Hikes up Yewbarrow are a fantastic challenge with steep trails, rocky terrain and descents that’ll have you using your hands too. It might sound tough, but this fell looks so …

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Location: Wasdale, Copeland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom

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1. Black Sail Pass – Yewbarrow loop from Boot

18.1km

07:51

1,110m

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2. Yewbarrow – Red Pike (Wasdale) loop from Boot

17.9km

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3. Yewbarrow – Wast Water loop from Boot

23.7km

09:37

1,320m

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Trail Magazine

December 13, 2019

This is the fourth Wasdale peak on our Trail 100 list, but despite being the lowest, Yewbarrow is more than a match for its neighbours. Taking the form of an upturned ship’s hull, the mountain is steep sided, intricately craggy at either end, with a long, drawn out summit that opens up some of the best scenery in the Lakes.

Adventurer Nic

May 10, 2021

Despite not being the biggest of fells (at 627m) and the summit being less than a mile from the nearest road - many say this is one of the toughest Wainwrights on the basis of there being no 'easy' walkers route to the top. On this occasion we went up via Stirrup Crag and down between Dropping Crag and Bell Rib. Both the ascent and descent involved getting our hands on the rock, but as it was dry it was mostly a great deal of fun. We enjoyed a brilliant sunset on the summit. Wast Water (the deepest glacial lake in England), which can be admired from the summit, was absolutely still.

David Howells

July 12, 2021

Great fell alongside Wast Water and very accessible from the car park at Overbeck Bridge. I went up on a drizzly day but still had a great scramble going up via the gullies between Dropping Crag and Bell Rib. Didn't get the blue sky views but at least I had some and it was good scramble outing. Not wanting to down climb Stirrup Crag in the wet I took a side track just back from North Top coming off the Western side.

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1. Black Sail Pass – Yewbarrow loop from Boot

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