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Walk the high fells, hut to hut.

Seven days, five stone huts and one light pack. We carry the rest, cook the supper and have the fire lit before you arrive.

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Move over the valley to see it in colour

You walk. We do everything else.

Seven days in the fells

Every morning your bag goes ahead by road while you take the ridges with a guide who knows each cairn by name. Every evening there is a hut, a hot shower and a pot of something on the stove.

The huts

A fire lit before you arrive.

Five old shepherds' huts, rebuilt in the same stone, a day's walk apart. Bunks with real bedding, drying rooms for wet boots, and a long table for supper.

  • Five huts
  • Bag transfer
  • Suppers cooked
  • Small groups
The route

Five days, five huts.

Sixty-two kilometres of beck, ridge and lakeshore, at the pace of the slowest walker.

Day 1 · the packhorse bridge
Day 1 · the packhorse bridge
Day 2 · the lake steamer
Day 2 · the lake steamer
Day 3 · over the col
Day 3 · over the col
Day 4 · the ridge at sunrise
Day 4 · the ridge at sunrise
What is included

Carry a day bag. That's all.

Bags

Your pack goes ahead

Leave the big bag at the door each morning. It is on your bunk when you arrive.

Suppers

A hot pot every night

Three courses cooked in the hut, from farms in the valley below, with a flask filled for tomorrow.

Guides

Someone who knows the way

Mountain leaders who grew up here, with the map in their heads and a plan for the weather.

62km
of path over five days
5
stone huts a day's walk apart
8
walkers at most in a group
I carried a sandwich and a raincoat for a week. Somebody else carried everything else.
Morven Hale, walked the route in May (a fictional quote)

Before you book

How fit do I need to be?

Comfortable with six hours on your feet and a few steep climbs a day. The guide sets the pace by the group.

What if the weather turns?

Every day has a low route. The guide decides each morning, and the huts are warm whatever happens.

Can I walk on my own?

Yes. Self-guided weeks use the same huts and bag transfers, with a waterproof map and a phone number that answers.

Weeks from May to September

The fells are waiting. The fire is lit.

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