Mickleden Valley Trail, Grasmere Great Langdale
Loop Walk · Lake District
200
XP
about 1 h 18 min walking
Walk into the wilds of Mickleden, a Langdale valley where clues to Neolithic and Norse settlers lie beneath pikes & crags. This easy out & back route follows the bridleway along the valley floor, on a section of the Cumbria Way. Stoney in places.
231 m
157 m
82 m
Move along the chart to follow it on the map
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.
Rolling walk
Gentle ups and downs, nothing steep.
Climb
61 m
Drop
60 m
Highest
166 m
Lowest
104 m
Which way round
As mapped: No steep climbing, no steep descents.
Reversed: No steep climbing, no steep descents.
No steep ground — the same effort whichever way you go.
Main descent: km 3.1–4.0, from 163 m to 129 m.
How the 6.0 km splits
Flat
2.6 km
Climbing
1.7 km
Descending
1.7 km