Green Gable
801m (2629ft)
The Western Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
Green Gable is on Ordnance Survey Maps:
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| 1:25,000 scale (Orange Covers) |
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| OS Landranger Maps 89 & 90 | |
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Green Gable is on Peak Bagging Map & Hill Tick List:
*Version marked with the walk routes you need to follow to Walk all 214 Wainwrights in just 59 walks.
Walk c442 Great Gable and Green Gable from Honister Hause
Easy to follow paths - a Lakeland classic
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 5.75ml (9km) | |
| Ascent: | 2,340ft (731m) | |
| Time: | 4½ hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
- Honister Pass, Honister Hause, Grey Knotts, Brandreth, Green Gable, Windy Gap, Great Gable, Westmorland Cairn, Beck Head, Beckhead Tarn, Moses' Trod, Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk, Honister Pass.
Walk c118 Great Gable from Seathwaite
Clear paths & superb views on glorious gable
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 6ml (9.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 2,845ft (867m) | |
| Time: | 5 hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
- Seathwaite, Stockley Bridge, Styhead Tarn, Sty Head, Great Gable, Westmorland Cairn, Windy Gap, Green Gable, Mitchell Cove, Blackmoor Pols, Base Brown, Gillercomb, Sour Milk Gill (Borrowdale), Seathwaite.
Walk c338 Great Gable and Kirk Fell from Honister Hause
Easy to follow paths - a Lakeland classic
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 7.5ml (12km) | |
| Ascent: | 3,289ft (1,002m) | |
| Time: | 6 hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
- Honister Pass, Honister Hause, Grey Knotts, Brandreth, Green Gable, Windy Gap, Great Gable, Westmorland Cairn, Beck Head, Beckhead Tarn, Kirk Fell (East Top), Kirk Fell, Moses' Trod, Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk, Honister Pass.
Walk c241 Great Gable and Honister Pass from Seatoller (Borrowdale)
Easy to follow paths - a Lakeland classic
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 8ml (13km) | |
| Ascent: | 3,016ft (919m) | |
| Time: | 6 hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
- Seatoller (Borrowdale), Seathwaite, Sourmilk Gill (Seathwaite), Gillercomb, Blackmoor Pols, Mitchell Cove, Green Gable, Windy Gap, Great Gable, Westmorland Cairn, Beck Head, Beckhead Tarn, Moses' Trod, Honister Pass, Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk, Seatoller (Borrowdale).
Walk c151 Great Gable, Kirk Fell and Hay Stacks from Honister Hause
Good paths on rough ground
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 8.5ml (13.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 4,260ft (1,298m) | |
| Time: | 7.25hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
- Honister Pass, Honister Hause, Green Crag (Buttermere), Black Beck, Blackbeck Tarn, Innominate Tarn, Hay Stacks (Haystacks), Scarth Gap, Ennerdale, River Liza, Black Sail Hut (Youth Hostel), Black Sail Path, Kirk Fell, Kirk Fell (East Top), Beckhead Tarn, Beck Head, Great Gable, Westmorland Cairn, Windy Gap, Green Gable, Gillercomb Head, Brandreth, Grey Knotts, Honister Hause.
Walk c417 Base Brown, Great Gable and Kirk Fell from Honister Hause
Easy to follow paths with great views
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9ml (14.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 3,965ft (1,208m) | |
| Time: | 7½ hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
- Honister Pass, Honister Hause, Grey Knotts, Brandreth, Blackmoor Pols, Base Brown, Mitchell Cove, Green Gable, Windy Gap, Great Gable, Westmorland Cairn, Beck Head, Beckhead Tarn, Kirk Fell (East Top), Kirk Fell, Moses' Trod, Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk, Honister Pass.
Walk c174 Glaramara and Great Gable from Seatoller (Borrowdale)
Rough paths but generally easy to follow
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 10.5ml (17km) | |
| Ascent: | 4,693ft (1,430m) | |
| Time: | 8½ hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
- Seatoller (Borrowdale), Strands Bridge, Borrowdale, The Combe, Thornythwaite Fell, Comb Head, Glaramara, Looking Steads (Glaramara), Red Beck, Red Beck Top, Allen Gill, High House Tarn, High House Tarn Top, Allen Crags, Esk Hause, Ruddy Gill, Sprinkling Tarn, Sty Head, Westmorland Cairn, Windy Gap, Green Gable, Gillercomb Head, Brandreth, Grey Knotts, Honister Hause, Honister Pass, Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk, Seatoller (Borrowdale).
Walk c120 The Ennerdale Horseshoe
Strenuous, high level route worth every step - if you have the energy!
