Helvellyn

Walk Details

The Helvellyn walk is one of the classics in the beautiful Lake District. To complete this challenging walk, you will have to be comfortable with heights, but this route offers some of the best rewards in the Lakes. The ascent to Helvellyn will take you scrambling up Striding Edge a beautiful knife edge rige and then descend dow Swirral Edge. Helvellyn was named Britain's best walk in 2018! we tottaly aggree it is an amazing day out in the fells.

Helvellyn is the highest mountain in the Helvellyn mountain range. It’s the third-highest point in the Lake District and England at (950m), after Scafell Pike (978m) and Sca Fell (964m).

Walk Overview

• Overall Height gain: 944m
• Distance: 11.5km
• Time: 5 to 6 Hours
• Grade: Hard

Experience Required

You should have a good level of fitness and be comfortable walking for 4-5 hours per day with around 1000m of ascent with a good head for heights.

Age Limit

The Minimum Age for our walks is 8 years of age, but this depends on a child’s experience and ability. Under 18’s must be accompanied by an adult unless previously agreed with JC Outdoor Adventures.7

Prices

This event is £45 per person

Booking a group of 8 or more a discount of 10% will be applied

A 50% deposit will be made now and the rest will be invoiced 4 weeks before the event.

We require a minimum of 4 people per event for it to go ahead, if this is not met we hold the right to cancel the event and you will be given a full refund or credit for another event.

Bespoke bookings

If any of the available dates do not work for you then you can contact us and we can arrange a bespoke event for you here.