Walk Route Map c270 Low Saddle and Ullscarf from Stonethwaite

Walk c270 Low Saddle and Ullscarf from Stonethwaite

Fine views though can be a little boggy

Vital Statistics:

Length:	7¾mls (12.5km)
Ascent:	2,419ft (737m)
Time:	5¼hrs
Grade:

Map with easy-to-follow route details for walk c270 Low Saddle and Ullscarf from Stonethwaite pdf

Route outline for walk c270:

Stonethwaite - Stonethwaite Bridge - Stonethwaite Beck - The Cumbria Way - Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk - Galleny Force - Greenup Gill - Lining Crag - Greenup Edge - Ullscarf - High Saddle (Coldbarrow Fell) - Low Saddle (Coldbarrow Fell) - Lord's How - Green Combe - Dock Tarn - Great Crag - Willygrass Gill - Stonethwaite

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Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

1
English
Mountain

2
Wainwrights

2
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 Ullscarf at 723m (2372ft). Ullscarf is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (84th highest in England, 145th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 74).

Ullscarf is also known as an English Nuttall (106th highest in England, 180th highest in England & Wales).

Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Low Saddle (Coldbarrow Fell) at 656m (2153ft). Low Saddle (Coldbarrow Fell) is also known as an English Nuttall (186th highest in England, 321st highest in England & Wales).

You will also reach the summit of Great Crag at 450m (1476ft). Great Crag is classified as an Wainwright (No. 191).

National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:

Part of this walk follows a section of The Cumbria Way, a 112km (70 miles) linear footpath connecting Ulverston in Cumbria, England with Carlisle in Cumbria, England. The Cumbria Way is waymarked by named posts. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Cumbria Way.

Part of this walk also follows a section of Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk, a 306km (190 miles) linear footpath connecting St Bees in Cumbria, England with Robin Hood's Bay in North Yorkshire, England. Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk is waymarked by the occasional sign. For more walks that include a section of this trail see Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk.

You can find more walks near this one on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps: (click/TAP to select)

The Lake District National Park

1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (the ones with orange/yellow covers):

OL4 The English Lakes - North Western area

1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Maps (the ones with pink/magenta covers):

89 West Cumbria, Cockermouth & Wast Water

90 Penrith & Keswick, Ambleside

Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c270 Low Saddle and Ullscarf from Stonethwaite

In no particular order . . .

Borrowdale from Great Crag

Photo: Marcel Bannon (25)

Views of the Borrowdale Fells from Green Combe near Dock Tarn

Photo: Jamie Caryl (7)

Tarn at Leaves from Rosthwaite Fell (Bessyboot)

Photo: Christine Shepherd (849)

Dock Tarn

Photo: Marcel Bannon (22)

The summit cairn on Great Crag

Photo: Stephen Collins (71)

Great Crag summit cairn

Photo: Marcel Bannon (23)

Standing Crag from Blea Tarn

Photo: Stephen Collins (78)

Low Saddle (Coldbarrow Fell) summit cairn

Photo: Marcel Bannon (15)

Stonethwaite beck in the Langstrath Valley

Photo: Glynn Trueman (47)

Great Crag summit cairn

Photo: Alan Wainwright (231)

The path beside Dock Tarn (Watendlath Fell)

Photo: Stephen Collins (77)

High Crag and Stonethwaite Fell from Stonethwaite Beck

Photo: Stuart Crane (2)

King's How and Grange Fell (Brund Fell) from the summit of Great Crag

Photo: Stephen Collins (74)

Eagle Crag and Sergeant's Crag from Low Saddle (Coldbarrow Fell)

Photo: Marcel Bannon (18)

Skiddaw and Blencathra from the summit of Great Crag

Photo: Stephen Collins (75)

Borrowdale from Great Crag

Photo: Marcel Bannon (24)

Willygrass Gill

Photo: Marcel Bannon (26)

Me on the summit of Ullscarf

Photo: Christine Shepherd (848)

High Saddle (Coldbarrow Fell) summit with Ullscarf beyond

Photo: Marcel Bannon (13)

The Stonethwaite Valley South East of Stonethwaite

Photo: John Antrobus (28)

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