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

The Northern Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England

---

---

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)

---

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

---

---

---

---

---

---

---

---

---

---

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

Bay Wan walked up on October 5th, 2020 [from/via/route] Started from Scales layby around to Blease Fell and back down [with] Cocoa dog - 9 yrs old & special guest Paul Harper [weather] Sunny, windy dry Autumn day following lashing from Storm Alex. - Really pleasant walk

Catherine Hill climbed on October 1st, 2020 [from/via/route] From Threlkeld village up to Blecathra via Blease.took the easier route. Time limited so a loop out of the question. One of those - think you'vecreached the top and then there's another hill, then another, and on and on... [with] Alone [weather] Good weather overall. Some light rain at the start.

Richard Fulcher bagged on September 30th, 2019 [from/via/route] Straight up and down Blease Fell from the car park at the Blencathra Centre. [with] Jen, Viv and Dave [weather] A bit misty on the way up ... but cleared at the top. Lovely views.

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

Neil Bennett summited 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 conquered on June 20th, 2020 [from/via/route] Mungrisdale [with] Clare [weather] Mixture of sunshine, cloud and fox

Christine Shepherd scaled 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 walked up on October 31st, 2019 [from/via/route] Mungrisdale [weather] Sunny

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

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

To add (or remove) your name and experiences on this page - Log On and edit your Personal Mountain Bagging Record

. . . [see more walk reports]

---

---

---

---

. . . see all 16 walk photographs & pictures of views from, on or of Blencathra or Saddleback (Hallsfell Top)

---

Send us your photographs and pictures on, of, or from Blencathra or Saddleback (Hallsfell Top)

If you would like to add your walk photographs and pictures featuring views from, on or of Blencathra or Saddleback (Hallsfell Top) to this page, please send them as email attachments (configured for any computer) along with your name to:

and we shall do our best to publish them.

(Guide Resolution = 300dpi. At least = 660pixels (wide) x 440 pixels (high).)

You can also submit photos via our Facebook Page.

NB. Please indicate where each photo was taken.

---

---

---

---

---