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Kendal Mountain Festival: Cunswick Scar & Scout Scar

Kendal Mountain Festival

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Kendal Mountain Festival: Cunswick Scar & Scout Scar

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

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Overview

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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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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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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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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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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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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16.9 km

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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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Kendal Mountain Festival: Cunswick Scar & Scout Scar

Serpentine Wood Sculpture Trail

Cunswick Scar summit cairn

The Mushroom on Scout Scar

Scout Scar trig point

St John's Chapel of Ease, Helsington

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