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North West England

St John'S Castlerigg And Wythburn

Pool at Helvellyn Gill – Helvellyn Summit loop from St. John's Castlerigg and Wythburn

Mountain hikes & routes

North West England

St John'S Castlerigg And Wythburn

Pool at Helvellyn Gill – Helvellyn Summit loop from St. John's Castlerigg and Wythburn

Hard

4.5

(2)

14

hikers

Pool at Helvellyn Gill – Helvellyn Summit loop from St. John's Castlerigg and Wythburn

03:24

7.57km

710m

Mountaineering

Hard mountaineering route. Good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: April 16, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment that may be dangerous

A part of this route comprises technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience may be required.

After 3.57 km for 16 m

Waypoints

A

Start point

Parking

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1

59 m

Swirls Car Park

Highlight • Parking

This car park does have a pay and display machine so when it is fixed it will not be free

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2

506 m

Pool at Helvellyn Gill

Highlight • River

A great spot to cool off in the heat of summer

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3

3.48 km

View of Red Tarn

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If you get up here on your bike you have certainly earned it - hike a bike all routes up but the easiest is via Keppel Cove. I’d avoid on …

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4

3.70 km

Helvellyn Summit

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Up there with Britain’s best-loved mountains, Helvellyn is home to a horseshoe ridge of legendary quality. First comes Striding Edge, a knife-edge arête with a tantalisingly-good tightrope path edging along …

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5

3.76 km

Helvellyn First Airplane Landing Plaque

Highlight • Summit

The inscription on the stone reads:

'THE FIRST AEROPLANE TO LAND ON A MOUNTAIN IN GREAT BRITAIN DID SO ON THIS SPOT ON DECEMBER 22ND 1926 JOHN LEEMING AND BERT …

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6

3.89 km

Helvellyn and Sticks Pass

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B

7.57 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.10 km

323 m

117 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

6.82 km

604 m

133 m

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Monday 1 June

17°C

11°C

66 %

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