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 18.75ml (30km) | |
| Ascent: | 7,309ft (2,408m) | |
| Time: | 14.75hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Very Hard) |
Route Summary:
- Bowness Knott Car Park Ennerdale, Low Gillerthwaite Field Centre, High Gillerthwaite Yourth Hostel, Red Pike (Buttermere), High Stile, High Crag (Buttermere), Seat (Buttermere), Scarth Gap, Hay Stacks (Haystacks), Innominate Tarn, Blackbeck Tarn, Black Beck, Green Crag (Buttermere), Great Round How, Brandreth, Gillercomb Head, Green Gable, Windy Gap, Great Gable, Westmorland Cairn, Beck Head, Beckhead Tarn, Kirk Fell (East Top), Kirk Fell, Black Sail Pass, Looking Stead (Pillar), High Level Route, Robinson's Cairn, Pillar, Wind Gap, Black Crag (Pillar), High Beck, Low Beck, Ennerdale.
Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Green Gable
Richard Marshall walked up on May 31st, 2020 [from/via/route] Great Gable from Seathwaite [with] Bo and Andy Pratt [weather] Sunny low wind and very hot. Middle of Pandemic
Christine Shepherd climbed on July 19th, 2003 [from/via/route] Walked from Honister Hause over Grey Knotts and Brandreth [with] Friends Miriam and Andy and Miriam's granddaughter Ishmay aged 7. [weather] Hot and breezy - I have climbed Green Gable again from Borrowdale Youth Hostel; on 18.6.10 with my friend Jenny and then while leading a group of walkers from St Georges Church Leeds on 26.6.10 using walk c241. On the first of these walks Jenny and I also added Fleetwith Pike before descending to Honister. Climbed again on a bright Autumn day on 30.11.19.
Andrew Johnson bagged on November 8th, 2019 [from/via/route] Honister [with] Ted [weather] Cloudy
Richard Marchant hiked on August 3rd, 1991 [from/via/route] Parked the car at Seathwaite and then went up Seathwaite Slabs on to Base Brown to Green Gable up to Great Gable down to Sty Head and followed Sty Head Gill back down to Seathwaite. [with] Nick Harker [weather] A fine day with a slight breeze and partially cloudy with out breaks of sunshine - A day out in the Lakes with my Best Man and old Navy pal Nick Harker. Just another great memory of past Lakeland trips.
Cathy Betoin summited on December 27th, 2018 [from/via/route] Rosthwaite - Seathwaite - up the waterwall by the farm onto the ridge and then up to the coll and to Greatgable. [with] Pierre, Josh, Tom and Dan [weather] overcast low cloud on the peaks - Christmas family walk - the biggest I have done for a long time!
Jill Dean conquered on September 22nd, 2018 [from/via/route] Honister pass [with] Grez, dexter & me
Andy James scaled during August, 2014 [with] Suzie James
Simon Myerscough walked up on November 12th, 2006 [from/via/route] C151 [with] Martin - Scramble on Kirk Fell, saw the remembrance day service on Great Gable from afar
Christina Lander climbed on January 7th, 2018 [from/via/route] Honister Slate Mine - Moses Trod - Great Geable - Green Gable - Brandreth - Grey Knotts - Honister Slate Mine [with] Dick and Meg [weather] Beautiful sunny day
John Almond bagged on September 17th, 2017 [from/via/route] go4awalk c417 from Honister Slate Mine - Grey Knotts - Brandreth - Base Brown - GREEN GABLE - Great Gable - Kirk Fell - Wainwright 118 [with] Solo [weather] Good, improving throughout the day. Light cloud on summit of Great Gable. - Horrible direct descent from Great Gable via scree/boulder field to Beck Head Tarn, not recommended! Probably better to descend via NW ridge to Beck Head as described in go4awalk walk c417 route description
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Green Gable
360 degree panorama featuring Great Gable, Green Gable, Little Scoat Fell & Pillar (distance), Brandreth, Dale Head (Newlands), High Spy, Glaramara, Esk Pike, Great End and Scafell Pike from Base Brown
Harrison Stickle and Pike of Stickle (Pike o' Stickle) framed by cloud whilst ascending Green Gable
Kirk Fell, Looking Stead & Pillar, Ennerdale, High Stile, High Crag & Hay Stacks, Crummock Water & Buttermere and Grasmoor from Green Gable
High Stile, High Crag & Hay Stacks, Crummock Water & Buttermere and Grasmoor from the top of Green Gable
Our new addition Neela ( 1st time in the Lakes) on Hay Stacks (Haystacks) with Green Gable (left), Windy Gap, Great Gable and Kirk Fell (right) very clear in the background
Green Gable left), Great Gable (centre) and Kirk Fell (right) with the Scafell Massif beyond (centre) from High Crag (Buttermere)
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