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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 7¼mls (11.5km) |
| Ascent: | 3,116ft (950m) |
| Time: | 5¾hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route outline for walk c315:
Old Sawmill Tearooms - Longside Wood - The Allerdale Ramble - Ling How - The Edge - Ullock Pike - Longside Edge - Long Side - Carl Side - White Stones - Skill Beck - Dodd (Skiddaw) - Dodd Wood - Old Sawmill Tearooms
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
 1 English Mountain |
 4 Wainwrights |
 2 English Nuttalls |
 1 English Dewey |
 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
 0 Marilyns |
 0 Bridgets |
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
The highest point of this walk is Carl Side at 746m (2448ft). Carl Side is classified as an Wainwright (No. 64).
Carl Side is also known as an English Nuttall (87th highest in England, 152nd highest in England & Wales).
Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Long Side at 734m (2409ft). Long Side is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (79th highest in England, 136th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 71).
Long Side is also known as an English Nuttall (98th highest in England, 168th highest in England & Wales).
You will also reach the summit of Ullock Pike at 690m (2265ft). Ullock Pike is classified as an Wainwright (No. 96).
Along the way you will also bag:
- Dodd (Skiddaw) at 502m (1647ft). Dodd (Skiddaw) is classified as a Wainwright (No. 174) and an English Dewey (175th highest in England, 408th highest in England & Wales)
National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:
Part of this walk follows a section of The Allerdale Ramble, an 87km (54 miles) linear footpath connecting Seathwaite in Cumbria, with Grune Point in Cumbria, England. The Allerdale Ramble is waymarked by named posts. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Allerdale Ramble.
You can find more walks near this one on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps: (click/TAP to select)
1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (the ones with orange/yellow covers):
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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c315 Carl Side and Dodd (Skiddaw) from Dodd Wood
In no particular order . . .
The Newlands Fells and Bassenthwaite Lake from Ullock Pike summit cairn
The Shoulder of Skiddaw (left) and Longside Edge from Ullock Pike with Little Man (Skiddaw) in the distance
*Southeastern panorama from the summit of Skiddaw with Blencathra and Blease Fell silhouetted left of centre
Family on top of Dodd (Skiddaw) with Ullock Pike, Longside Edge and Carl Side behind
Crag Hill (left), Grisedale Pike (centre), Hopegill Head and Ladyside Pike from Longside Edge
Myself, two of my sons, Matt and Richard, and my friend Gary between Skiddaw and Skiddaw Little Man on a bitter cold winters day!
Skiddaw, Skiddaw (Little Man), Carl Side (left), Long Side, Longside Edge, Derwent Water and Dodd (Skiddaw) and the upper reaches of Southerndale from Ullock Pike
Descending Carl Side towards the White Stones with a fine view of Derwent water
*Skiddaw, Little Man (Skiddaw), Carl Side, Longside Edge and Ullock Pike from The Edge
Skiddaw, Skiddaw (Little Man), Carl Side, Long Side, Longside Edge and the upper reaches of Southerndale from Ullock Pike
Carl Side (left), Long Side, Longside Edge, Derwent Water and Dodd (Skiddaw) from Ullock Pike
Longside Edge, Long Side and Ullock Pike summit with Bassenthwaite Lake beyond from Carl Side
A snow capped Blencathra or Saddleback (Hallsfell Top) viewed from the summit of Skiddaw
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