(S) Leave YHA Keswick and walk through the town to the ferry going to Hawes End or walk around through Portinscale (an extra 4 miles).
From YHA Keswick turn right (South) onto Station Road, cross over at the junction with A5271 into Station Street. At the junction with St John's Road, turn right then left onto Lake Road (South). Continue to follow Lake Road which has several bends and will go underneath the B5289.
(1) On the other side of the B5289, Carry on South-West-South into the woods, then in between Hope park to reach Lake Road again until it reaches the jetty.
(2) Take the ferry direct to Hawes End.
(3) From the landing stage (Kitchen Bay), walk straight up (West) through the woods, past Hawes End Outdoor Centre to the road, and then up to the crossroads and cattle-grid near Gutherscale. From the cattle-grid, go straight up the road (there is also a gravel path on the left-hand side) to the junction.
(4) Almost opposite and a little to the right is the prepared path going up the hill. Once on the path, there is no doubt as to how to reach the summit, just keep going up straight ahead, past Skelgill Bank and up to the round, slate Trig Point on Cat Bells (Wainwright fell at 451 m above sea level).
(5) Take in the views and rest for a while at Cat Bells before continuing along the ridge Southwards to Hause Gate. Go straight (South) across the path that comes up from Little Town in the Newlands Valley and goes down to Manesty in Borrowdale. Just follow the path up to Black Crag and on to Bull Crag on Maiden Moor (Wainwright fell at 575 m above sea level).
(6) There is only a small cairn on the summit of Maiden Moor but the highest point is where the land drops away on all sides. Then it's on-again, along the wide ridge going South across Narrow Moor and past the headwaters of Greenup Sikes to reach a cairn above Blea Crag. Continue straight on along Eel Crags and past Minum Crag to reach the two-meter high slate cairn at High Spy (Wainwright fell at 653 m above sea level).
(7) From High Spy, it's a simple case of heading South down the mountain towards Dalehead Tarn. On the right going down are Red Crag and Miners Crag but the path is clear and with care shouldn't pose any problems.
(8) Carry straight on down, by Newlands Beck there are a number of paths, take the southerly one, this bends to the right, follow the path round the Southern side of Dalehead Tarn and begin the climb up to Dale Head (Wainwright fell at 753 m above sea level) (Westerly direction).
(9) From Dale Head summit, head South, down the mountain to the road (B5289) at Honister Hause. Bear right past the Slate Mine and follow the quarry road (Northwesterly direction) to climb up to Bell Crags.
(10) Here, either head straight on taking the footpath (maintaining a northwesterly direction) for Fleetwith Pike (Wainwright fell at 648 m above sea level) or turn left above Bell Crags, heading west towards Dubs Quarry.
(11) From the cairn on Fleetwith Pike, head South-East back to the main path. Turn right onto the path coming from Bell Crags to reach Warnscale Beck. Don't drop down too far, but cut left after Dubs Quarry to ford the stream near Little Round How.
(12) Keep on a South-West setting to climb above Green Crag. Continue past Blackbeck Tarn which will be on your left. Bear towards the west to reach Innominate Tarn, the location where Alfred Wainwright's ashes were scattered (pause for a moment to remember the well-loved fell walker). From the Tarn, continue to follow the path in a North-West direction to reach Hay Stacks (Wainwright fell at 597 m above sea level).
(13) There are two summits, so make sure you go to both before descending, quite steeply down to Scarth Gap.
(14) At the junction of the paths, take the left path, heading South, down into the Ennerdale valley, following Scarth Beck for a while then veering off to the left (South-East) to join the valley path that comes up the valley by the River Liza.
(15) Turn left up the valley to reach YHA Black Sail, possibly the best and certainly the most remote hostel in England. (E)
