Ash Landing and Claife Heights Windermere Walk, Claife Viewing Station
Loop Walk · Lake District
450
XP
about 3 h 9 min walking
An elevated walk along Windermere's undeveloped western side. Dramatic viewing point at Low Blind How, where a gap in the wall leads to a crag with views of the lake, islands & Troutbeck fells. Some steep slopes, but once on the Heights its generally flat
340 m
174 m
9 m
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Heights: Copernicus DEM GLO-30 © DLR e.V. 2010–2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014–2018, provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA.
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Some very steep ground — marked on the map.
Climb
306 m
Drop
312 m
Highest
241 m
Lowest
42 m
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Climbs 13% for 530 m early on, comes down 22% for 430 m midway.
Clockwise: Easy first 5.2 km, climbs 22% for 430 m midway, comes down 13% for 530 m near the end.
Steep ground on both sides in similar amounts — go whichever way suits you.
Main descent: km 6.8–8.0, from 172 m to 45 m.
How the 13.2 km splits
Flat
4.1 km
Climbing
3.6 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
1.0 km
Descending
4.1 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
0.4 km