Helm Crag, Steel Fell and Dunmail Raise from Grasmere, Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe.
Helm Crag is a fell in the English Lake District situated in the Central Fells to the north of Grasmere. Despite its low height it sits prominently at the end of a ridge, easily seen from the village. This, combined with the distinctive summit rocks which provide the alternative name 'The Lion and the Lamb', makes it one of the most recognised hills in the District. Alfred Wainwright wrote of Helm Crag that "The virtues of Helm Crag have not been lauded enough. It gives an exhilarating little climb, a brief essay in real mountaineering, and, in a region where all is beautiful, it makes a notable contribution to the natural charms and attractions of Grasmere. Steel Fell is a fell in the English Lake District, lying between Thirlmere and Grasmere. It is triangular in plan, the ridges running north, west and south east. Steel Fell rises to the west of the Dunmail Pass road and can be climbed from the summit, or from Grasmere and Wythburn. Dunmail Raise is the name of a large and ancient cairn in the English Lake District, which may have been an old boundary marker. It has given its name to the Pass of Dunmail Raise, on which it stands. This mountain pass forms part of the only low-level route through the mountains between the northern and southern sides of the Lake District. According to legend, the pass was the site of a battle in which the last king of Cumberland was slain, and the cairn was raised up over his body.
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Location: Grasmere, Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe.
Photo credit: © Stan Pritchard / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: crag, dunmail, fell, grasmere, helm, lamb, lion, raise, snow, steel, winter
