Great Sca Fell
651m (2137ft)
The Northern Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 7.75ml (12.5km) |
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| Ascent: | 2,198ft (670m) |
| Time: | 5 hrs |
| Grade: |  (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Fell Side - Dale Beck - Brae Fell - Little Sca Fell - Great Sca Fell - Knott (Uldale Fells) - Grainsgill Beck - The Cumbria Way - Lingy Hut - Miller Moss - Great Lingy Hill - Hare Stones - High Pike (Caldbeck) - Long Grain Beck - Fell Side
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9ml (14.5km) |
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| Ascent: | 2,624ft (800m) |
| Time: | 6 hrs |
| Grade: | (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Over Water - Orthwaite - Orthwaite Bank - Uldale Fells - Great Cockup - Trusmadoor - Meal Fell - Great Sca Fell - Little Sca Fell - Brae Fell - Broad Moss - Lowthwaite Fell - Longlands Fell - The Cumbria Way - Longlands - Lowthwaite - Over Water
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 10.5ml (17km) |
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| Ascent: | 2,903ft (885m) |
| Time: | 6.75hrs |
| Grade: |  (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Over Water Reservoir - Orthwaite - Uldale Fells - Great Cockup - Meal Fell - Great Sca Fell - Knott (Uldale Fells) - Great Calva - Brockle Crags - Orthwaite - Over Water
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 12.25ml (19.5km) |
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| Ascent: | 3,062ft (933m) |
| Time: | 7½ hrs |
| Grade: | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Over Water Reservoir - Waterside Wood - Whitefield Cottage - Binsey Cottage - Binsey - Dogkennel Wood - Overwater Hall - Black Wood - Orthwaite - Orthwaite Bank - Uldale Fells - Great Cockup - Meal Fell - Great Sca Fell - Little Sca Fell - Brae Fell - Broad Moss - Charleton Gill - Langlands Fell - The Cumbria Way - Lowthwaite - Chapelhouse Reservoir - Over Water
Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Great Sca Fell
Geoff Hand walked up Great Sca Fell on August 30th, 2024 [from/via/route] Walk C163 Great Cock up, Meal Fell Gt Sca Fell, Little Sca Fell,Brae Fell & Longlands fell from overwater [with] Kate Johnson, Nikki Dakk and Anthony Atkinson [weather] Lovely sunny day, with broken cloud, hazy sunshine - Lovely day with good company, beautiful open countryside. We went wrong around Trusmadoor coming off Gt Cock up which meant we walked around in circles crossing the beck several times! otherwise it was very straight forward. Luckily Kate was there to share navigational thoughts.Finished up at the Farriers Arms in Threlkeld a for beer afterwards.
Charlotte Hewson climbed Great Sca Fell on August 24th, 2024 [with] Rose
David Higginbottom bagged Great Sca Fell on April 27th, 2024 [from/via/route] C163 [with] Carolyn [weather] Clear & sunny
Jon Floyd hiked Great Sca Fell on August 4th, 2023 [from/via/route] Over water to Great Cockup, Meal Fell, Great Sca Fell, Little Sca Fell, Brae Fell, Lowthwaite Fell & Longlands Fell back to Over Water [with] Solo [weather] Good, dry & clear - Added Binsey at the end
Chris Mcmanus summited Great Sca Fell on August 1st, 2023 [from/via/route] Circular route [with] Joanne & Julie [weather] Sunny & misty
Paul Macey conquered Great Sca Fell on July 16th, 2023 [from/via/route] Using walk c163 [weather] Cloudy some sunshine towards end 15 degrees very strong winds @ high level occasional shower
Rob Prikanowski scaled Great Sca Fell on June 5th, 2023 [from/via/route] c163 [weather] Sunny & warm.
