Ullswater / Patterdale Area – Guided Walking Days & Holidays - Hiking Highs

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Please email: bookings@hikinghighs.co.uk for more information and to make your booking.

We look forward to taking you out on your adventure.

Bespoke Mountain Day – We’ll build it for you.  Choose your valley, choose your mountain(s) and we can guide you there, with interesting local facts along the way.  Our guides know the valleys and mountains of The Lake District like the back of their hands and are always keen to share their knowledge to bring your day alive, whatever the weather.  All our guides are qualified Mountain Leaders and will give you how to move through the mountains with confidence, keep you safe and on track so you can enjoy your day and the views.  Routes can be adapted along the way.

Please email us to make a booking: enquiries@hikinghighs.co.uk

 

Selection of guided days in the Ullswater & Patterdale area (easiest – hardest) :

 

Grisedale & Glenridding Valleys

Aira Force & Gowbarrow Fell

Place Fell & Angle Tarn Pikes

A Tour of The Dodds

St Sunday Crag via Grisedale Tarn

High Street & Kidsty Pike

Helvellyn Ridgeline

Helvellyn – Up & Down

Helvellyn via Striding & Swirral Edge – voted Britain’s favourite walk!

 

£150 per day + £30 per additional walker

Holiday options for your group:
 

Ullswater Way Walking Break – Iconic Tour of Ullswater

This iconic 22 mile heritage trail takes you around the Lake Shores of Ullswater over 3 days, giving views into the mountains. Blencathra & the Helvellyn & High Street can been seen on a clear day as you summit Gowbarrow Fell. Our guides will show you the 12 Heritage Installations around the route that has recently been given National Long Distance Walking Route Status.  A Wonderful addition in April & May will be passing the Wordsworth Daffodils along the shores of Ullswater, where William Wordsworth & his Sister Dorothy were inspired by daffodils dancing in the breeze.  Ullswater is also the home of the Donald Campbell’s Water Speed Record in the famous Bluebird in 1955!

 

Walk Distances:

Day 1: 10 miles

Day 2: 5.5 miles – or a mountain day

Day 3: 7 miles

A longer mountain day can be arranged on day 2 to accommodate the more adventurous party members, whilst the rest of your party take a more leisurely day for the shortest leg of the Ullswater Way. 

 

Cost: £175 per walker based on a minimum of 6 walkers (quote for fewer walkers on request)

Additional charges:

Ullswater Steamers for start and finish of walks payable on the day

Optional Mountain Days additional £25 per person per day (minimum £100 each day)

 

Ullswater Walking Break – The Red Deer Rut:

On our Autumn Red Deer Rutting Special – 3 day break, walking the fells above Ullswater, specifically between 9th to 24th October.  This is the time of year to you hear the famous Red Deer of the Martindale Valley Rutting and their bellowing echoing around the valleys.  Day 2 is an early start, to go hear the deer during the optimum time of day, with an exclusive Breakfast Box and the opportunity to see the sun rise over the fells.  We can make each day as gentle or strenuous as you would like, although each party member must be comfortable with walking in the hills, albeit on easy trails, with a 6 mile walk with approximately 600m ascent each day.

 

Cost: £210 per walker based on a minimum of 6 walkers (quote for fewer walkers on request)

Additional charges:

Ullswater Steamers for start and finish of walks payable on the day for Day 1 and 3 only

 

The Ultimate Helvellyn Adventure – 3 Day Walking Holiday from Glenridding

As Britain’s favourite mountain, Helvellyn is the ultimate adventure.  We are based at the foot of the Helvellyn Massif, and our guides can lead you safely over the Helvellyn Edges – Striding Edge & Swirral Edge.

 

Day 1: Swirral Edge (17km & 1150m ascent) The easier of the two edges is a good introduction to an easy scramble which requires the use of hands and feet and time can be taken to ensure your confidence and safety to the summit.  Head south from the summit & we will walk along the backbone of Helvellyn over Nethermost Pike, High Crag and Dollywagon Pike before descending to Grisedale Tarn & back to Glenridding via Grisedale to complete your day.

 

Day 2: Place Fell (11km & 700m ascent) A great way to view the Helvellyn Massif, in all its glory.  Our day will start with a trip on the Ullswater Steamers to give the Ultimate Ullswater experience. This middle day of walking will be less arduous than that of day 1 and 3, and have a more relaxed approach with time to stop and enjoy the panoramic views of the mountains as we walk on fell east of the Ullswater Valley.

 

Day 3: Striding Edge (13km & 1000m ascent) The ultimate ascent to the summit, a mild grade 1 scramble, under the careful supervision of our guides.  On reaching the summit, this time we turn north along the ridge to Helvellyn Lower Man, Whiteside and descend into the Glenridding Valley at Kepple Cove, with the option to complete the ridge and summit Raise, and a couple more if the time allows.

 

Cost: £195 per walker based on a minimum of 6 walkers (quote for fewer walkers on request)

Additional charges:

Ullswater Steamers for start and finish of your walk on day 2

 

Lakes & Tarns Walking Holiday

Touch 16 bodies of Water over 5 days walking.

Our special route, designed by our lead guide, Nicola Sproson, passes by 16 bodies of water, some iconic and some lesser known.  We have 5 days walking to incorporate in your break, you may wish to take a day off in the middle.  We will be heading to Grasmere for 2 nights and walking onto Glenridding on the shores of Ullswater, on day 3 for 2 further nights before walking back to Ambleside on day 5. This holiday starts & finishes in Ambleside, where you will leave your car, and your luggage will be taken to your accommodation in Grasmere and onto Glenridding and back to your car at the end of your break.

 

Walk Distances:

Day 1: 16km & 900m ascent

Day 2: 12.5km & 700m ascent

Day 3: 17km & 700m ascent

Day 4: 13km & 800m ascent

Day 5: 17km & 700m ascent

You will need 2 nights accommodation in Grasmere Village and 2 nights accommodation in Glenridding on the shores of Ullswater, if you would like accommodation recommendations, please email us.

 

Cost:

Lakes & Tarns Holiday Cost: £275, based on a minimum of 6 persons

Car parking in Ambleside – We can arrange your parking ticket for The Lake District National Park Car Park at Waterhead for your 5 day break.  We can arrange for your car to be checked each evening if you wish.

 

Bespoke Lake District Walking Holiday

We can tailor any routes, valleys or fells you want to walk, entirely to your requirements, throughout the year.  How about booking a special walk experience or walking break for a special birthday surprise, or anniversary…  Please email us with your ideas, and we can get back to you with a quote and available dates.