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Great Rigg from Rydal

		7th December 2012
ASCENT:		696 Metres, 2,283 Feet
MILES:		7.3
WAINWRIGHTS:		4, Nab Scar – Heron Pike – Great Rigg – Stone Arthur
ROUTE:		Rydal – Nab Scar – Heron Pike – Great Rigg – Stone Arthur – Greenhead Gill – Alcock Tarn – Brackenfell Woods – Rydal Coffin Route – Rydal

‘A grand day for it’ Bow Fell to Esk Pike

		2nd December 2012
ASCENT:		966 Metres, 3,169 Feet
MILES:		9.8
WAINWRIGHTS:		4, Bow Fell – Esk Pike – Allen Crags – Rossett Pike
ROUTE:		Old Dungeon Ghyll – Stool End Farm – The Band – Three Tarns – Bow Fell – Ore Gap – Esk Pike – Esk Hause – Allen Crags – Angle Tarn (Langstrath) – Rossett Pike – Cumbrian Way – Rossett Gill – Mickleden – Old Dungeon Ghyll

The Wythburn Fells

		23rd November 2012
ASCENT:		798 Metres, 2,618 Feet
MILES:		9.6
WAINWRIGHTS:		4, Ullscarth – High Raise – Calf Crag – Steel Fell
ROUTE:		Wythburn – Birk Crag – Harrop Tarn – Mosshause Gill – Standing Crag – Ullscarth – Greenup Edge – Low White Stones – High Raise – Sergeant Man – Deep Slack – Brownrigg Moss – Steel Fell – Steel Fell North Ridge – Steel End – Wythburn

Grisedale Pike, Whiteside & Force Crag Mine

		18th November 2012
ASCENT:		736 Metres 2,414 Feet
MILES:		8.1
WAINWRIGHTS:		3, Grisedale Pike – Hopegill Head – Whiteside
ROUTE:		Whinlatter – Kinn – Sleet How – Grisedale Pike – Hobcarton Crag – Hopegill Head – Whiteside – Hopegill Head – Sand Hill – Coledale Hause – Force Crag Mine – Coledale Valley – Whinlatter

Great Gable Remembrance Day Service

		11th November 2012
ASCENT:		2,400 Ft, 716 Meters
MILES:		8.1
WAINWRIGHTS:		3, Green Gable – Great Gable – Haystacks
ROUTE:		Honister Slate Mine – Gillercomb Head – Green Gable – Windy Gap – Great Gable – Windy Gap – Moses Trod – Haystacks – Innominate Tarn – Blackbeck Tarn – Dubs Bottom – Dubs Hut – Honister Slate Mine

One year on…

		27th October 2012
ASCENT:		3,713 Feet, 1,132 Metres
MILES:		12.8
WAINWRIGHTS:		5, Place Fell – Angletarn Pikes – The Knott – High Street – Thornthwaite Crag
ROUTE:		Hartsop – Dubhow – Beckstones – Crookabeck – Rooking – Side Farm – Place Fell – Round How – Steel Edge – Boredale Hause – Angletarn Pikes – Angle Tarn – Satura Crag – The Knott – Straights Of Riggindale – High Street – Thornthwaite Crag – Thresthwaite Mouth – Pasture Bottom – Pasture Beck - Hartsop

The Coniston Fells Part II

		19th October 2012
ASCENT:		3,612 Feet, 1,101 Metres
MILES:		8.1
WAINWRIGHTS:		6, Wetherlam – Swirl How – Great Carrs – Grey Friar – Brim Fell – Coniston Old Man
ROUTE:		Silver Bank – Miners Bridge – Lad Stones – Red Gill Head Moss – Wetherlam – Prison Band – Swirl How – Great Carrs – Grey Friar – Fairfield Col – Swirl Band – Levers Hawse – Brim Fell – Coniston Old Man – Low Water – Boulder Valley – Miners Bridge – Silver Bank

Raven Crag & Armboth Fell

		13th October 2012
ASCENT:		1,800 Feet, 548 Metres
MILES:		7.5
WAINWRIGHTS:		2, Armboth Fell & Raven Crag
ROUTE:		Armboth – Lake Path – Forest Track to Raven Crag – Sippling Crag (The Benn) – Raven Crag- Castle Crag (Fort) Forest Track – Armboth Fell – Fisher Gill – Armboth