Caroline Winter walked up Great Sca Fell on April 17th, 2022 [with] Solo [weather] Low cloud over Causey Pike. Drizzle, turning to rain & rough winds - Good views back over Braithwaite & rainbow framing the village. A few routes to get into Barrow. Considered continuing to Causey Pike, but unpleasant weather & poor visibility, so walked down the pleasant ridge off Outerside back into the village.
Martin Hartshorne climbed Great Sca Fell on October 14th, 2022 [with] finley [weather] Breezy, sunny spells & a shower to end
Christine Shepherd bagged Great Sca Fell on September 13th, 2009 [from/via/route] From Overwater using walk c163 Repeated this walk on another glorious day 11.04.2021 [with] On my own [weather] Bright & clear - A lovely walk away from the usual routes. Climbed again on 13/10/22 On a lovely Autumn day.
Simon Myerscough hiked Great Sca Fell on September 18th, 2022 [from/via/route] C163 from Orthwaite [with] no-one else [weather] Low cloud, but dry - misty over 2000ft
Ian Ashton summited Great Sca Fell on September 11th, 2022 [with] Solo
Angeline Grieveson conquered Great Sca Fell on September 9th, 2022 [with] Dotty
Iain Jones scaled Great Sca Fell on September 6th, 2022 [from/via/route] Trail Run from Over Water
Stephen Batson walked up Great Sca Fell on May 28th, 2022 [with] Clare [weather] Sunny
Richard Marchant climbed Great Sca Fell on May 8th, 2022 [from/via/route] Parked at Green Head & walked up a track SW to Charleton Wath & then changed direction across the fell ascending Brae Fell. From here carried on up on to Great Sca Fell then proceeded on an up & back trip to Knott. Once back at Great Sca Fell I dropped down & up on to Meal Fell & onwards to Great Cockup. I then proceeded back on the same path I came but took a path south around Meal Fell & circled around to Lowthwaite Fell & on to Longland Fell & back to the car. [with] On my Own [weather] Dry Day & a bit overcast in the morning although it did become sunny & clear in the afternoon.
Kate Peacock bagged Great Sca Fell on April 16th, 2022 [from/via/route] Dropped at Mosedale, collected at the bottom of Longlands Fell. We walked up the steep side of Carrock Fell. [with] Me & Sheila [weather] No rain. Winds were increasing at the beginning but dropped at the end. Fair day. Gloves & coat for the top. - The ascent up Carrock Fell was interesting. Thankfully nobody was there to want to be passed. Steep & narrow & fortunately dry otherwise I'm not sure my feet would have been as secure at points. Just beat to get up it, couldn't really hand around. Tops were as expected but quite boggy in parts. First time I've seen a bothy
Pete George hiked Great Sca Fell on January 16th, 2022 [from/via/route] Over Water [with] Roco [weather] Foggy at first slowly clearing
Erin Ryan summited Great Sca Fell on June 20th, 2021 - Longlands Fell- Lowthwaite Fell - Brae Fell - Little Sca Fell - Great Sca Fell -Meal Fell. Lots of grassy pastures with well defined paths. Returning via Trusmadoor pass lots of little streams with some muddy, boggy sections, but nothing you couldn't get past
Tim Winn conquered Great Sca Fell on September 9th, 2021 [from/via/route] Longsdale [with] Myself [weather] Overcast
Richard Beardsley scaled Great Sca Fell on May 5th, 2021 [from/via/route] Route C163 Great Sca Fell from Over Water [with] Myself. Because of Covid restrictions this is the first fell walks since August 2020. [weather] Lovely sunny day, snow & breezy at heights. - Dropped off at Over Water Car Park & commenced walk at 0930hrs. Stuck rigidly to the route apart from not doing Lowthwaite Fell. Arrived back at the car park at 1400 hrs. Walked a further 3 miles to the Castle Inn on the A591 for lift to home.
