Helvellyn

949m
Height
713m
Prominence
NY342151
OS grid ref
Lake District E
Range

Helvellyn is a 949m summit in England, classified as a Furth, Hewitt, Nuttall, Marilyn, Hump, Tump, Wainwright and Birkett. Its topographic prominence of 713m makes it one of the most topographically distinct peaks in Lake District E. As a Wainwright, Helvellyn is one of the 214 fells described by Alfred Wainwright in his Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells. There are currently 4 trail running routes on Trail Running Planet that summit Helvellyn, with free GPX downloads available for all of them.

4 routes that summit Helvellyn

VERY HARD
Helvellyn from Thirlmere
10.7km · 812m climb · Loop
You gain the summit of a 950m Wainwright in well under an hour of climbing, then drop back to the car on grass you can really open up on.
VERY HARD
Helvellyn via Swirral Edge and Striding Edge from Thirlmere
11.3km · 998m climb · Loop
You get the two most famous ridges on the fell, Swirral and Striding Edge, on a route that still starts and finishes on the quiet Thirlmere side.
VERY HARD
Helvellyn Range and St Sunday Crag from Glenridding
20.6km · 1,300m climb · Loop
Seven summits of the Eastern Fells in one continuous high-level horseshoe, finishing over St Sunday Crag with Ullswater filling the view ahead.
EXPERT
Bob Graham Round Leg 2: Threlkeld to Dunmail Raise
22.3km · 1,690m climb · Point to point
It is the great runnable middle of the Bob Graham: a near-continuous high ridge where you can hold a rhythm over twelve tops without ever dropping to the valley.