WALKING - Walks - Helvellyn - Striding and Swirral Edge

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GLENRIDDING - Starting point and Finish

From the car park turn right then right again now you will have the Glenridding Beck on your right continue up the lane passing houses on your right and left.

Ignore the path up to Lanty's Tarn continuing going forward until you reach Rattlebeck Bridge on your right which straddles Glenridding Beck [do not cross the bridge]. Turn left with the caravan site on your right slightly behind you and continue upwards on the track through the fell wall.

Bearing left to cross Mires Beck and start to make an ascent up to Little Cove to a stone wall running along the shoulder above.

From here the path follows the wall to take you onto Birkhouse Moor where the ridge can be boggy eventually arriving at the Hole-in-the-Wall. Looking forward to your right you will see Catstycam to the left Swirral Edge the route later on in the day to descend.

Over the stile and head forward to the rocky features ahead that takes you to the start of Striding Edge avoiding the path to the right to Red Tarn and Catstycam.

The ground will become steep on both sides with Red Tarn on your right in front and Nethermost Cove on your left in front. The best way to cross Striding Edge is to keep to crest of the ridge, there is a path below the ridge if required. The most difficult part comes where the ridge descends sharply where a little scrambling is required before the final climb to the summit.

From the shelter heading northwards along the rim of the summit plateau passing the trig point arriving onto the top of Swirral Edge, suddenly there is a drop and looks steep and exposed. It is not as bad has it sounds then suddenly the going gets easier after the first section.

Continue along the ridge until you arrive at the Col. then ascend the last section onto Catstcam. From here descend down the faint path on the east ridge down to Red Tarn Beck where it joins the main path.

Follow the path down with Red Tarn Beck on your right into the head of Glenridding eventually crossing over Red Tarn Beck on a footbridge and then eventually crossing Glenridding Beck over another footbridge and passing the Youth Hostel to Greenside Road soon arriving at Traveller's Rest with the car park being on the right.

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