HONISTER PASS

If you want to see the country without getting exhausted by long walks, you still have the car. Honister Pass is one of the most touristic routes in the park, between Borrowdale and Buttermere. This section of the B5289 reaches a height of 332 metres and extends over 6 km with fantastic observation points over the two valleys. It can even be used as a starting point for some great hikes, especially to Dale Head, where a trail begins facing the YHA Honister Hause Inn. This is also where you can visit the former Honister Slate Mines mining sites, excavated in the bowels of the Lake District. The most adventurous can also indulge in the joys of via ferrata, an amazing sporting activity between climbing and walking on a mountainside (information: ✆ +44 176 877 7230 - www.honister.com). To loop to Keswick, you can continue on the Newlands Hause road, which goes up to the city from Buttermere, at the foot of several peaks.