Claire Murray walked up Great Sca Fell on November 19th, 2020 [from/via/route] Brae Fell, Great Sca Fell, Knott & High Pike from Fellside Farm [with] Vitor [weather] Warm & sunny but damp - Lovely walk with easy parking at the farm. No sheep on the hills & no leads required! There was no bridge the way the map told us to go but the river was wide, deep & fast flowing so we have to follow the river up by a mile or so until we found some bridges to get across.
Christina Lander climbed Great Sca Fell on October 14th, 2020 [from/via/route] Overwater - Great Cockup - Trusmadoor - Meal Fell - Great Sca Fell - Knott - Great Sca Fell - Little Sca Fell - Brae Fell - Longlands Fell - Longlands - Overwater [with] Dick [weather] Mostly bright & sunny, clouded over at times - A lovely walk, & only a short drive from our cottage at High Ireby
Chris Sheard bagged Great Sca Fell on October 1st, 2020 [from/via/route] Circular up from Overwater [with] George [weather] Pleasant light winds, nice round 14c - Much better hills than i expected - lovely walk - great looking Over the firth to Scotland
Martin Woods hiked Great Sca Fell on August 14th, 2020 [from/via/route] Great Sca Fell from Over Water [with] Mr Ainsy [weather] sunny 22 degrees, bit windy at the tops - Can be boggy between the hills
Nick Dobson summited Great Sca Fell on July 18th, 2020 [from/via/route] Overend Water car park, to complete circular walk with 5 Wainwrights. Starting with Great Cockup onto Meal Fell, then Great Sca Fell [with] Margaret and Ralph [weather] Clear sunny day - Continued next onto Brae Fell passing Little Sca Fell on route
Adrian Howard conquered Great Sca Fell on September 27th, 2018 [from/via/route] Longlands
Gill Bates scaled Great Sca Fell on June 23rd, 2016 [from/via/route] from Longlands
Andrew Johnson walked up Great Sca Fell on October 18th, 2019 [from/via/route] Longlands [with] Ted [weather] Cloudy, misty on tops
Richard Fulcher climbed Great Sca Fell on June 6th, 2018 [from/via/route] Over Water car park [with] Jen [weather] Variable cloud & some sunshine - A very enjoyable walk around a horseshoe of hills
Jamie Bryan bagged Great Sca Fell on August 17th, 2019 [from/via/route] c163 [weather] Windy
Darren Wilson hiked Great Sca Fell on September 1st, 2018 [from/via/route] Great Cockup, Meal fell, Great Sca Fell, Knott, Brae Fell & Longlands Fell [with] with Dan
Julian Parry summited Great Sca Fell on June 6th, 2018 [from/via/route] C163 [with] Nuno Malo
Michael Nolan conquered Great Sca Fell on April 24th, 2018 [from/via/route] walked c127 how can it be this cold in April!! good morning rotten wet afternoon [weather] decent a.m. rotten p.m.
Derek Parkin scaled Great Sca Fell on March 19th, 2016 [from/via/route] Meal Fell [with] Lynn Parkin [weather] cloudy
Dave Eyes walked up Great Sca Fell on July 8th, 2016 [from/via/route] Brae Fell [with] Christine Eyes [weather] Sunny & windy
Richard Marshall climbed Great Sca Fell on June 17th, 2017 [from/via/route] C160 [with] Andy and Bo [weather] Sunny
Craig Steeland bagged Great Sca Fell on June 12th, 2017 [from/via/route] On a long circular route from Over Water car park [with] Sue [weather] Cloudy & cool with gale force winds on the summits - Very wild & remote. Easy walking underfoot. Only saw a handful of other walkers all day.
