If you're planning on staying at YHA Ennerdale, why not download a free map and get out exploring?
All our self-guided walks start and end at a YHA hostel and are graded so that you can explore the area at your own pace.
Ennerdale Water
A stunning walk around the lake, a perfect low level route or a great alternative if the weather is poor
Moderate route (PDF, 1.1MB)
8.1 miles, takes 3h 30m to 5h 45m
Red Pike, High Stile and High Crag
A great high level traverse with stunning views, especially from the summit ridge,
Challenging route (PDF, 1.2MB)
7.6 miles, takes 5h - 7h 30m
Pillar, Scoat Fell and Haycock
A challenging high level ridge route with great views across the Lake District
Severe route (PDF, 1.2MB)
10.6 miles, takes 7h 15m - 10h 45m
All our walking routes are tried and tested to help you explore this beautiful part of England. To assist with route selection and planning, you’ll also find a description of the hazards and facilities, accessibility information and points of interest on the maps
Want to understand more about our maps or develop your walking skills? Here are some useful guides we have created to help you to prepare for your chosen walk
Free parking on premises
Garden/grounds
Self-catering kitchen
Get out and about on your bike and enjoy the landscape. Whether it’s hill or valley you want to explore, you can ride as far as your legs will allow you.
Situated alongside moderately graded forest roads, the hostel also has easy access to the lanes and B roads of West Cumbria.
Visit this secluded valley to experience a sense of wildness, increasingly rare in this busy urban world we live in. Visit the website
The Ennerdale Valley is a remote, wild valley with magnificent scenery with a wide range of walking and cycling routes. Visit Ennerdale Water's website
Don't miss the classic scramble up Slab and Notch on Pillar Rock.
There are fantastic multi pitch climbs on the quick drying Grey Crag to suit all abilities. Alternatively, check out the classic combination of Harrow Buttress, Chockstone Ridge and Oxford and...
The Fred Whitton Challenge is a famous endurance event taking place in early May each year. It’s a 112 mile ride over all the principle mountain passes of Lakeland. The ‘Four Seasons Fred Whitton Bike...
The cream of Lake District wild swimming is to be found in the Buttermere valley in the crystal clear waters of the Buttermere and Crummock waters and local tarns. Head to the Hills Swim the Lake...
Travel light and bike up to YHA Black Sail before conquering two of the toughest lakeland passes - Scarth Gap and Black Sail Pass. These both offer stunning views of the Ennerdale valley and Wasdale.
Get out and about on your bike and enjoy the landscape. Whether it’s hill or valley you want to explore, you can ride as far as your legs will allow you.
Don't miss the classic scramble up Slab and Notch on Pillar Rock.
Walkers and ramblers can try the high-level traverse under Pillar Rock up to the summit of Pillar and along the ridge to Black Sail pass with spectacular views of Scafell and Great Gable. The Ramblers...
Follow in the footsteps of the Abraham brothers and climb to the top of Napes Needle - a classic hard/severe climb with stunning mountainside views straight down to Wasdale.
For underground tours and the popular Via Ferrata. Edge along ladders and bridges to reach a summit viewpoint over Buttermere. Visit the website
If you're planning on staying at YHA Honister Hause, why not download a free map and get out exploring? All our self-guided walks start and end at a YHA hostel and are graded so that you can explore...
The hostel grounds run down to the lakeshore. Paddling, canoeing and kayaking are available on the lake, a stones throw from the hostel door, just remember to bring your own equipment. Alternatively...