Gategill Fell Top
852m (2796ft)
The Northern Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 3.75ml (6km) |
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| Ascent: | 2,398ft (731m) |
| Time: | 3.75hrs |
| Grade: |  (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Threlkeld - Gategill Farm - Hall's Fell - Hall's Fell Ridge - Blencathra or Saddleback (Hallsfell Top) - Gategill Fell Top - Knowe Crags (Blease Fell) - Threlkeld
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 6.25ml (10km) |
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| Ascent: | 2,565ft (782m) |
| Time: | 4.75hrs |
| Grade: |  (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Scales - Mousthwaite Comb - Scales Fell - Brunt Knott - Scales Beck - Scales Tarn - Sharp Edge - Atkinson Pike - Blencathra or Saddleback (Hallsfell Top) - Gategill Fell Top - Knowe Crag (Blease Fell) - Scales
Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Gategill Fell Top
Richard Holmes walked up Gategill Fell Top on March 13th, 2025 [from/via/route] Threlkeld [with] Myself. [weather] Very windy hail on top
Kevin Foster climbed Gategill Fell Top on April 13th, 2021 [from/via/route] Hallsfell Top [with] By myself [weather] Sunny to start but clouding over later. Clear visibility on tops. Cold when you stopped moving. - An easy saunter from Hallsfell Top there & back again. Superb views throughout. Found a nice sheltered rock to stop & have lunch about half way between the two tops on the way back. Hallsfell top was getting a bit congested by this point.
Richard Grimshaw bagged Gategill Fell Top on August 8th, 2020 [from/via/route] From: NY 3029 2563 via Knowe Crags [with] Carol Brown [weather] Sunny
James Brocken hiked Gategill Fell Top on September 14th, 2019 [weather] Windy on the top
Bill Salisbury summited Gategill Fell Top on August 27th, 2019 [from/via/route] Scales [with] Sue
Mark Davidson conquered Gategill Fell Top on September 22nd, 2006 [with] Alone [weather] Lovely & sunny & dry
Stephen Eddy scaled Gategill Fell Top on June 12th, 2015 [from/via/route] Scales via sharp edge [with] Mike Woodhouse, Tony Harris, Neil Whitehead [weather] Sunny
Lynn Symonds walked up Gategill Fell Top on June 15th, 2015 [from/via/route] Mungrisdale [with] Nicole [weather] Some cloud but dry
Iain Taylor climbed Gategill Fell Top on August 20th, 2011 [from/via/route] Threlkeld (NY 31857 25598)
Jane Chiarello bagged Gategill Fell Top on May 15th, 2011 [from/via/route] Threlkeld [weather] VVVVV wet
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Hallsfell Top summit cairn with Gategill Fell Top and Knowe Crags in the background Blencathra or Saddleback
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