Route outline for walk c270:
Stonethwaite - Stonethwaite Bridge - Stonethwaite Beck - The Cumbria Way - Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk - Galleny Force - Greenup Gill - Lining Crag - Greenup Edge - Ullscarf - High Saddle (Coldbarrow Fell) - Low Saddle (Coldbarrow Fell) - Lord's How - Green Combe - Dock Tarn - Great Crag - Willygrass Gill - Stonethwaite.
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
![]() 1 English Mountain |
![]() 2 Wainwrights |
![]() 2 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 Ullscarf at 726m (2382ft). Ullscarf is classified as a English Mountain (Hewitt) (83rd highest in England, 143rd highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 74). Ullscarf is also known as a English Nuttall (104th highest in England, 177th highest in England & Wales).
Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Low Saddle (Coldbarrow Fell) at 656m (2153ft). Low Saddle (Coldbarrow Fell) is also known as an English Nuttall (187th highest in England, 321st highest in England & Wales).
You will also reach the summit of Great Crag at 450m (1476ft). Great Crag is classified as a Wainwright (No. 191).
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 c270 Low Saddle and Ullscarf from Stonethwaite
In no particular order . . .

On the Cumbrian Way beside Stonethwaite Beck looking up Borrowdale to Alisongrass Crag and Eagle Crag
. . . load all 48 walk photos from Walk c270 Low Saddle and Ullscarf from Stonethwaite
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