Grasmoor (852m), Hopegill Head (770m), Whiteside (707m) - 08/08/2019
Distance: 12km; Ascent: 920 (+80)m; Time 6h
Ben and I did this circuit starting from a car park along the shore of Crummock Water. Here a finger post is signed to "Grasmoor 1.5ml" - this is a steep 1.5 miles in which you gain 740m in altitude. We (I) made an early error in following an obvious track in the direction in which the finger post was pointing - we should have crossed Cinderdale Beck immediately to gain the true path. The path we actually took fizzled out in overgrown bracken at ~350m altitude, after which we went cross-country through deep heather and across loose scree to eventually join the path at Lad Hows - in the course of which we gained and lost 80m in altitude.
After the steep ascent, the summit of Grasmoor is on a plateau