Route outline for walk c310:
Braithwaite - Sleet How - Grisedale Pike - Hobcarton Crag - Hopegill Head - Sand Hill - Coledale Hause - Grasmoor - Wandope - Crag Hill (Eel Crag) - Sail (Derwent Fells) - Scar Crags - Causey Pike - Outerside - Stile End - Barrow (Newlands) - Braithwaite.
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
![]() 9 English Mountains |
![]() 10 Wainwrights |
![]() 10 English Nuttalls |
![]() 1 English Dewey |
![]() 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
![]() 2 Marilyns |
![]() 0 Bridgets |
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
The highest point of this walk is Grasmoor at 852m (2796ft). Grasmoor is classified as a English Mountain (Hewitt) (22nd highest in England, 46th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 20). Grasmoor is also known as a English Nuttall (27th highest in England, 54th highest in England & Wales). Grasmoor is also classified as a English Marilyn (9th highest in England, 313th highest in the UK).
Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Crag Hill (Eel Crag) at 839m (2753ft). Crag Hill (Eel Crag) is classified as a English Mountain (Hewitt) (28th highest in England, 54th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 24). Crag Hill (Eel Crag) is also known as a English Nuttall (35th highest in England, 63rd highest in England & Wales).
You will also reach the summit of Grisedale Pike at 791m (2596ft). Grisedale Pike is classified as a English Mountain (Hewitt) (48th highest in England, 86th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 40). Grisedale Pike is also known as a English Nuttall (57th highest in England, 105th highest in England & Wales). Grisedale Pike is also classified as a English Marilyn (16th highest in England, 410th highest in the UK).
Along the way you will also bag Sail (Derwent Fells) at 773m (2537ft). Sail (Derwent Fells) is classified as a English Mountain (Hewitt) (57th highest in England, 99th highest in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 50) and a English Nuttall (71st highest in England, 123rd highest in England & Wales); Wandope at 772m (2534ft). Wandope is classified as a English Mountain (Hewitt) (58th highest in England, 100th highest in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 51) and a English Nuttall (72nd highest in England, 124th highest in England & Wales); Hopegill Head at 770m (2527ft). Hopegill Head is classified as a English Mountain (Hewitt) (59th highest in England, 103rd highest in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 52) and a English Nuttall (73rd highest in England, 127th highest in England & Wales); Sand Hill at 756m (2481ft). Sand Hill is known as an English Nuttall (82nd highest in England, 141st highest in England & Wales); Hobcarton Crag at 739m (2425ft). Hobcarton Crag is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (74th England, 129th Eng & Wal) and an English Nuttall (92nd highest in England, 159th highest in England & Wales); Scar Crags at 672m (2206ft). Scar Crags is classified as a English Mountain (Hewitt) (124th highest in England, 208th highest in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 101) and a English Nuttall (166th highest in England, 277th highest in England & Wales); Causey Pike at 637m (2091ft). Causey Pike is classified as a English Mountain (Hewitt) (155th highest in England, 264th highest in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 120) and a English Nuttall (205th highest in England, 354th highest in England & Wales); Outerside at 568m (1864ft). Outerside is classified as a Wainwright (No. 142), and a English Dewey (44th highest in England, 96th highest in England & Wales).; Barrow (Newlands) at 455m (1493ft). Barrow (Newlands) is classified as a Wainwright (No. 187)
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 c310 The Coledale Horseshoe from Braithwaite
In no particular order . . .

Sleet How (left), Outerside and Barrow (Newlands) (centre) and Causey Pike (right) from Crag Hill (Eel Crag)

*Looking back along Scar Crags to Sail (Derwent Fells) and Crag Hill (Eel Crag) from Causey Pike
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