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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 12¾mls (20.5km) |
| Ascent: | 2,819ft (859m) |
| Time: | 7½hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route outline for walk c445:
Dufton - The Pennine Way - Eller Beck - Coastsyke Farm (Coatsike Farm) - Hurning Lane - Halsteads - Cosca Hill - Great Rundale Beck - Dufton Pike - Bluethwaite Hill - Threlkeld Side - Brownber Hill - Tossgill Edge - Great Rundale Tarn - Backstone Edge (Dufton Fell) - Narrowgate Beacon - Little Rundale Beck - High Cup Nick - High Cup - The Pennine Way - Narrow Gate Path - Peeping Hill - Bow Hall - Town Head - Dufton
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
 0 English Mountains |
 0 Wainwrights |
 1 English Nuttall |
 1 English Dewey |
 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
 1 Marilyn |
 0 Bridgets |
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
The highest point of this walk is Backstone Edge (Dufton Fell) at 699m (2294ft). Backstone Edge (Dufton Fell) is also known as an English Nuttall (135th highest in England, 222nd highest in England & Wales). The summit of Backstone Edge (Dufton Fell) is marked by stone hut with a flat roof 200m NNE of a Ordnance Survey Trig Point.
Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Brownber Hill at 519m (1703ft). Brownber Hill is also known as an English Dewey (141st highest in England, 322nd in England & Wales)
You will also reach the summit of Dufton Pike at 481m (1579ft). Dufton Pike is classified as an English Marilyn (81st highest in England, 1025th highest in the UK).
National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:
Part of this walk follows a section of The Pennine Way, a 404km (251 miles) linear footpath connecting Edale in Derbyshire, England with Kirk Yetholm in The Borders, Scotland. The Pennine Way is waymarked by a National Trail Acorn. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Pennine Way.
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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c445 Dufton Pike, Backstone Edge and High Cup Nick from Dufton
In no particular order . . .
High Cup in all its glory from the Narrow Gate path (Pennine Way) at High Cup Nick
The Tracking Station on Great Dun Fell from The Pennine Way at Great Rundale Beck
Brownber Hill (left), Threlkeld Side and Bluethwaite Hill (right) from Dufton Pike
Approaching High Cup Gill above High Cup Nick, High Cup with Murton Fell beyond
Stream emerging from a mine entrance on the lower slopes of High Scald Fell, Threlkeld Side
South east edge of High Cup from the Narrow Gate path (Pennine Way) near High Cup Nick
Brownber Hill (left), Threlkeld Side and Bluethwaite Hill (right) from the lower slopes of Dufton Pike
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