Route outline for walk c248:
High Side - The Allerdale Ramble - Ling How - The Edge - Ullock Pike - Longside Edge - Long Side - Carl Side - Skiddaw - Bakestall - Birkett Edge - Whitewater Dash - Back O' Skiddaw - Melbecks - High Side.
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
![]() 3 English Mountains |
![]() 5 Wainwrights |
![]() 3 English Nuttalls |
![]() 0 English Deweys |
![]() 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
![]() 1 Marilyn |
![]() 0 Bridgets |
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
The highest point of this walk is Skiddaw at 931m (3056ft). Skiddaw is classified as a English Mountain (Hewitt) (6th highest in England, 17th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 4). Skiddaw is also known as a English Nuttall (7th highest in England, 19th highest in England & Wales). Skiddaw is also classified as a English Marilyn (3rd highest in England, 189th highest in the UK).
Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Carl Side at 746m (2448ft). Carl Side is classified as a English Mountain (Hewitt) (71st highest in England, 125th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 64). Carl Side is also known as a English Nuttall (87th highest in England, 152nd highest in England & Wales).
You will also reach the summit of Long Side at 734m (2409ft). Long Side is classified as a English Mountain (Hewitt) (79th highest in England, 136th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 71). Long Side is also known as a English Nuttall (98th highest in England, 168th highest in England & Wales).
Along the way you will also bag Ullock Pike at 690m (2265ft). Ullock Pike is classified as a Wainwright (No. 96) ; Bakestall at 673m (2209ft). Bakestall is classified as a Wainwright (No. 100)
This walk is on Ordnance Survey Maps:
OS Explorer Map OL4 | |
1:25,000 scale (Orange Covers) |
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OS Landranger Map 89 or 90 | |
1:50,000 scale (Pink Covers) |
Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c248 Skiddaw from High Side
In no particular order . . .

Mellbreak taken in the evening sunlight from the Kirkstile Inn in Loweswater Village

The Cannon Kissing Gate allowing access into Chatsworth Park from Baslow

Victory (left), Defiance and Royal Soverin (right) - the three large boulders that form The Three Ships on Birchen Edge

Crag Hill (left), Grisedale Pike (centre), Hopegill Head and Ladyside Pike from Longside Edge
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