Helvellyn & the Nethermost Pike East Ridge

		7th October 2012
ASCENT:		3,149 Feet, 960 Metres
MILES:		9
WAINWRIGHTS:		2, Helvellyn & Nethermost Pike
ROUTE:		Patterdale – Hole-in-the-Wall – Striding Edge – Helvellyn – Nethermost Pike – Nethermost Pike East Ridge – Hard Tarn – Eagle Crag – Nethermost Beck – Grisedale Valley – Patterdale

Five hours above Scandale

		21st September 2012
ASCENT:		2,191 Feet, 668 Metres
MILES:		9
WAINWRIGHTS:		4, Red Screes, Little Hart Crag, High Pike & Low Pike
ROUTE:		Kirkstone Road – South Ridge – Snarker Pike – Raven Crag – Red Screes– Little Hart Crag – Scandale Tarn – High Bakestones – Scandale Head – Thack Bottom Edge – High Pike – Low Pike – High Sweden Bridge – Rough Sides – Kirkstone Road

Souther Fell & the Bannerdale East Ridge

		8th September 2012
ASCENT:		2,360Ft, 719 Metres
MILES:		8.4
WAINWRIGHTS:		3, Souther Fell, Bannerdale Crags & Bowscale Fell
ROUTE:		Inn – Souther Fell – River Glenderamackin – Bannerdale Crags East Ridge – Bannerdale Crags – Bowscale Fell – Tarn Crags – Bowscale Tarn – Bowscale Township – Mungrisdale Village – Mill Inn

Aira Force & Gowbarrow Fell

		18th August 2012
ASCENT:		1,069 Feet, 326 Metres
MILES:		4.2
WAINWRIGHTS:		1, Gowbarrow Fell
ROUTE:		Aira Force – High Force – Gowbarrow Fell – Gowbarrow Park – Green Hill – Aira Force

Clough Head via Fisher’s Wife’s Rake

		11th August 2012
ASCENT:		3,714 Feet, 1,132 Metres
MILES:		11.5
WAINWRIGHTS:		4, Clough Head, Great Dodd, Watsons Dodd & Stybarrow Dodd
ROUTE:		Wanthwaite – Hill Top Farm – Hill Top Quarries – Fisher’s Wife Rake – Jims Fold – Clough Head – Calfhow Pike – Great Dodd – Watsons Dodd – Stybarrow Dodd – Stybarrow Dodd West Ridge – Sticks Pass – Stanah – A591 – St Johns Beck – Bridge End Farm – Sosgill Bridge – B5322 -Wanthwaite

The Gable Girdle

		27th July 2012
ASCENT:		3,372 Feet 1,028 Metres
MILES:		6
WAINWRIGHTS:		1, Great Gable
ROUTE:		Wasdale Head – Moses Trod – Gavel Neese – Beck Head – Great Gable – Westmorland Cairn – Sty Head Stretcher Box – South Traverse – Napes Needle – Sphinx Rock – Gavel Neese – Moses Finger – Moses Trod – Wasdale Head

Branstree, Moasdale & The Old Corpse Road

		21st July 2012
ASCENT:		2,142 Feet, 653 Metres
MILES:		7.5
WAINWRIGHTS:		1, Branstree
ROUTE:		Haweswater Road – Hopgill Beck – Branstree North Ridge – Branstree – Selside Brow – Mosedale – Mosedale Cottage – Mosedale Beck – Swindale Head – The Old Corpse Road – Haweswater Road

A day in the clouds, Great End to Scafell Pike

		14th July 2012
ASCENT:		3,400 Feet, 1,035 Metres
MILES:		10
WAINWRIGHTS:		4, Great End, Ill Crag, Broad Crag & Scafell Pike
ROUTE:		Seathwaite – Stockley Bridge – Grains Gill – Ruddy Gill – Esk Hause – Calf Cove – Great End – Ill Crag – Broad Crag – Broad Crag Col – Scafell Pike – Lingmell Col – Corridor Route – Skew Gill – Styhead Tarn – Stockley Bridge – Seathwaite

