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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Your Personal Mountain & Hill Bagging Record

If you LOG ON and then RELOAD this page it will display when you climbed, bagged and conquered Blencathra or Saddleback (Hallsfell Top), what the weather was like, who you went with and any other comments you might like to add to remind you of that fantastic day. For more details see Your Personal Mountain, Top, Peak and Hill Bagging Record.

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

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

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

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

Richard Marchant conquered 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.

Liz Sheerin scaled on August 1st, 2014 [from/via/route] Threkeld [with] Neil,Tom,Hannah,Matt

Clare Tait walked up on February 17th, 2019 [from/via/route] From visitor centre [with] Charlie [weather] Changeable and very windy at top.

Craig Steeland climbed on October 7th, 2018 [from/via/route] From end of Blease Road in Threlkeld [with] With Sue [weather] Very cold and windy, but dry

Michael Martin bagged on January 28th, 2018 [with] Colin Saunders and Robert Jones [weather] Windy and misty and rain

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

. . . [see more walk reports]

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

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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.

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