Area: | Lake District - Far Eastern Fells |
County: | Cumbria |
Country: | England |
Classification: | Wainwright, Birkett, Hewitt, Nuttall, and HuMP (also Fellranger, Synge, Sim, and Tump) |
Height: | |
Maps: | OL5(S), OL7(N) Explorer or 90 Landranger |
Grid Ref: | NY478099 Hills nearby: 5km 10km 20km |
Summit: | small pile of stones by trig station |
Notes: | ground 40m NW at NY 47776 10002 and at NY 47754 09997 is about as high |
Daylight: | dawn 06:14, sunrise 06:49, sunset 17:55, dusk 18:31 |
External links: | Wikipedia |
Situated at the head of Mardale, Longsleddale and Mosedale, it's more gentle grass slopes are less craggy than the rocky peaks of much of the Lake District hills.
It can be climbed from the car park at Mardale, at the end of Haweswater reservoir road, by way of Gatescarth pass.
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Other walkers registered on our site who have already walked up this hill include: @woody (twice), adgl, AGJ64, ahampson, Andy67, beth, bryanatk, CARLOS, CEW, chloealina, Chris the rambler, chrisfry35 (x4), Claren, Darrenh, DukeNukem (twice), DuncanG22, Dunkman, elainewoodhouse, fellwalker68, fizzerfox, frothyraptor, gallowshill, GaryR, gbh, gdh200, Gillian7660, Ginty, Harter hod carrier, Hubbards, iggsypoo, JamieL, Jandy, jegger, jezsheona, john09cw, Jojo777, King of the Tops (twice), Lancashire Lad, lfaulder, MarjWatson, McLeish, Mikew92, motley 55, navdave, NickiG, Orayner15, pah800, pandy, peterb, RuslandRambler (twice), russellporter12, sgrice56, shane1974, shivtc@yahoo.co.uk, spookyfish, springfishblue, Stephenmshanks, Steve18566, StevetheRover (twice), Strangerclur, Susanna, Sylwia J Kociemba, Tabber, ThrowerBell, TonyRogerson, vinmac, walsh581, wolfgangb, Yan, and yorkmunrobagger.
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