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Great Yarlside
585m (1920ft)

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


Record Great Yarlside as Bagged, Climbed & Conquered


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Walk Great Yarlside walking UK Mountains in The Far Eastern Marches The Lake District National Park Cumbria, England

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


See Great Yarlside and the surrounding tops on our free-to-access 'Google Style' Peak Bagging Maps:

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


You can walk to the top of Great Yarlside by using any of these 3 easy‑to‑follow route maps:
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Walk c492 Sleddale Pike, Wasdale Pike, Great Yarlside, Great Saddle Crag and Ulthwaite Rigg from Wet Sleddale Reservoir

Wild, pathless fells - blissfully quiet

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Vital Statistics:

Length: 10.5mls (17km)
Ascent:1,411ft (430m)
Time:2.25hrs
Grade:Walk Grade 5 Icon (Moderate)
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Walk c322 The Crookdale Round

Boggy - but you might see more deer than people

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Vital Statistics:

Length: 9.5ml (15km)
Ascent:2,050ft (625m)
Time:5½ hrs
Grade:Walk Grade 6 Icon (Moderate)
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Walk c431 The Wet Sleddale Wainwright Outlying Fells

Wild, pathless fells - blissfully quiet

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Vital Statistics:

Length: 11.25mls (18km)
Ascent:1,614ft (492m)
Time:5.75hrs
Grade:Walk Grade 6 Icon (Moderate)

Other walkers who hiked, climbed, bagged and summited Great Yarlside 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

Great Yarlside from Little Yarlside

Great Yarlside from Little Yarlside

Photo: Christine Shepherd (287)

Great Yarlside from Lord's Seat (Crookdale)

Great Yarlside from Lord's Seat (Crookdale)

Photo: Paul Gibson (10)

Cairn on Great Yarlside

Cairn on Great Yarlside

Photo: Christine Shepherd (285)

Harrop Pike from Great Yarlside

Harrop Pike from Great Yarlside

Photo: Paul Gibson (4)


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