Manchester to Blackpool Bike Ride 2012

		8th July 2012
ASCENT:		N/A
MILES:		64.4
WAINWRIGHTS:		N/A
ROUTE:		Manchester United Football Ground – Salford – Pendlebury – Worsley – Astley – Leigh – Westhoughton – Aspull – Haigh – Wigan – Standish – Coppull – Euxton – Leyland – Preston Docks –Penwortham – Warton – Lytham St Annes – St Annes – South Shore – Blackpool (Opposite Mirror Ball)

The High Street Roman Road - 'Brocavvm to Galava'

		30th June 2012
ASCENT:		4’000 Feet, 1,219 Metres
MILES:		5, Wether Hill, High Raise, Rampsgill Head, High Street & Thornthwaite Crag
WAINWRIGHTS:		25.1
ROUTE:		Brougham Castle – BROCAVVM ROMAN FORT (Penrith) – Brougham Hall – Eamont Bridge – Yanwath – Tirril – Celleron -Winder Hall Farm – Moor Divock – Lambert Lad – Loadpot Hill – Wether Hill – Red Crag (High Street) – Raven Howe – High Raise (Martindale) – Rampsgill Head – Two Penny Crag -Straits of Riggindale – High Street – Thornthwaite Crag – Thornthwaite Beacon – Park Fell – Hagg Gill – Troutbeck Park – Ing Lane – Troutbeck – Truss Lane – A592 – Robin Lane – Jenkin Crag – High Skelghyll – Skelghyll Wood – A591 – A5075 – GALAVA ROMAN FORT (Ambleside)

Grasmoor via Dove Crag Arête

		14th June 2012
ASCENT:		2,550 Feet, 777.4 Metres
MILES:		6.3
WAINWRIGHTS:		1, Grasmoor
ROUTE:		Lanthwaite Green – Gasgale Gill – Dove Crags Arête – Grasmoor – Lad Hows – Cinderdale Common – Hause Point – Lake Road – Lanthwaite Green

All quiet on the Skiddaw front

		10th June 2012
ASCENT:		2,970 Feet, 905 Metres
MILES:		7
WAINWRIGHTS:		4, Ullock Pike, Long Side, Carl Side & Skiddaw
ROUTE:		Ravenstone Hotel – Watches – Ling How – Ullock Pike – Long side Edge – Long Side – Carl Side – Skiddaw – Broad End – Barkbeth Gill – Watches – Ravenstone Hotel

Harter Fell (Mardale) via Wren Gill Quarry

		3rd June 2012
ASCENT:		2, 300 Feet, 702 Metres
MILES:		8.7
WAINWRIGHTS:		3, Harter Fell (Mardale) Kentmere Pike & Shipman Knotts
ROUTE:		Sadgill, Longsleddale – Wren Gill Quarry – Adam Seat – Harter Fell (Mardale) – Kentmere Pike – Goat Scar – Shipman Knotts – Longsleddale Pass – Sadgill

Nothing better than this…

		27th May 2012
ASCENT:		4,509 Feet, 1,377 Metres
MILES:		9.6
WAINWRIGHTS:		4, Lingmell, Scafell Pike, Scafell, Slight Side
ROUTE:		Wasdale Head – Down In The Dale – Brackenclose – Lingmell – Lingmell Col – Scafell Pike – Lords Rake – Scafell – Long Green – Slight Side – Quargrigg Moss – Great How – Burnmoor Tarn – Down In The Dale – Wasdale Head

High on Langstrath

		20th May 2012
ASCENT:		3,850 Feet, 1,173 Metres
MILES:		12.5
WAINWRIGHTS:		4, Eagle Crag, Sergeant’s Crag, High Raise, Rossett Pike
ROUTE:		Stonethwaite – Greenup Gill – Eagle Crag – Sergeant’s Crag – Low White Stones – High Raise – Stake Pass – Buck Pike – Rossett Pike – Angle Tarn – Langstrath Valley – Tray Dub – Blackmoss Pot – Stonethwaite

Sharp Edge & The Hall’s Fell Ridge

		12th May 2012
ASCENT:		2,703 Feet , 823 Metres
MILES:		4.7
WAINWRIGHTS:		1, Blencathra
ROUTE:		Scales – Sharp Edge – Atkinson Pike (Hall’s Fell Top) – Blencathra – Hall’s Fell Ridge – Scales

