Walk Route Map c270 Low Saddle and Ullscarf from Stonethwaite

Walk c270 Low Saddle and Ullscarf from Stonethwaite

Fine views though can be a little boggy

Vital Statistics:

Length:	7¾mls (12.5km)
Ascent:	2,419ft (737m)
Time:	5¼hrs
Grade:		(Moderate)

Walk route map with easy-to-follow route instructions for walk c270 Low Saddle and Ullscarf from Stonethwaite pdf

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

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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 an English Mountain (Hewitt) (83rd highest in England, 143rd highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 74). Ullscarf is also known as an 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, 320th highest in England & Wales).

You will also reach the summit of Great Crag at 450m (1476ft). Great Crag is classified as an Wainwright (No. 191).

National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:

Part of this walk follows a section of The Cumbria Way, a 112km (70 miles) linear footpath connecting Ulverston in Cumbria, England with Carlisle in Cumbria, England. The Cumbria Way is waymarked by named posts. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Cumbria Way.

Part of this walk also follows a section of Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk, a 306km (190 miles) linear footpath connecting St Bees in Cumbria, England with Robin Hood's Bay in North Yorkshire, England. Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk is waymarked by the occasional sign. For more walks that include a section of this trail see Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk.

This walk is on Ordnance Survey Maps:

OS Explorer Map OL4
1:25,000 scale (Orange Covers)
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 . . .

Climbing Lining Crag towards Greenup Edge

Photo: Christine Shepherd (46)

Low Saddle (Coldbarrow Fell) summit cairn

Photo: Marcel Bannon (15)

Skiddaw and Blencathra from the summit of Great Crag

Photo: Stephen Collins (75)

Rosthwaite and Borrowdale from the summit of Great Crag

Photo: Stephen Collins (73)

The Borrowdale Fells from Greenup Edge

Photo: Alan Wainwright (213)

Great Crag summit cairn

Photo: Marcel Bannon (23)

Views of the Borrowdale Fells from Green Combe near Dock Tarn

Photo: Jamie Caryl (7)

King's How and Grange Fell (Brund Fell) from the summit of Great Crag

Photo: Stephen Collins (74)

Ullscarf summit

Photo: Marcel Bannon (12)

The Langstrath Valley from Stonethwaite Beck

Photo: Stuart Crane (1)

High Saddle (Coldbarrow Fell) summit cairn

Photo: Marcel Bannon (14)

Dock Tarn

Photo: Marcel Bannon (20)

High Crag and Stonethwaite Fell from Stonethwaite Beck

Photo: Stuart Crane (2)

Eagle Crag and Sergeant's Crag from Low Saddle (Coldbarrow Fell)

Photo: Marcel Bannon (18)

Dock Tarn

Photo: Marcel Bannon (21)

The Cumbria Way near Stonethwaite

Photo: David Hayter (11)

Dock Tarn

Photo: David Hayter (16)

Fairfield and Seat Sandal from The Wythburn Fells

Photo: Mike Knipe (141)

Stonethwaite beck in the Langstrath Valley

Photo: Glynn Trueman (46)

A beck in spate entering Greenup Gill

Photo: Marcel Bannon (2)

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