feet   Shepards Crag.. The Borrowd...
Kipling Groove   5.9+     Trad, 2 pitches, 135 feet   Great Langdale : Gimmer Crag
Route 1   5.10c/d     Trad, 3 pitches, 200 feet   Falcon Crags.Borrowdale
Post Mortem   5.10d     Trad, 2 pitches, 140 feet   Eagle Crag, Borrowdale
Footless Crow   5.12b     Trad, 2 pitches, 185 feet   Goat Crag. Northern
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Featured Route For The Lake District
P.Ross on pitch 3 .Repeating the climb in the early 1990's.

Rigor Mortis 5.10b  International : United Kingdom : ... : Castle Rock of Triermain
A bold second pitch and the third pitch is very exposed. Some aid was used on P2 on the first ascent, as the climb was done from the ground up on sight the upper groove of this pitch was completely moss covered . A few years later as the pitch was now clean Martin Boyson free climbed this pitch in mistake for another climb.Start at a shallow corner just right of the perched flake of Thirlmere Eliminate.P1).Climb the wall up to a small overhang ,then follow the crack to the long ledge.50' 5.8.P2...[more]   Browse More Classics in International


Photos of The Lake District Slideshow Add Photo
The Fells of the Lake District

The Fells of the Lake District

Helvellyn seen from the North.

Helvellyn seen from the North.

Cautley Spout fully formed. Alasdair Donn in the foreground. <br /> <br />North of Sedbugh

Cautley Spout fully formed. Alasdair Donn in the f...

Hiking on Blencathra Mt.Looking towards Thirlmere Lake and St John's in the Vale

Hiking on Blencathra Mt.Looking towards Thirlmere ...

Winter hiking near Keswick ,with part of the Helvellyn range in the background

Winter hiking near Keswick ,with part of the Helve...

Looking down Scope Beck towards the Newlands Valley with Skiddaw Mt in the background,Blencathra Mt to the far right

Looking down Scope Beck towards the Newlands Valle...

Looking over a field of Bluebells to Buttermere Lake in the Buttermere Valley about 8 miles from the town of Keswick

Looking over a field of Bluebells to Buttermere La...

Hiking on High Rigg . Great Dodd in the background .. Photo Pete Armstrong

Hiking on High Rigg . Great Dodd in the background...

Christmas Day 2009 . Hiking on Latrigg above Keswick .Photo Pete Armstrong

Christmas Day 2009 . Hiking on Latrigg above Keswi...

Christmas Day 2009. View from Latrigg to Blencatra. Photo Pete Armstrong

Christmas Day 2009. View from Latrigg to Blencatra...

Looking down Borrowdale from Great End. Photo Ron Kenyon

BETA PHOTO: Looking down Borrowdale from Great End. Photo Ron ...

Derwentwater lake Borrowdale. photo Ron Kenyon

Derwentwater lake Borrowdale. photo Ron Kenyon

Boxing day 2009 on Blencathra . Photo John Porter

Boxing day 2009 on Blencathra . Photo John Porter

Another view from Helvellyn towards the Ullswater valley and lake. Photo Ron Kenyon

Another view from Helvellyn towards the Ullswater ...

More Winter 2009/10. Hiking down to the small village of Watendlath,about 4 miles from Keswick. Photo Pete Armstrong

More Winter 2009/10. Hiking down to the small vill...

A rare view of a frozen Derwentwater taken from Walla Crag Jan /10. Photo Pete Armstrong

A rare view of a frozen Derwentwater taken from Wa...

Blencathra Jan 2010.Photo John Porter

Blencathra Jan 2010.Photo John Porter

Summit of Causey Pike Jan.2010. Photo John Porter

Summit of Causey Pike Jan.2010. Photo John Porter

Cumbria's top sausage maker ,who found fame and fortune in the United States.Here seen relaxing in the Langstrath Valley.

Cumbria's top sausage maker ,who found fame and fo...

Northern Lake District

Northern Lake District

Hiking on Blencathra.

Hiking on Blencathra.

Grasmere Lake .With the pass of Dunmail Raise in the distance.

Grasmere Lake .With the pass of Dunmail Raise in t...

Derwent Water with Skiddaw and Blencathra mountains in the background

Derwent Water with Skiddaw and Blencathra mountain...

Figures on a Landscape- Lancashire style. <br />Trowbarrow Quarry.  Stuart Butler and Bernard Newman, 1982

Figures on a Landscape- Lancashire style.
Trowbarr...


Winter climbing- Ruthwaite Cove- Helvellyn- winter 1978/79

Winter climbing- Ruthwaite Cove- Helvellyn- winter...

Langdale Valley and the Pikes

Langdale Valley and the Pikes

Thirlmere Lake

Thirlmere Lake

Wythburn Valley

Wythburn Valley

Skiddaw and Bassenthwaite Lake

Skiddaw and Bassenthwaite Lake

Looking down Grains Ghyll To the Borrowdale Valley

Looking down Grains Ghyll To the Borrowdale Valley

Snow December 5th 2010...Wow.. Skiddaw from Latrigg path.Photo.Pete Armstrong

Snow December 5th 2010...Wow.. Skiddaw from Latrig...

On The Summit of Blencathra... Dec 2010... Climate Change ??? Photo Ron Kenyon

On The Summit of Blencathra... Dec 2010... Climate...

Scafell

Scafell

Climbing in Raven Crag (Langdale)

Climbing in Raven Crag (Langdale)

December in the Lake District 2011.Photo. John Porter

December in the Lake District 2011.Photo. John Por...

Derwentwater near Keswick.photo Bowker

Derwentwater near Keswick.photo Bowker

View down Striding Edge to Red Tarn ,Helvellyn. photo Bowker

View down Striding Edge to Red Tarn ,Helvellyn. ph...

Fitz Cottages ,Little Langdale.Winter 2011. photo Jackie Gill

Fitz Cottages ,Little Langdale.Winter 2011. photo ...

Bridge House .In the town of Ambleside,photo Bowker

Bridge House .In the town of Ambleside,photo Bowke...

Bridge near town of Ambleside,English Lake District

Bridge near town of Ambleside,English Lake Distric...

Derwent water ..looking towards the town of Keswick. photo Bowker

Derwent water ..looking towards the town of Keswic...

River Derwent and the Isel Bridge. photo. Bowker

River Derwent and the Isel Bridge. photo. Bowker

Place Fell. Bowker

Place Fell. Bowker

Blencathra Mountain. Bowker

Blencathra Mountain. Bowker

Elterwater village .Bowker

Elterwater village .Bowker

Blencathra Mt at sunset. Photo Kenyon

Blencathra Mt at sunset. Photo Kenyon


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By Euan Cameron
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From: Redlands and Mammoth Lakes
Jun 7, 2011

A classic climb...