Grasmere Gallop Mara
Details
Creation:
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Activity: Walking -
Distance: 26.93 mi
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Average duration: 18h 00
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Difficulty: Not specified
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Back to start: No
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Ascent: + 6,434 ft
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Descent: - 6,440 ft
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Highest point: 2,533 ft
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Lowest point: 131 ft
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Country: United Kingdom
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Area: Lake District
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City: Lakes
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Start: N 54.457051° / W 3.0219°
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End: N 54.457011° / W 3.01949°
Waypoints
- S : mi 0 - alt. 213 ft - Start on
- 1 : mi 0 - alt. 213 ft - Turn right onto Stock Lane, B5287
- 2 : mi 0.12 - alt. 213 ft - Turn right onto Red Bank Road
- 3 : mi 1.59 - alt. 512 ft - Turn left
- 4 : mi 1.61 - alt. 492 ft - Turn slight left onto Loughrigg Terrace
- 5 : mi 2.05 - alt. 351 ft - Keep left onto Loughrigg Terrace
- 6 : mi 2.13 - alt. 322 ft - Turn right
- 7 : mi 2.14 - alt. 315 ft - Keep left
- 8 : mi 2.21 - alt. 249 ft - Turn slight right
- 9 : mi 2.24 - alt. 240 ft - Turn slight left
- 10 : mi 2.5 - alt. 230 ft - Turn right
- 11 : mi 2.61 - alt. 361 ft - Turn left
- 12 : mi 2.67 - alt. 364 ft - Keep right
- 13 : mi 2.68 - alt. 367 ft - Turn left
- 14 : mi 2.68 - alt. 367 ft - Turn right
- 15 : mi 2.72 - alt. 367 ft - Turn right
- 16 : mi 2.74 - alt. 387 ft - Keep left
- 17 : mi 2.8 - alt. 302 ft - Turn left
- 18 : mi 2.81 - alt. 295 ft - Turn right
- 19 : mi 3.04 - alt. 230 ft - Keep right
- 20 : mi 3.09 - alt. 220 ft - Turn right
- 21 : mi 3.51 - alt. 164 ft - Turn right
- 22 : mi 3.78 - alt. 161 ft - Turn left
- 23 : mi 4 - alt. 177 ft - Turn right onto A591
- 24 : mi 4.33 - alt. 180 ft - Turn left
- 25 : mi 4.35 - alt. 177 ft - Turn slight left
- 26 : mi 4.55 - alt. 213 ft - Turn right
- 27 : mi 4.73 - alt. 354 ft - Turn sharp left
- 28 : mi 4.93 - alt. 512 ft - Turn left
- 29 : mi 4.94 - alt. 509 ft - Turn left
- 30 : mi 5.02 - alt. 427 ft - Turn sharp right
- 31 : mi 5.2 - alt. 495 ft - Turn right
- 32 : mi 5.55 - alt. 495 ft - Turn left
- 33 : mi 5.72 - alt. 427 ft - Turn sharp left
- 34 : mi 5.8 - alt. 509 ft - Turn right
- 35 : mi 5.81 - alt. 512 ft - Turn left
- 36 : mi 6.12 - alt. 771 ft - Keep right
- 37 : mi 6.16 - alt. 801 ft - Keep right
- 38 : mi 6.26 - alt. 850 ft - Keep right
- 39 : mi 6.42 - alt. 906 ft - Keep right
- 40 : mi 6.46 - alt. 883 ft - Keep right
- 41 : mi 6.6 - alt. 771 ft - Turn right
- 42 : mi 6.63 - alt. 755 ft - Turn sharp left onto Sweden Bridge Lane
- 43 : mi 7.82 - alt. 1,053 ft - Keep right
- 44 : mi 7.89 - alt. 1,063 ft - Keep right
- 45 : mi 8.64 - alt. 1,703 ft - Turn right