Dow Crag via the South Rake

		3rd May 2012
ASCENT:		2,627 Feet, 801 Metres
MILES:		5.6
WAINWRIGHTS:		3, Dow Crag, Brim Fell, Coniston Old Man
ROUTE:		Walna Scar Road – Boo Tarn – The Cove – Goat’s Water – Dow Crag South Rake – Dow Crag – Goats Hawse – Brim Fell – Coniston Old Man – Coniston South Ridge –Boo Tarn – Walna Scar Road

Pillar from Bowness Knott

		30th April 2012
ASCENT:		3,288 Feet, 1,002 Metres
MILES:		11.7
WAINWRIGHTS:		4, Haycock, Scoat Fell, Steeple & Pillar
ROUTE:		Bowness Knott – Ennerdale Water – Irish Bridge – Woundell Beck –Caw Fell North Ridge – Haycock – Scoat Fell – Pillar Black Crag – Wind Gap – Pillar – White Pike – Ennerdale Plantations – Homestead – Moss Dub – Irish Bridge Ennnerdale Water – Bowness Knott

The Kirkstone Pass Fells

		28th April 2012
ASCENT:		3,215 Feet, 980 Metres
MILES:		8.8
WAINWRIGHTS:		4, Middle Dodd, Red Screes, Caudale Moor (Stony Cove Pike) & Hartsop Dodd
ROUTE:		Cow Bridge – Brothers Water – Hartsop Hall – Middle Dodd – Smallthwaite Band – Red Screes – Kirkstone Pass – St Ravens Edge – John Bell’s Banner – Caudale Moor (Stony Cove Pike) – Hartsop Dodd – Hartsop – Cow Bridge

Ingleborough & Whernside

		14th April 2012
ASCENT:		3,700 Feet, 1,127 Metres
MILES:		15.6
WAINWRIGHTS:		N/A
ROUTE:		Ingleton – Fell Lane – Crina Bottom – Ingleborough – Humphrey Bottom – Chapel-le-Dale – Bruntscar – High Pike – Whernside – Combe Scar – Scales Moor – Twisleton Scar – Roman Road – Oddies Lane – Ingleton

A Newlands Round from Little Town

		11th April 2012
ASCENT:		3,359 Feet, 1,024 Metres
MILES:		8.5
WAINWRIGHTS:		6, Robinson, Hindscarth, Dale Head, High Spy, Maiden Moor & Cat Bells
ROUTE:		Newlands Church – High Snab Bank – Robinson – Littledale Edge – Hindscarth – Hindscarth Edge – Dale Head – Dale Head Tarn – High Spy – Narrow Moor – Maiden Moor – Cat Bells – Skelgill Bank – Little Town – Newlands Church

The Loweswater Fells

		31st March 2012
ASCENT:		3,295 Feet. 1,004 Metres
MILES:		9.2
WAINWRIGHTS:		5, Mellbreak, Hen Comb, Gavel Fell, Blake Fell & Burnbank Fell
ROUTE:		Loweswater – Kirkgate Farm – Melbreak – Mosedale – Hen Comb – Whiteoak Moss – Gavel Fell – Fothergill Head – Blake Fell – Burnbank Fell – Holme Beck – Holme Wood – Watergate Farm – Maggie’s Bridge – Loweswater – Kirkstile Inn

Bow Fell from Cockley Beck

		25th March 2012
ASCENT:		1,378 Metres, 4,520 Feet
MILES:		7.9
WAINWRIGHTS:		2, Crinkle Crags & Bow Fell
ROUTE:		Cockley Beck – Ulpha Fell – Little Stand – The Bad Step – Crinkle Crags – Three Tarns – Climbers Traverse – Bow Fell – Three Tarns – Lingcove Beck – Moasdale – Moasdale Beck – Cockley Bridge

