Blencathra or Saddleback (Hallsfell Top)
868m (2849ft)

The Northern Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England

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Blencathra or Saddleback (Hallsfell Top) is on Ordnance Survey Maps:

OS Explorer Map OL5

1:25,000 scale (Orange Covers)

OS Landranger Map 90

1:50,000 scale (Pink Covers)

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*Version marked with the walk routes you need to follow to Walk all 214 Wainwrights in just 59 walks.

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Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Blencathra or Saddleback (Hallsfell Top)

Tony Kenny walked up on January 2nd, 2019 [from/via/route] From Scales [with] Kitty [weather] Dry & cold; very cold on the top with biting breeze

Neil Bennett climbed on July 24th, 2020 [from/via/route] Climbed Blencathra via Blease Fell. Our starting point for the walk was the car park above the Blencathra Centre. Our descent followed the same route. [with] Pam Bennett, Oliver Bennett, Thomas Bennett. [weather] Light cloud with sunny intervals.

Stephen Batson bagged on June 20th, 2020 [from/via/route] Mungrisdale [with] Clare [weather] Mixture of sunshine, cloud and fox

Christine Shepherd hiked on April 23rd, 2006 [from/via/route] Walked from Scales. reached the summit via Sharp Edge and made the descent over Hall's Fell Ridge. [with] My daughter Rebecca [weather] Bright and cold - My daughter, a climber, persuaded my to go over Sharp Edge which I didn't really enjoy. However, I decided to climb Blencathra again by myself using walk c170 climbing via Hall's Fell Ridge and loved it. Climbed via Hall's Fell Ridge again 21.9.19 on the only fine day of a week's holiday.

Andrew Johnson summited on October 31st, 2019 [from/via/route] Mungrisdale [weather] Sunny

James Brocken conquered on September 14th, 2019 [weather] Windy on the top

Iain Jones scaled on April 17th, 2016 [from/via/route] Scales [with] Jim Hamilton, Alex Walker and Steven Hunt - 05 July 2018 - Trail Run from Scales

Bill Salisbury walked up on August 27th, 2019 [from/via/route] Scales [with] Sue [weather] Sunny

Jamie Bryan climbed on August 4th, 2019 [from/via/route] c245

Richard Marchant bagged on June 29th, 2019 [from/via/route] From the hamlet of Scales up to Mousthwaite Comb then up the valley to Scale Beck, Scale Tarn' up Brunt Knot, Sharp Edge and up to Blencathra. The descent took us down over Doddick Fell and once down along to Scales. [with] James Marchant my son. [weather] Slightly over cast, dry, no breeze but very muggy and hot. - First time for James up Sharp Edge so chuffed to do this with him after many years of him saying he wanted to do this.

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