- 46 : mi 8.67 - alt. 1,693 ft - Turn right
- 47 : mi 8.88 - alt. 1,867 ft - Keep right
- 48 : mi 9 - alt. 2,018 ft - Turn left
- 49 : mi 9.22 - alt. 2,280 ft - Turn slight left
- 50 : mi 9.41 - alt. 2,516 ft - Turn slight left
- 51 : mi 9.45 - alt. 2,530 ft - Keep left
- 52 : mi 9.46 - alt. 2,530 ft - Turn sharp left
- 53 : mi 9.48 - alt. 2,533 ft - Keep right
- 54 : mi 11.91 - alt. 728 ft - Turn right onto Kirkstone Road
- 55 : mi 12.14 - alt. 558 ft - Turn left
- 56 : mi 12.4 - alt. 584 ft - Turn slight right
- 57 : mi 12.49 - alt. 538 ft - Turn left
- 58 : mi 12.68 - alt. 597 ft - Turn slight right
- 59 : mi 13.19 - alt. 525 ft - Turn left
- 60 : mi 13.46 - alt. 846 ft - Turn sharp right
- 61 : mi 14.14 - alt. 686 ft - Turn sharp right
- 62 : mi 14.61 - alt. 440 ft - Turn left
- 63 : mi 14.79 - alt. 279 ft - Turn left
- 64 : mi 14.8 - alt. 279 ft - Turn left onto Blue Hill Road
- 65 : mi 14.94 - alt. 230 ft - Turn left onto Fisherbeck Lane
- 66 : mi 14.98 - alt. 210 ft - Turn right onto Fisherbeck Lane
- 67 : mi 15.01 - alt. 184 ft - Turn sharp left onto Old Lake Road
- 68 : mi 15.17 - alt. 164 ft - Turn slight left onto Lake Road, A591
- 69 : mi 15.3 - alt. 164 ft - Turn right onto MacIver Lane
- 70 : mi 15.43 - alt. 141 ft - Turn right onto Borrans Road, A5075
- 71 : mi 15.45 - alt. 144 ft - Turn left
- 72 : mi 15.45 - alt. 144 ft - Turn left onto Borrans Road, A5075
- 73 : mi 15.8 - alt. 138 ft - Keep left onto A593
- 74 : mi 15.82 - alt. 138 ft - Turn left onto A593
- 75 : mi 15.87 - alt. 138 ft - Turn left
- 76 : mi 15.91 - alt. 135 ft - Turn left
- 77 : mi 16.29 - alt. 164 ft - Turn left onto A593
- 78 : mi 16.32 - alt. 167 ft - Turn right
- 79 : mi 16.62 - alt. 413 ft - Turn sharp right
- 80 : mi 16.73 - alt. 584 ft - Turn right
- 81 : mi 16.81 - alt. 633 ft - Keep right
- 82 : mi 16.85 - alt. 673 ft - Keep right
- 83 : mi 16.89 - alt. 656 ft - Turn right
- 84 : mi 17.02 - alt. 656 ft - Turn left
- 85 : mi 17.03 - alt. 656 ft - Keep left
- 86 : mi 17.06 - alt. 673 ft - Turn slight left
- 87 : mi 17.14 - alt. 607 ft - Turn right
- 88 : mi 17.18 - alt. 594 ft - Turn slight right
- 89 : mi 17.33 - alt. 650 ft - Keep left
- 90 : mi 17.54 - alt. 653 ft - Turn slight right
- 91 : mi 17.55 - alt. 653 ft - Turn left
- 92 : mi 17.55 - alt. 650 ft - Keep left
- 93 : mi 17.65 - alt. 653 ft - Turn left
- 94 : mi 17.65 - alt. 653 ft - Turn right
- 95 : mi 17.73 - alt. 699 ft - Keep left
- 96 : mi 17.86 - alt. 597 ft - Turn left
- 97 : mi 17.88 - alt. 591 ft - Turn right
- 98 : mi 17.92 - alt. 623 ft - Turn slight right
- 99 : mi 17.98 - alt. 676 ft - Keep left
- 100 : mi 18.09 - alt. 797 ft - Turn right
- 101 : mi 18.25 - alt. 873 ft - Turn left
- 102 : mi 18.29 - alt. 879 ft - Turn right
- 103 : mi 18.32 - alt. 863 ft - Turn sharp left
- 104 : mi 18.35 - alt. 879 ft - Turn right
- 105 : mi 18.39 - alt. 902 ft - Turn right
- 106 : mi 18.44 - alt. 879 ft - Keep right
- 107 : mi 18.59 - alt. 781 ft - Turn left
- 108 : mi 18.67 - alt. 725 ft - Turn left
- 109 : mi 18.73 - alt. 709 ft - Turn left
- 110 : mi 18.78 - alt. 719 ft - Keep left
- 111 : mi 18.81 - alt. 725 ft - Turn left