The Wet Sleddale Horseshoe

		18th March 2012
ASCENT:		2,300 Feet, 702 Metres
MILES:		14
WAINWRIGHTS:		2, Grey Crag, Tarn Crag (Longsleddale)
ROUTE:		Wet Sleddale Reservoir Dam – Lunch House – Gray Bull – Sleddale Pike – Great Saddle Crag – Great Yarlside – Harrop Pike – Grey Crag – Tarn Crag, Longsleddale – Brunt Tongue – Mosedale Beck – Scam Mathew – High Wether Howe – Haskew Tarn – Seat Robert – Willy Fold – Sleddale Hall – Wet Sleddale Reservoir Dam

The Grisedale Horseshoe

		10th March 2012
ASCENT:		4,590 Feet, 1,400 Metres
MILES:		11.5
WAINWRIGHTS:		5, Helvellyn, Nethermost Pike, Dollywagon Pike, Saint Sunday Crag & Birks
ROUTE:		Patterdale – Grisedale Bridge – Brownend Plantation – Hole-in-the-wall – Birkhouse Moor – Red Tarn (Helvellyn) – Swirral Edge – Helvellyn – Nethermost Pike – High Crag – Dollywagon Pike – Grisedale Tarn – Deepdale Hause – Saint Sunday Crag – Birks – Patterdale

Grasmoor From Crummock Water

		26th February 2012
ASCENT:		2791 Ft 852 Mtrs
MILES:
WAINWRIGHTS:		1, Grasmoor
ROUTE:

Red Pike to Haystacks

		19th February 2012
ASCENT:		4,000 Feet, 1,220 Metres
MILES:		10.5
WAINWRIGHTS:		4, Red Pike, High Stile, High Crag & Haystacks
ROUTE:		Buttermere – Old Burtness – Bleaberry Tarn – Red Pike – High Stile – High Crag – Gamlin End – Seat – Scarth Gap – Haystacks – Blackbeck Tarn – Warnscale Beck – Warnscale bottom – Gatesgarth – Buttermere

The patron fell of Wasdale

		31st January 2012
ASCENT:		2,700 Feet, 823 Metres
MILES:		4.6
WAINWRIGHTS:		1, Kirk Fell
ROUTE:		Wasdale Head – Black Sail Pass – Kirk Fell – Kirk Fell Tarn – Kirk Fell Screes – St Olafs Church – Wasdale Head

Wetherlam & The Old Man Of Coniston

		22nd January 2012
ASCENT:		3,720 Feet
MILES:		7.9
WAINWRIGHTS:		4, Wetherlam, Swirl How, Brim Fell & The Old Man Of Coniston
ROUTE:		Silver Bank – Miners Bridge – Coppermines Valley – Red Gill – Red Gill Head Moss – Wetherlam – Prison Band – Swirl Hawse – Swirl How – Brim Fell Rake – Brim Fell – The Old Man Of Coniston – Low Water – Boulder Valley – Miners Bridge – Silver Bank

Blencathra via the Hall’s Fell Ridge

		12th January 2012
ASCENT:		3,674 Feet, 1,120 Meters
MILES:		10.5
WAINWRIGHTS:		3, Blencathra, Mungrisdale Common & Great Calva
ROUTE:		Threlkeld – Hall’s Fell Ridge – Blencathra – Mungrisdale Common – River Caldew – Great Calva – Skiddaw House – Blencathra Centre – Threlkeld

High Raise from Grasmere via Helm Crag

		7th January 2012
ASCENT:		2,800 Feet, 854 Meters
MILES:		9.6
WAINWRIGHTS:		5, Helm Crag, Gibson Knott, Calf Crag, High Raise, Sergeant Man
ROUTE:		Grasmere – Easedale Road – Helm Crag – Gibson Knott – Calf Crag – Brownrigg Moss – Mere Beck – High Raise – Sergeant Man – Easedale Tarn – Easedale – Grasmere

A Skiddaw circuit via The Ullock Pike Ridge

		2nd January 2012
ASCENT:		4,290 Feet, 1,307 Meters
MILES:		12.4
WAINWRIGHTS:		6, Ullock Pike, Long Side, Carl Side, Skiddaw, Skiddaw Little Man & Lonscale Fell
ROUTE:		High Side – Watches – Ullock Pike – Long side Edge – Long Side – Carl Side – Skiddaw – Skiddaw Little Man – Lonscale Fell – Skiddaw House – Dash Falls – Bakestall & Cock Up Lower Flanks – Barkbeth – High Side