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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 12mls (19km) |
| Ascent: | 5,261ft (1,603m) |
| Time: | 9¾hrs |
| Grade: |  |
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
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on 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 851m (2794ft). Grasmoor is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (23rd highest in England, 47th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 20).
Grasmoor is also known as an English Nuttall (28th highest in England, 55th highest in England & Wales) and an 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 an English Mountain (Hewitt) (29th highest in England, 55th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 24).
Crag Hill (Eel Crag) is also known as an English Nuttall (35th highest in England, 63rd highest in England & Wales). The summit of Crag Hill (Eel Crag) is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.
You will also reach the summit of Grisedale Pike at 791m (2596ft). Grisedale Pike is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (48th highest in England, 87th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 40).
Grisedale Pike is also known as an English Nuttall (57th highest in England, 106th highest in England & Wales) and an English Marilyn (16th highest in England, 410th highest in the UK).
The summit of Grisedale Pike is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.
Along the way you will also bag:
- Wandope at 773m (2539ft). Wandope is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (57th highest in England, 99th highest in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 51) and an English Nuttall (71st highest in England, 123rd highest in England & Wales).
- Sail (Derwent Fells) at 773m (2536ft). Sail (Derwent Fells) is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (59th highest in England, 101st highest in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 50) and an English Nuttall (73rd highest in England, 125th highest in England & Wales).
- Hopegill Head at 770m (2525ft). Hopegill Head is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (60th highest in England, 104th highest in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 52) and an English Nuttall (74th highest in England, 128th highest in England & Wales).
- Sand Hill at 756m (2481ft). Sand Hill is known as an English Nuttall (82nd highest in England, 140th highest in England & Wales).
- Hobcarton Crag at 739m (2425ft). Hobcarton Crag is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (73rd England, 128th Eng & Wal) and an English Nuttall (92nd highest in England, 159th highest in England & Wales).
- Scar Crags at 672m (2205ft). Scar Crags is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (127th highest in England, 212th highest in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 101) and an English Nuttall (169th highest in England, 283rd highest in England & Wales).
- Causey Pike at 637m (2091ft). Causey Pike is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (154th highest in England, 263rd highest in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 120) and an English Nuttall (203rd highest in England, 352nd highest in England & Wales).
- Outerside at 568m (1864ft). Outerside is classified as a Wainwright (No. 142) and an 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)
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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c310 The Coledale Horseshoe from Braithwaite
In no particular order . . .
Barrow and Rowling End, with Keswick and Derwent Water beyond and Skiddaw and Blecathra (or Saddleback) in the background from Causey Pike
Gasgale Gill (bottom left), Whin Ben, Whiteside (Crummock) (West Top) and Whiteside (Crummock) from Sand Hill
Scar Crags with Sail (Derwent Fells) and Crag Hill (Eel Crag) beyond from Causey Pike
The top of Hobcarton Crag and Grisdale Pike from Crag Hill (Eel Crag) trig point
Looking back to the zig zags from Scar Crags at the route down from Sail (Derwent Fells)
*Looking back along Scar Crags to Sail (Derwent Fells) and Crag Hill (Eel Crag) from Causey Pike
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