Fairfield

"Did as part of Helvellyn Sky Ultra starting and finishing in Patterdale covering summits of, White Side, Helvellyn Lower Man, Swirral Edge, Striding Edge, Cofa Pike, Fairfield, Hart Crag, Dove Crag, High Pike (Scandale), Low Pike, Snarker Pike, Red Screes, St Raven's Edge, Stony Cove Pike, Thornthwaite Crag, High Street, Satura Crag." — alexhobley • Jul 19, 2025

"Birthday Wainwright bonanza! Gorgeous weather 25 degrees with stunning views all around. Originally we had set off to do 3 but soon realised we could tick a few more whilst we were up there and we had daylight on our side. :) " — Nicolefrances • May 13, 2023

"27/11/2022 Sunday morning walk with Susan. Forgot to start tracking again after coffee stop on Fairfield so apologies for lack of track after that! Total time today 3hrs 30minutes. Weather cloudy with a little sun and a very brief shower. Descended from Seat Sandal via the south ridge above Little Tongue Gill - very pleasant way down." — johnandsue4fun • Nov 27, 2022

"Started from Rydal at 6.40am and proceeded in darkness as far as Heron Pike ( easy route finding) thence onwards around the horseshoe. A great winter’s day out with Susan. Back to Rydal by midday." — johnandsue4fun • Jan 11, 2022

"I parked on the lane by Michael's Nook at NY 34084 08418, where there is room for 2-3 cars. Taking the lane up between houses to the open fellside, I took the zig-zag path up through the bracken to the embedded boulder at the end of the south-west ridge of Great Rigg, which Wainwright appears to describe on the fourth page of his chapter on Stone Arthur in Book 1 of his Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells. However, his drawing on the same page makes the position of his summit unclear, so I continued up the rocky ridge, visiting each knoll, until the ridge expired in grassland. I continued up over High Rigg onto the Fairfield plateau, visiting the highest point. A steeper decent south-east over more rugged terrain brought me to the col below Hart Crag. Some fifty metres up on an eroded path, and I was on the north summit of this fell. A recent high accuracy survey was unable to differentiate between the northern and southern cairns of the fell at 823.1m, so I ensured I visited both. I then retraced my route back over Fairfield and Hart Crag, continuing along the Rydal ridge to scale to the summits of Rydal Fell and Heron Pike. A steep pathless descent followed to Alcock Tarn, and..." — marktrengove2 • Aug 2, 2019

"Up Tongue Gill from Mill bridge, round the back of Fairfield, started ascent from stepping stones at the end of the lake arriving at Deepdale Hause, climbed St Sunday, then walked back along the ridge to climb Fairfield passing Cofa Pike, then taking in Great Rigg and Stone Arthur before returning to Mill Bridge." — vygodski • Nov 2, 2016

"We repeated a walk from 5 years ago. We were dropped off on Dunmail Raise by a friend. We walked up Raise Beck, past the waterfalls to Grisedale tarn. As last time, the tops were covered in cloud, but it was a reasonable day. We walked round the tarn and up steeply onto Fairfield and into the cloud. We then headed east and then south east, over Hart Crag and Dove Crag, where the mist cleared and the sun appeared. We then went down the long ridge, over High Pike and Low Pike to Scandale and into Ambleside, for a beer in the Golden Rule pub, whilst waiting for our lift." — davidlong • Jun 4, 2016

"We were dropped off on Dunmail Raise by a friend. We walked up Raise Beck, past the waterfalls to Grisedale tarn. The tops were covered in cloud, but it was a reasonable day. We walked round the tarn and up steeply onto Fairfield and into the cloud. We then headed east and then south east, over Hart Crag and Dove Crag, where we driopped out of the mist and the weather cleared up. We then went down the long ridge, over High Pike and Low Pike to low sweden bridge and into Ambleside, where we had a pint of Hartleys in the Golden Rule, whilst waiting for our lift." — davidlong • Jun 4, 2011

"Solo. After ascending Helvellyn and Seat Sandal starting from Stanah Cross. From the summit of Seat Sandal I followed the path down to Grisedale Hause and up Fairfield. Continued down to Rydal. Just missed a bus so walked to Ambleside. The day was cold with a little rain. There was a little lying snow on the highest parts with a cornice on the NE face of Helvellyn." — peter43 • Apr 1, 2006

"Chester Rambling Club weekend at CHA Guest House, Grasmere. I joined the A party and did Stone Arthur, Great Rigg, Fairfield (glissade), Seat Sandal. B party did Silver How. Return to Chester by coach." — peter43 • Feb 24, 1963