| Silver How - Route One |
| Start - Elterwater NY 329 050 | Distance - 1.8 miles | Ascent - 1,560 feet | Time - 1 hour : 15 minutes |
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The National Trust car park at Walthwaite Bottom is the start of the walk, located a short distance to the north of Elterwater village |
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| Above the car park a minor road runs between Chapel Stile and Grasmere. Just beyond the very sharp junction a path leads off it climbing towards Huntingstile Gap, the low point on the ridge above |
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| Looking back to Elterwater village from the start of the path to Huntingstile Gap, the car park can be seen on the right |
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| Huntingstile Gap |
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| Elterwater village and the Coniston fells from Huntingstile Gap |
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| The main path crosses the gap and begins its descent towards Grasmere, this route bears left onto a path below Huntingstile Crag |
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| Looking down to Huntingstile Gap |
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| Dunmail Raise from the ridge below Huntingstile Crag |
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| Black Fell and Elterwater from the cairn on Huntingstile Crag which is a fine viewpoint |
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| Crinkle Crags and Bowfell from Huntingstile Crag |
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| Wetherlam, Swirl How and Great Carrs from Huntingstile Crag |
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| The route onwards from Huntingstile Crag leads over the top of Dow Bank seen here on the left, which is another fine viewpoint |
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| Bowfell and the Langdale Pikes from the slopes of Dow Bank |
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| The Langdale Pikes from the cairn on Dow Bank |
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| Windermere from Dow Bank |
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| Elterwater from Dow Bank |
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| Wetherlam and Swirl How over the east ridge of Lingmoor Fell |
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| From Dow Bank the path descends to a broad gap in the ridge |
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| The summit of Silver How is seen on the left of the cairn |
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| Grasmere village from the path along the ridge |
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| The main path along the ridge continues on towards Blea Rigg. The route to Silver How bears right and climbs towards a craggy outcrop |
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| The path climbs over the outcrop and makes its way above a craggy escarpment towards the summit |
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| The summit from the "big cairn" which AW noted on his diagram of ascent |
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| Grasmere and Rydal Water from the "big cairn" |
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| Another feature on the diagram of ascent is the "prominent holly tree" |
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| The final slope leading to the summit ridge |
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| The summit cairn comes into view |
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| The summit cairn Silver How - page 7 |
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| Wetherlam, Swirl How and Great Carrs across Lingmoor Fell |
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| Pike o' Blisco, the dark rounded prominence below it is Side Pike on Lingmoor Fell |
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| Crinkle Crags and Bowfell |
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| The Langdale Pikes |
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| Steel Fell and Helm Crag across Easedale, Blencathra appearing in the gap between Steel Fell and Helvellyn |
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| Grisedale Hause flanked by Seat Sandal and Fairfield |
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| Great Rigg with Hart Crag and Dove Crag on the skyline |
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| Grasmere and Rydal Water |
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| Loughrigg Fell and Windermere. My thanks to Peter Fisher from Poulton-le-Fylde for his Wainwrightesque pose! |
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| Lastly, a look back along the route from Elterwater |
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