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Great Yarlside
585m (1920ft)

The Far Eastern Marches, The Lake District, Cumbria, England

Record Great Yarlside as Bagged, Climbed & Conquered

Great Yarlside is classified as:

English Trig Point
(Concrete Ring)

Great Yarlside Summit

Photo: Paul Gibson

You can find Great Yarlside & all the walks that climb it on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps: (click/TAP to select)
The Lake District National Park

1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (the ones with orange/yellow covers):
OL7 The English Lakes - South Eastern area

1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (the ones with pink/magenta covers):
90 Penrith & Keswick, Ambleside

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The Far Eastern Marches area of The Lake District National Park

The Whole of The Lake District National Park

A go4awalk.com downloadable PDF Peak Bagging Map featuring Great Yarlside should be available soon.

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You can walk to the top of Great Yarlside by using any of these 3 easy-to-follow route maps:

Walk c492 Sleddale Pike, Wasdale Pike, Great Yarlside, Great Saddle Crag and Ulthwaite Rigg from Wet Sleddale Reservoir

Wild, pathless fells - blissfully quiet

Vital Statistics:

Length:	10.5mls (17km)
Ascent:	1,411ft (430m)
Time:	2.25hrs
Grade:		(Moderate)

Walk route map with easy-to-follow route instructions for walk c492 Sleddale Pike, Wasdale Pike, Great Yarlside, Great Saddle Crag and Ulthwaite Rigg from Wet Sleddale Reservoir pdf

Route Summary:

Wet Sleddale Reservoir - Poor Hag Wood - Poorhag Gill - Wetsleddale Moor Lunch House - Howe Gill - The Shap Fells - Gray Bull - Sherry Gill - Sleddale Pike - Wasdale Pike - Great Yarlside - Great Saddle Crag - Ulthwaite Rigg - Sleddale Hall - Michael Moss - Sleddale Beck - Wet Sleddale Reservoir.

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Walk c322 The Crookdale Round

Boggy - but you might see more deer than people

Vital Statistics:

Length:	9.5ml (15km)
Ascent:	2,050ft (625m)
Time:	5½ hrs
Grade:		(Moderate)

Walk route map with easy-to-follow route instructions for walk c322 The Crookdale Round pdf

Route Summary:

Demings Moss - Shap - Whatshaw Common - Little Yarlside - Great Yarlside - Harrop Pike - Grey Crag (Sleddale) - Lord's Seat (Crookdale) - Robin Hood (Crookdale) - High House Bank - Demings Moss - Shap.

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Walk c431 The Wet Sleddale Wainwright Outlying Fells

Wild, pathless fells - blissfully quiet

Vital Statistics:

Length:	11.25mls (18km)
Ascent:	1,614ft (492m)
Time:	5.75hrs
Grade:		(Moderate)

Walk route map with easy-to-follow route instructions for walk c431 The Wet Sleddale Wainwright Outlying Fells pdf

Route Summary:

Wet Sladdale Reservoir - Poor Hag Wood - Poorhag Gill - Wetsleddale Moor Lunch House - Howe Gill - The Shap Fells - Gray Bull - Sherry Gill - Sleddale Pike - Wasdale Pike - Great Yarlside - Great Saddle Crag - Ulthwaite Rigg - Scam Matthew - High Wether Howe - Haskew Tarn - Seat Robert - Gambling Crag - Willy Winder Hill - Great Ladstones - Bleak Hill - Willy Fold - White Crag - Michael Moss - Sleddale Hall - Sleddale Beck - Wet Sladdale Reservoir.

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Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Great Yarlside

Angeline Grieveson walked up Great Yarlside on November 20th, 2022 [with] Dotty

Vincent Clarke climbed Great Yarlside on August 17th, 2022 [from/via/route] Vince & Lil family & H [with] lil [weather] sunny / mild

Iain Jones bagged Great Yarlside on September 8th, 2020 [from/via/route] The Crookdale Round (Trail Run).

Trevor Williams hiked Great Yarlside on March 1st, 2019 [with] paul

Mark Davidson summited Great Yarlside on October 31st, 2004 [with] Mike [weather] Bit grey & misty but with occasional sunshine

Christine Shepherd conquered Great Yarlside on March 19th, 2015 [from/via/route] Used walk c322 The Crookdale round from a layby on the A6 [with] On my own [weather] Glorious spring sunshine - Added Wasdale Pike to this walk using Wainwright's 'Outlying Fells' .

Clare Houlihan, Peter Thwaites, Louise Sandwith and Paul Booth have all walked, climbed & bagged Great Yarlside.

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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Great Yarlside

Cairn on Great Yarlside

Photo: Christine Shepherd (285)

Great Yarlside from Lord's Seat (Crookdale)

Photo: Paul Gibson (10)

Harrop Pike from Great Yarlside

Photo: Paul Gibson (4)

Great Yarlside from Little Yarlside

Photo: Christine Shepherd (287)

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