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Kirk Fell Summit – Great Gable summit loop from Wasdale Head

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Kirk Fell Summit – Great Gable summit loop from Wasdale Head

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Kirk Fell Summit – Great Gable summit loop from Wasdale Head

06:03

12.9km

990m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 10, 2026

Tips

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Lake District National Park

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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384 m

Packhorse Bridge Over Mosedale Beck

Highlight • Historical Site

Quirky little bridge at the start of the Black Sail Pass route.

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2.20 km

Mosedale Valley

Highlight • Viewpoint

A wild side valley that branches off to the northwest of Upper Wasdale, Mosedale is a beautiful place to explore. It is ringed by some of the Lake District's most …

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5.03 km

Kirk Fell Summit

Highlight • Viewpoint

Kirk Fell is one of Alfred Wainwright's 214 fells of Lakeland. The summit offers brilliant views down Wasdale to Wast Water, but my favourite view from here has to be …

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6.18 km

Beckhead Tarn

Lake

6.98 km

Great Gable summit

Highlight • Natural Monument

A humongous, rugged mass of rock and crags and cliffs, Great Gable is captivating to look at: an unbroken, devilish pyramid from the south; the dome of a sleeping, curled-up …

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7.47 km

Windy Gap

Highlight • Viewpoint

This is one of those places in the Lakes where you really feel as though you're in true mountain country. Windy Gap, a col between Gables Green and Great, is …

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8.75 km

View of Styhead Tarn

Highlight • Viewpoint

9.00 km

Sty Head Stretcher Box

Highlight • Trail

Sty Head is the apex of an ancient and wild trade route between Borrowdale and Wasdale, the Styhead Pass. Right in the mountainous heart of the Lake District, it separates …

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9.61 km

Moses Trod Trail

Highlight • Viewpoint

12.9 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.05 km

4.68 km

2.02 km

147 m

Surfaces

4.73 km

4.41 km

1.85 km

1.64 km

271 m

Elevation

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Weather

Saturday 18 July

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Kirk Fell Summit – Great Gable summit loop from Wasdale Head

Packhorse Bridge Over Mosedale Beck

Mosedale Valley

Kirk Fell Summit

Great Gable summit

Windy Gap

View of Styhead Tarn

Sty Head Stretcher Box

Moses Trod Trail

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