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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 11½mls (18.5km) |
| Ascent: | 3,378ft (1,030m) |
| Time: | 7½hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route outline for walk c257:
Kentmere - Garburn Pass - Yoke - Ill Bell - Froswick - Thornthwaite Crag - Mardale Ill Bell - Nan Bield Pass - Harter Fell (Mardale) - Kentmere Pike - Brookstones - Kentmere
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
 6 English Mountains |
 7 Wainwrights |
 6 English Nuttalls |
 0 English Deweys |
 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
 0 Marilyns |
 0 Bridgets |
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
The highest point of this walk is Thornthwaite Crag at 784m (2573ft). Thornthwaite Crag is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (52nd highest in England, 91st highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 44).
Thornthwaite Crag is also known as an English Nuttall (62nd highest in England, 111th highest in England & Wales).
Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Harter Fell (Mardale) at 779m (2556ft). Harter Fell (Mardale) is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (54th highest in England, 96th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 47).
Harter Fell (Mardale) is also known as an English Nuttall (66th highest in England, 118th highest in England & Wales).
You will also reach the summit of Mardale Ill Bell at 760m (2494ft). Mardale Ill Bell is classified as an Wainwright (No. 59).
Along the way you will also bag:
- Ill Bell at 757m (2484ft). Ill Bell is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (66th highest in England, 114th highest in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 60) and an English Nuttall (80th highest in England, 138th highest in England & Wales).
- Kentmere Pike at 730m (2396ft). Kentmere Pike is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (80th highest in England, 138th highest in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 72) and an English Nuttall (101st highest in England, 172nd highest in England & Wales). The summit of Kentmere Pike is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.
- Froswick at 720m (2363ft). Froswick is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (86th highest in England, 147th highest in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 77) and an English Nuttall (108th highest in England, 183rd highest in England & Wales).
- Yoke at 706m (2317ft). Yoke is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (100th highest in England, 166th highest in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 85) and an English Nuttall (125th highest in England, 209th highest in England & Wales).
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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c257 The Kentmere Skyline from Kentmere
In no particular order . . .
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
Mardale Ill Bell (left) Nan Bield Pass and Harter Fell (Mardale)(right) with Kentmere Reservoir below from the summit of Yoke
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
A Brocken Spectre (almost) with Red Screes beyond from the lower slopes of Yoke
. . . load all 74 walk photos from Walk c257 The Kentmere Skyline from Kentmere
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