- 112 : mi 18.85 - alt. 758 ft - Turn slight left
- 113 : mi 18.86 - alt. 761 ft - Turn sharp right
- 114 : mi 18.93 - alt. 761 ft - Turn right
- 115 : mi 18.97 - alt. 755 ft - Keep left
- 116 : mi 19.45 - alt. 1,056 ft - Keep right
- 117 : mi 19.47 - alt. 1,063 ft - Turn right
- 118 : mi 19.5 - alt. 1,083 ft - Turn slight left
- 119 : mi 19.51 - alt. 1,083 ft - Turn slight right
- 120 : mi 19.56 - alt. 1,030 ft - Keep right
- 121 : mi 20.24 - alt. 328 ft - Turn slight right
- 122 : mi 20.44 - alt. 335 ft - Turn right
- 123 : mi 20.54 - alt. 364 ft - Turn right
- 124 : mi 20.56 - alt. 364 ft - Keep left
- 125 : mi 20.57 - alt. 351 ft - Turn left
- 126 : mi 20.88 - alt. 230 ft - Keep left
- 127 : mi 20.91 - alt. 200 ft - Keep left
- 128 : mi 21.15 - alt. 190 ft - Keep right
- 129 : mi 21.43 - alt. 190 ft - Keep right
- 130 : mi 21.69 - alt. 180 ft - Keep right
- 131 : mi 22.11 - alt. 233 ft - Keep right
- 132 : mi 22.13 - alt. 240 ft - Turn left
- 133 : mi 22.13 - alt. 243 ft - Turn right
- 134 : mi 22.13 - alt. 246 ft - Keep right
- 135 : mi 22.22 - alt. 315 ft - Turn slight left
- 136 : mi 22.49 - alt. 210 ft - Turn left
- 137 : mi 22.56 - alt. 207 ft - Turn left
- 138 : mi 22.59 - alt. 217 ft - Turn slight right
- 139 : mi 22.64 - alt. 220 ft - Keep right
- 140 : mi 22.69 - alt. 217 ft - Keep right
- 141 : mi 23.34 - alt. 272 ft - Turn right onto Red Bank Road
- 142 : mi 23.68 - alt. 210 ft - Turn left
- 143 : mi 23.8 - alt. 259 ft - Turn sharp right
- 144 : mi 24.23 - alt. 715 ft - Turn slight right
- 145 : mi 24.38 - alt. 758 ft - Turn right
- 146 : mi 24.39 - alt. 758 ft - Turn right
- 147 : mi 24.65 - alt. 1,214 ft - Turn left
- 148 : mi 24.7 - alt. 1,214 ft - Turn slight left
- 149 : mi 25.04 - alt. 968 ft - Turn right
- 150 : mi 25.11 - alt. 928 ft - Turn right
- 151 : mi 25.29 - alt. 663 ft - Keep right
- 152 : mi 25.31 - alt. 640 ft - Turn right
- 153 : mi 25.37 - alt. 620 ft - Keep left
- 154 : mi 25.57 - alt. 381 ft - Turn slight left
- 155 : mi 25.58 - alt. 381 ft - Keep right
- 156 : mi 25.78 - alt. 620 ft - Turn sharp left
- 157 : mi 26.14 - alt. 367 ft - Turn left
- 158 : mi 26.37 - alt. 207 ft - Turn left onto Red Bank Road
- 159 : mi 26.66 - alt. 213 ft - Turn right onto B5287
- 160 : mi 26.84 - alt. 213 ft - Turn left
- 161 : mi 26.87 - alt. 213 ft - Turn sharp right
- 162 : mi 26.88 - alt. 213 ft - Turn right
- 163 : mi 26.89 - alt. 213 ft - Turn left
- 164 : mi 26.91 - alt. 213 ft - Turn right
- E : mi 26.93 - alt. 213 ft
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YHA hopping in The Lake District - YHA Langdale to YHA Hawkshead
The YHA is a great institution and I guess most fell walkers have stayed at a hostel at some time in their lives. Funny how they were created "to help all, especially young people of limited means, to a greater knowledge, love and care of the countryside, particularly by providing hostels or other simple accommodation for them on their travels". Here's a collection of routes starting or finishing at a YHA in The Lakes. Along the way are 1 Wainwright, 1 tarn and 1 pub.
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