Bagged Slight Side 762m (2501ft) The Southern Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England

The view from the summit of Slight Side Photograph by Greg Campbell Slight Side is classified as a: Wainwright (No. 58)   Slight Side is on interactive maps: OS Explorer (Orange Covers) sheet: OL6 OS Landranger (Pink Covers) sheet: 89 and 90

Slight Side is on Peak Bagging Map & Hill Tick List:

• The Southern Fells area of The Lake District

• *Walk all The Wainwrights in The Southern Fells area of The Lake District

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You can walk to the top of Slight Side by using any of these 5 easy to follow route maps:

Walk c109 Slight Side and Sca Fell from Wha House Farm, Eskdale

Route Summary: - Eskdale, Wha House Farm, Hare Crag, Quagrigg Moss, Slight Side, Sca Fell, Symonds Knott, Foxes Tarn, Cam Spout Crag, River Esk, Great Moss, Lingcove Bridge, Brotherilkeld, Hardknott Pass, Eskdale.

Length: 16km (10 miles) | Ascent: 1,045m (3,428ft) | Allow at least: 7hrs | Grade: Hard

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Walk c175 Slight Side and Sca Fell from Wha House Farm, Eskdale

Route Summary: - Eskdale, Wha House Farm, Hare Crag, Quagrigg Moss, Slight Side, Sca Fell, Symonds Knott, Hard Rigg, Burnmoor Tarn, Eel Tarn, Christcliff, Wha House Farm, Eskdale.

Length: 16km (10 miles) | Ascent: 1,037m (3,401ft) | Allow at least: 7hrs | Grade: Hard

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Walk c453 The Scafell Mountains from Wasdale Head, Wast Water

Route Summary: - Wasdale Head, (National Trust Campsite), Wast Water, Lingmell, Corridor Route, Great End, Ill Crag, Broad Crag, Scafell Pike, Mickledore, Foxes Tarn, Symonds Knott, Sca Fell, Slight Side, Broad Tongue, Hardrigg Gill, Wasdale Head, Wast Water.

Length: 17.5km (11 miles) | Ascent: 1,648m (5,409ft) | Allow at least: 9½hrs | Grade: Hard

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Walk c166 The Scafell Masiff from Wha House Farm, Eskdale

Route Summary: - Eskdale, Wha House Farm, Hare Crag, Quagrigg Moss, Slight Side, Sca Fell, Symonds Knott, Scafell Pike, Broad Crag, Ill Crag, Great End, Esk Hause, Lingcove Bridge, Great Moss, Eskdale.

Length: 22km (13¾ miles) | Ascent: 1,519m (4,982ft) | Allow at least: 10hrs | Grade: Very Hard

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Walk c110 The Eskdale Skyline from Wha House Farm, Eskdale

Route Summary: - Eskdale, Wha House Farm, Hare Crag, Quagrigg Moss, Slight Side, Sca Fell, Symonds Knott, Mickledore, Scafell Pike, Broad Crag, Ill Crag, Great End, Esk Hause, Esk Pike, Ore Gap, Bow Fell (Bowfell) (North Top), Bow Fell (Bowfell), Bowfell Buttress, Cambridge Crag, Flat Crag, Climbers' Traverse (optional), Three Tarns, Great Moss, Brotherikeld, Eskdale.

Length: 22.5km (14 miles) | Ascent: 1,832m (6,009ft) | Allow at least: 9hrs | Grade: Very Hard

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If you LOG ON and then RELOAD this page it will display when you climbed, bagged and conquered Slight Side, 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 Slight Side

Christina Lander walked up Slight Side on February 24th, 2019 [from/via/route] Dalgarth Station, Boot - Eskdale Moor - Burnmoor Tarn - Scafell - Slight Side - Eel Tarn - Boot [with] Dick & Meg [weather] A beautiful warm day, mostly sunny. Windy on the ascent of Scafell, but still on the ridge

Craig Steeland climbed Slight Side on June 26th, 2018 [from/via/route] Wha House Farm car park at bottom of Hardknott Pass [with] On my own [weather] Hot and sunny with no wind.

Chris Sheard bagged Slight Side on April 10th, 2018 [from/via/route] Up from Boot past Eel tarn. Pleasant to start becoming persistent rain then hellish gusts which blew both of us off our feet. Wild and wonderful. [with] George [weather] Started cloudy turning to rain and finished with broken cloud and sun - Cloud caused some navigation problems in middle section. rain and strong winds pushed us off track but recovered well.

Iain Jones hiked Slight Side on August 26th, 2017 [from/via/route] The Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel, Great Langdale (The Wainwright 60 - Day 6 (Scafell)) [with] Graeme High

John Walter summited Slight Side on July 14th, 2017 [with] Tricia [weather] Warm

Simon Boddy conquered Slight Side on June 25th, 2017 [from/via/route] Eskdale [with] HF Holidays [weather] Sunny and breezy

Anthony Scott scaled Slight Side on May 4th, 2017 [from/via/route] YHA Eskdale [with] me [weather] Glorious! Blue sky, some white cloud, 15 degrees. Just a bit windy, gales high up!

Graham Staples walked up Slight Side on April 22nd, 2017 [from/via/route] Eskdale [with] Jeremy Baines, Peter Tesar and John Winchcombe [weather] Glorious - Very hard walking, scramble up climbers traverse quite challenging

Steve Cookson has climbed Slight Side [from/via/route] Eskdale [with] Gillie [weather] Sunny

Mark Davidson bagged Slight Side on November 9th, 2002 [with] Anne S, Sally, Tony & the gang etc [weather] Clear for November

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