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Yoke
706m (2317ft)
The Far Eastern Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
Yoke is on Ordnance Survey Maps:
| OS Explorer Map OL7 | |
| 1:25,000 scale (Orange Covers) |
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| OS Landranger Map 90 | |
| 1:50,000 scale (Pink Covers) |
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Yoke 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.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 11ml (17.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 3,410ft (1,039m) | |
| Time: | 7½ hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
- Troutbeck Bridge, Garburn Road, Backstone Barrow, Sour Howes, Sallows, Garburn Pass, Yoke, Ill Bell, Froswick, Wanfer Crag, Hagg Gill, Trout Beck, Troutbeck Tongue, Lowther Brow, Long Green Head, Limefitt Campsite, Troutbeck, Troutbeck Bridge.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 11.5ml (18.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 3,378ft (1,030m) | |
| Time: | 7½ hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
- Kentmere, Garburn Pass, Yoke, Ill Bell, Froswick, Thornthwaite Crag, Mardale Ill Bell, Nan Bield Pass, Harter Fell (Mardale), Kentmere Pike, Brookstones, Kentmere.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 12.25ml (19.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 4,194ft (1,278m) | |
| Time: | 8.75hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
- Troutbeck Bridge, Garburn Pass, Yoke, Ill Bell, Froswick, Thornthwaite Crag, Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor), Doup Crag, Trout Beck, Troutbeck Tongue, Hagg Gill, Lowther Brow, Long Green Head, Limefitt Campsite, Troutbeck, Troutbeck Bridge.
Your Personal Mountain & Hill Bagging Record
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Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Yoke
Richard Marchant walked up Yoke during August, 1989 [from/via/route] This was a two day trip with an overnight camp on top of High Street. The route took me from Penrith along High Street the old Roman Road to Windermere via the following Wainwrights. Loadpot Hill, Whether Hill, High Raise, Rampsgill Head, High Street, Thornthwaite Crag, Froswick, Ill Bell, Yoke and Sour Howes. [with] On my own for this trip [weather] Dry and fine weather but extremely windy overnight to a point that I thought my tent was going to be blown away, but alas it survived.
Kevin Foster climbed Yoke on April 28th, 2019 [from/via/route] Kentmere [with] Henry. [weather] Clouds but with sunny breaks and clear visibility. Very warm when the sun was out. - Approach via Buck crag made a more direct ascent of Yoke for the start of this Lakeland classic.
Wayne Baxter bagged Yoke on April 8th, 2019 [from/via/route] Kentmere Horseshoe, 7 peaks. Yoke, III Bell, Froswick, Mardale II Bell, Harter Bell, Kentmere Pike & Shipman Knotts. [with] Sue [weather] Sunny to start the walk but low cloudy for Mardale peak - What a great walk
Nick Dobson hiked Yoke on August 30th, 2018 [from/via/route] The Mortal Man in Troutbeck [with] Margaret & Ralph [weather] Started bright and sunny, but the clouds & mist appeared as we set off up Yoke - lunch at the summit in the mist before trekking along the ridge to Ill Bell then Froswick
Liz Sheerin summited Yoke on May 25th, 2018 [from/via/route] Kentmere [with] Neil
Elaine Evans conquered Yoke on September 15th, 2018 [from/via/route] From holiday park at Troutbeck and onto Garburn Road, up to summit of Yoke, Ill Bell and then Froswick, returned via Hagg Gill, through the valley alongside Troutbeck Tongue. [with] Sue and Christine [weather] Beautiful day to start with but low cloud and rain came in on the tops and stayed with us as we descended into the valley. - Missed out on the views due to the weather, just unlucky this time.
Craig Steeland scaled Yoke on August 4th, 2018 [from/via/route] From Limefitt bus stop in Troutbeck [with] With Sue [weather] Warm and partly cloudy with excellent visibility
Tracey Cowell walked up Yoke on July 15th, 2018 [with] Andrew Foster/Billy Foster/Pete Alexander/David Cushley
John Almond climbed Yoke on June 28th, 2018 [from/via/route] Solo walk from Kentmere Church - Garburn Pass - YOKE - Ill Bell - Froswick - Thornthwaite Crag - High Street - Mardal Ill Bell - Nan Bield Pass - Kentmere - Wainwright 126 [weather] Very hot
Christina Lander bagged Yoke on June 3rd, 2018 [from/via/route] Kentmere Horseshoe: Kentmere Village - Garburn Pass - Yoke - Ill Bell - Froswick - Thornthwaite Crag - High Street - Mardale Ill Bell - Harter Fell - Kentmere Pike - Shipman Knotts - Kentmere Village [with] Dick [weather] Dry day and very still with high cloud
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Yoke
Red Screes (left), Thornthwaite Crag, Froswick, Ill Bell and Yoke from Baystones (Wansfell)
*Baystones (Wansfell) in the foreground with Red Screes (left), Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor), Thornthwaite Crag and the Froswick, Ill Bell, Yoke ridge silhouetted on the skyline from Wansfell Pike
The Westerly aspect from Hollow Moor includes a distant view of Crinkle Crags with Yoke, Ill Bell, Froswick and Thornthwaite Crag above Kentmere
Yoke, Ill Bell, Froswick above Kentmere Reservoir from Harter Fell (Mardale)
Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor) (left), Thornthwaite Crag, Froswick, Ill Bell and Yoke (right) from Garburn Road near Troutbeck Park
Mardale Ill Bell (left) Nan Bield Pass and Harter Fell (Mardale)(right) with Kentmere Reservoir below from the summit of Yoke
A Brocken Spectre (almost) with Red Screes beyond from the lower slopes of Yoke
The Kentmere Horseshoe (Yoke, Ill Bell, Froswick, Thornthwaite Crag, Kentmere Pike and Shipman Knotts) from Hollow Moor
Kentmere with Yoke, Ill Bell, Froswick and Thornthwaite Crag above from Hollow Moor
Cloud trapped by a temperature inversion clawing at the eastern slopes of Yoke, Ill Bell and Froswick as seen from Thornthwaite Crag
Sca Fell, Scafell Pike and the dome of Great Gable in the distance beyond Crinkle Crags and Bow Fell (Bowfell) with The Langdale Pikes in the mid distance from Yoke
Yoke, Ill Bell, Froswick and the shoulder of Lingmell End (Mardale Ill Bell) above Kentmere Reservoir from Harter Fell (Mardale)
Froswick (foreground - centre right)) with Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor) (left), the Threshthwaite Mouth saddle and Thornthwaite Crag (centre back) from the summit of Yoke
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