Yewbarrow
627m (2057ft)
The Western Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
Yewbarrow is on Ordnance Survey Maps:
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| OS Landranger Map 89 | |
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Yewbarrow is on Peak Bagging Map & Hill Tick List:
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Walk c386 Yewbarrow from Wasdale Head, Wast Water
Very steep ascent up to Dore Head - pick a nice day
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 5ml (8km) | |
| Ascent: | 2,123ft (647m) | |
| Time: | 4 hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
- Wasdale Head, Mosedale Beck, Dore Head, Yewbarrow (North Top), Yewbarrow, Bell Rib, Dropping Crag, Over Beck, Overbeck Bridge, Wasdale Head, Wast Water.
Walk c101 Pillar and Little Scoat Fell from Wasdale Head, Wast Water
One of Lakeland's finest walks - unmissable
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 11ml (17.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 4,782ft (1,457m) | |
| Time: | 8.75hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
- Wasdale Head, Mosedale Beck, Black Sail Pass, Looking Stead (Pillar), High Level Route, Robinson's Cairn, Pillar, Wind Gap, Black Crag (Pillar), Scoat Fell (Little Scoat Fell), Steeple, Red Pike (Wasdale), Dore Head, Yewbarrow (North Top), Yewbarrow, Dropping Crag, Bell Rib, Over Beck, Wasdale Head, Wast Water.
Walk c133 The Netherbeck Round from Greendale
Superb mountain walk on less crowded fells
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 11.25ml (18km) | |
| Ascent: | 5,100ft (1,554m) | |
| Time: | 9.25hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
- Greendale Farm, Middle Fell (Wasdale), Seatallan, Pots of Ashness, Gowder Crag, Haycock, Great Scoat Fell, Steeple, Scoat Fell (Little Scoat Fell), Red Pike (Wasdale), Dore Head, Yewbarrow (North Top), Yewbarrow, Bell Rib, Dropping Crag, Overbeck Bridge, Wast Water, Greendale Farm.
Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Yewbarrow
Andrew Johnson walked up on November 2nd, 2019 [from/via/route] Wasdale [with] Ted [weather] Cloudy - Very wet under foot
Richard Marshall climbed on September 21st, 2019 [from/via/route] Mosedale horseshoe [with] Bo and Andy Pratt [weather] sunny. Very warm. - Boot went so only did Kirk Fell
Elaine Evans bagged on August 15th, 2019 [from/via/route] From car park at Overbeck Bridge up to summit of Yewbarrow via Great Door, descended via path just before Stirrup Crag to return to car along path running parallel to Over Beck. [with] Sue [weather] Dry, warm in the sun but a cold wind in some places. - Amazing views, lovely day. A very good half day walk.
Richard Marchant hiked on November 23rd, 1993 [from/via/route] This was a two day trip with an overnight camp at Beckhead Tarn below Great Gable. Day 1 we ascended Yewbarrow then onto Red Pike-Scoat Fell-Pillar-Kirk Fell and descended to Beckhead Tarn and camped the night and what a cold night. Day 2 Great Gable-Scafell Pike via the corridor route then Sca Fell and back down to Wasdale and the car. [with] Best Friend Ray Collins. [weather] Clear blue skies, no wind but very cold and in the minus overnight
Phillip Bulley summited on September 6th, 2018 [from/via/route] Via Red Pike and dorehead. [with] Ruby. [weather] Sunny but chilly.
Craig Steeland conquered on July 10th, 2018 [from/via/route] From Overbeck Bridge in Wasdale [with] On my own [weather] Warm and partly cloudy with no wind.
Simon Myerscough scaled on February 25th, 2007 [from/via/route] C133 [with] Martin [weather] Low cloud on tops, dry - Cloud clearing, occasionally lost. Yewbarrow nice looking fell - Martin cooked some beans. Excellent scramble on Yebarrow (North Top) - good fun!
Anthony Scott walked up on July 12th, 2017 [from/via/route] Wast Water [with] me [weather] Blue sky then white cloud. No wind
Clive Ward climbed during July, 1975 [from/via/route] Not sure Also group walk, Wasdale, 19th Oct 2016 [with] Hazel, Pluto Group: see Red Pike Wasdale [weather] Fair, windy - We have photos of this walk. Date - very approximate
Mark Davidson bagged on July 20th, 2004 [with] Alone [weather] Glorious
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Yewbarrow
Snow capping Yewbarrow (left) Great Gable (centre) Lingmell and Scafell Pike surround Wast Water from near Overbeck Bridge, Wasdale
Snow on Yewbarrow (North Top) left, Red Pike (centre right) and the shoulder or Kirk Fell (right) tower above Wasdale from near Sty Head
Wasdale featuring Lingmell (left), Illgill Head and Whin Rigg (left of centre in the distance), Wast Water (centre) and Yewbarrow (right) from Westmorland Cairn near the summit of Great Gable
Seatallan, Great Scoat Fell, Little Scoat Fell, Red Pike (Wasdale), Yewbarrow, Kirk Fell, Great Gable and Whin Rigg from Irton Pike
Wast Water, Wasdale and Yewbarrow with Middle Fell (left) Seatallan (background centre), Red Pike (Wasdale) (right) and the shoulder of Kirk Fell (centre foreground) from Westmorland Cairn on Great Gable
Kirk Fell, Great Gable, Great End and Lingmell from the summit of Yewbarrow
Kirk Fell and Mosedale from Dore Head having just climbed up from Wasdale and heading for Yewbarrow
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