Route outline for walk c301:
Seatoller (Borrowdale) - Strands Bridge - Borrowdale - The Combe - Thornythwaite Fell - Comb Head - Glaramara - Looking Steads (Glaramara) - Red Beck - Red Beck Top - Allen Gill - High House Tarn - High House Tarn Top - Allen Crags - Esk Hause - Ruddy Gill - Sprinkling Tarn - Sty Head - Sty Head Tarn - Sty Head Gill - Stockley Bridge - Grains Gill - Seathwaite - The Allerdale Ramble - Seatoller (Borrowdale).
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
![]() 3 English Mountains |
![]() 2 Wainwrights |
![]() 5 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 Allen Crags at 785m (2576ft). Allen Crags is classified as a English Mountain (Hewitt) (51st highest in England, 90th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 42). Allen Crags is also known as a English Nuttall (60th highest in England, 109th highest in England & Wales).
Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Glaramara at 783m (2569ft). Glaramara is classified as a English Mountain (Hewitt) (53rd highest in England, 94th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 45). Glaramara is also known as a English Nuttall (63rd highest in England, 113th highest in England & Wales).
You will also reach the summit of Looking Steads (Glaramara) at 775m (2544ft). Looking Steads (Glaramara) is also known as an English Nuttall (69th highest in England, 121st highest in England & Wales).
Along the way you will also bag Red Beck Top at 721m (2366ft). Red Beck Top is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (85th England, 146th Eng & Wal) and an English Nuttall (107th highest in England, 181st highest in England & Wales); High House Tarn Top at 684m (2245ft). High House Tarn Top is known as an English Nuttall (149th highest in England, 248th highest in England & Wales)
This walk is on Ordnance Survey Maps:
OS Explorer Maps OL4 & OL6 | |
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 c301 Glaramara and Allen Crags from Seatoller (Borrowdale)
In no particular order . . .

Kirk Fell and the shoulder of Great Gable (right) with the lower slopes of Great End (left) and Red Pike (Wasdale) in the distance from Sty Head

Looking down Styhead Gill from Sty Head to a sunlit Borrowdale with Bleaberry Fell the high point in the distance

A dusting of snow on the shoulder of Lingmell (left), Middle Fell (centre left in the distance) and Yewbarrow above Wasdale from Sty Head

Bow Fell (Bowfell) (North Top) and Esk Pike from the shelter on Esk Hause

Scafell Pike (far left), Ill Crag and the shoulder of Great End (far right) from Esk Hause

Styhead Tarn, Great Gable and Green Gable from the path below Sprinkling Tarn

A grand view overlooking the valley of upper Wasdale from Esk Hause with Pillar, Kirk Fell, Great Gable and Green Gable taking centre stage

Snow on Yewbarrow (North Top) left, Red Pike (centre right) and the shoulder or Kirk Fell (right) tower above Wasdale from near Sty Head

Wainwrights unnamed 'perfect mountain tarn' between Glaramara and Allen Crags

The Langdale Pikes (left), Rossett Pike (foreground left) and Esk Pike (right) from Esk Hause
. . . see just 10 walk photos from Walk c301 Glaramara and Allen Crags from Seatoller (Borrowdale)
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