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Kirk Fell – Great Gable Loop from Seatoller

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Kirk Fell – Great Gable Loop from Seatoller

Olivier Cadot planned a hike

May 9, 2022

Kirk Fell – Great Gable Loop from Seatoller

Hard

05:50

13.4km

2.3km/h

940m

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Overview

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

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Parking

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2.57 km

View of Wasdale Valley from Kirk Fell

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3.63 km

Kirk Fell Summit

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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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6.36 km

Great Gable summit

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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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7.73 km

MR stretcher box

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7.73 km

Sty Head Stretcher Box

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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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11.3 km

Packhorse Bridge Over Mosedale Beck

Highlight • Historical Site

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

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11.5 km

Wasdale Head Inn

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The Wasdale Head Inn is known to be the spiritual home of British climbing. From here the first pivotal climbing expeditions into the Lakes crags took place during the 'golden …

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11.8 km

Wasdale Head Car Park

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Great place to start your adventure. Get there early as gets full quick. This is FREE car park. Please remember to put some coins in the collection boxes.

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13.4 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

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5.72 km

5.12 km

1.13 km

1.04 km

355 m

Surfaces

4.74 km

4.29 km

3.08 km

1.13 km

126 m

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Kirk Fell – Great Gable Loop from Seatoller

View of Wasdale Valley from Kirk Fell

Kirk Fell Summit

Great Gable summit

MR stretcher box

Sty Head Stretcher Box

Packhorse Bridge Over Mosedale Beck

Wasdale Head Inn

Wasdale Head Car Park

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