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From Wasdale Campsite to Yewbarrow

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From Wasdale Campsite to Yewbarrow

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May 13, 2021

From Wasdale Campsite to Yewbarrow

Hard

11:32

31.1km

2.7km/h

2,470m

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Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required.

Most people would complete this in 2-3 days

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Waypoints

Wasdale Campsite & Lake Head Car Park

Highlight • Rest Area

A great little camp site that's very central to some amazing walks. The hike to the highest point in England, Scafell Pike, at 3,209 feet (978 m), can be started from here.

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5.33 km

Ill Crag

Highlight • Viewpoint

One of about nine Nuttalls in the central Scafell group. III Crag's summit is another one that is not often visited though as it consists of a very rocky bouldery …

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6.46 km

Scafell Pike summit

Highlight • Summit

At 3,209 feet (978 m) Scafell Pike is England's highest mountain. The summit is also one of the most stunning due to its remote location and awe-inspiring views. While many …

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11.8 km

Topped with wonderful, scrambly ground, Glaramara is the highest point of a rocky ridge of seemingly never-ending undulations dividing Langstrath Valley from the head of Borrowdale. Its twin summits, both …

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14.8 km

Taylor Gill Force

Highlight • Viewpoint

Sour Milk Gill is a long waterfall that tumbles down a steep hillside from a tarn near Green Gable. Alongside the falls, you are treated to enchanting views. In hot …

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17.6 km

Green Gable

Highlight • Natural Monument

At 2,628 feet (801 m), Green Gable is one of the higher fells in the Lake District, yet it's completely overshadowed by its illustrious, monstrous neighbour, Great Gable. However, whether …

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18.3 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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20.3 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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23.7 km

Pillar Summit

Highlight • Viewpoint

This broad, flat summit is wonderfully situated above the increasingly wild valley of Ennerdale to the north and Mosedale, the remote offshoot of Wasdale, to the south. As such the …

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26.0 km

Red Pike (Wasdale)

Highlight • Natural Monument

Red Pike is a 2,710-foot (826 m) mountain in the Western Lake District that sits between Yewbarrow to the south and Scoat Fell to the north. It falls along the …

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28.9 km

Yewbarrow

Highlight • Summit

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 …

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31.1 km

Wasdale Campsite & Lake Head Car Park

Highlight • Rest Area

A great little camp site that's very central to some amazing walks. The hike to the highest point in England, Scafell Pike, at 3,209 feet (978 m), can be started from here.

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

15.4 km

7.83 km

7.49 km

313 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

15.3 km

10.1 km

5.56 km

102 m

< 100 m

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Highest point (950 m)

Lowest point (70 m)

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From Wasdale Campsite to Yewbarrow

Wasdale Campsite & Lake Head Car Park

Ill Crag

Scafell Pike summit

Glaramara Summit

Taylor Gill Force

Green Gable

Great Gable summit

Kirk Fell Summit

Pillar Summit

Red Pike (Wasdale)

Yewbarrow

Wasdale Campsite & Lake Head Car Park

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