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Calf Crag – Helm Crag summit loop from Grasmere

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Calf Crag – Helm Crag summit loop from Grasmere

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Calf Crag – Helm Crag summit loop from Grasmere

01:52

12.9km

570m

Running

Hard run. Very 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: July 15, 2026

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Your route passes through a protected area

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Lake District National Park

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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Gibson Knott

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Gibson Knott is a Wainwright in the Central Fells of the Lake District National Park. At 1,385 feet (422 m), it's hardly a towering mountain but with views like this …

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View from Gibson Knott

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Stunning views from this spot over the surrounding fells

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Bracken Hause

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The Howitzer, Helm Crag

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The path zig zags up making the ascent easier then it looks

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Helm Crag summit

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Rising gently over picturesque Grasmere, Helm Crag initially appears dumpy and unremarkable – and then you spot its knobbly, gnarled summit. Beyond the rocky excrescence of The Lion and The …

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12.9 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.52 km

3.47 km

2.63 km

2.00 km

339 m

Surfaces

4.52 km

3.40 km

2.94 km

1.84 km

181 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (540 m)

Lowest point (90 m)

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Saturday 18 July

19°C

9°C

0 %

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Calf Crag – Helm Crag summit loop from Grasmere

Steel Fell summit

Calf Crag

Gibson Knott summit

Gibson Knott

View from Gibson Knott

The Howitzer, Helm Crag

Helm Crag summit

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