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Kendal Mountain Festival planned a hike
September 14, 2021
Kendal Mountain Festival: Cunswick Scar & Scout Scar
Moderate
04:49
16.9km
3.5km/h
380m
380m
Overview
Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.
Waypoints
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Start point
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1.09 km
Serpentine Wood Sculpture Trail
Highlight • Structure
A gorgeous little pocket of woodland that's just a stroll from Kendal’s town centre. There's a sculpture trail for the little ones and plenty of wildlife to see too. In …
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2
3.62 km
Cunswick Scar summit cairn
Highlight • Natural Monument
Cunswick Scar is a 679-foot (207 m) fell in the south eastern Lake District, close to Kendal. Wainwright described the walk from the town over Cuswick Scar and neighbouring Scout …
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3
6.46 km
The Mushroom on Scout Scar
Highlight • Summit
The Mushroom marks the summit Wainwright chose for Scout Scar in his guidebook to the Outlying Fells of Lakeland. In fact, the true summit of Scout Scar is a short …
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4
7.18 km
Scout Scar trig point
Highlight • Natural Monument
You'd think that as there's a trig pillar here that this would be the summit of Scout Scar. However, the trig occupies a spot at a height of 751 feet …
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5
10.8 km
St John's Chapel of Ease, Helsington
Highlight • Viewpoint
Helsington Church is well known to walkers not so much for its interior (or exterior) but for its location and the unparalleled views of the Lake District fells to be …
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B
16.9 km
End point
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
10.5 km
3.44 km
1.92 km
577 m
485 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
9.85 km
3.95 km
2.31 km
522 m
233 m
< 100 m
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Highest point (230 m)
Lowest point (50 m)
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