Wayne Baxter hiked Great Sca Fell on April 7th, 2012 [from/via/route] Longland, Brea Fell, Great Scar, Knott, Longlands Fell [with] Sue, Trevor & Wendy [weather] Cloudy & windy
Simon Boddy summited Great Sca Fell on April 17th, 2017 [from/via/route] Longlands [with] My girlfriend [weather] Fine
Leon Harvey conquered Great Sca Fell on October 16th, 2016 [with] Solo
Darren Gallagher scaled Great Sca Fell on May 11th, 2016 [weather] Windy
Mark Davidson walked up Great Sca Fell on October 17th, 2004 [with] Theresa [weather] Bit grey & dismal
Chris Bramley climbed Great Sca Fell on October 30th, 2016 [from/via/route] mosedale [with] jacqui, blake and jan
Adrian Sherriff bagged Great Sca Fell on September 17th, 2015 [from/via/route] c163
John Almond hiked Great Sca Fell on April 4th, 2016 [from/via/route] go4awalk c163 - From Over Water car parking area - Great Cockup - Meal Fell - Great Sca Fell - Brae Fell - Longhands Fell.
Phillip Bulley summited Great Sca Fell on July 14th, 2016 [from/via/route] Brae Fell [with] Ruby [weather] Sunny & very hot.
Jon Mapp conquered Great Sca Fell on March 25th, 2016 [from/via/route] C163 [with] Suzzanné, Caroline and Robin [weather] Beautiful day, blue skies, some clouds, very windy on top - A very pleasant walk, the whole walk completed in 3hrs 50mins
Mark Luckett has scaled Great Sca Fell [from/via/route] Climbed Via Longhands Fell, Brae Fell, Great Sca Fell, Knott, Meal Fell & Great Cockup [with] Susie Luckett [weather] Cold & icy but bright - Great walk & met some very nice people. Cold & frosty day but 5 hours of walking these Wainwrights warmed us up for the day.
Christine Knowles walked up Great Sca Fell on September 20th, 2015 [from/via/route] Starting at Longlands via Brae Fell & Little Sca Fell [with] Graham [weather] Cloudy, cold wind on the top
Angela O'neill climbed Great Sca Fell on July 6th, 2015 [from/via/route] Overwater [with] John [weather] Dry but cloudy & windy
Iain Taylor has bagged Great Sca Fell [from/via/route] Near Over Water NY 25544 35378
Claire Lloyd hiked Great Sca Fell on April 13th, 2009 [from/via/route] From Meal Fell [with] Family
Jean Nichol summited Great Sca Fell on July 8th, 2014 [from/via/route] Fellside [with] Jill Bell [weather] Mixed sun & clouds
Anthony Scott conquered Great Sca Fell on February 17th, 2015 [from/via/route] Orthwaite [with] Hayley [weather] Grey cloud, windy & cold
Clive Ward scaled Great Sca Fell on October 8th, 2014 [from/via/route] Fell Side. One of 8, see Brae fell [with] Ian, Chris [weather] Ok
Graeme Russell walked up Great Sca Fell on September 13th, 2014 [from/via/route] from Meal Fell using go4awalk route c163 [with] with Scott, Roxy and Archie [weather] Clear, calm, little hazy
Michael Vaughn has climbed Great Sca Fell [from/via/route] From lonsdale [with] Alone [weather] Mostly sunny
John Tippins bagged Great Sca Fell on April 16th, 2014 [from/via/route] Orthwaite [with] Kevin O'Hare [weather] Bright, sunny & windy
David Noble hiked Great Sca Fell on April 14th, 2014 [from/via/route] From Over Water [with] Kelly [weather] Dry & Windy
Raymond Barnett summited Great Sca Fell on April 3rd, 2014 [weather] hazy
Elaine Evans conquered Great Sca Fell on March 21st, 2014 [from/via/route] From Meal Fell [with] Sue [weather] Very windy & cold but dry - Parked at Longlands, walked through Trusmadoor, climbed Meal Fell, across to Great Sca Fell, then to Brae Fell, joined Cumbrian Way & back to car.
Andrew Wood scaled Great Sca Fell on March 9th, 2014 [from/via/route] used Go4awalk route c163 [with] Jane & Andrew [weather] Mild but very windy so felt cold - we added in Knott as it was very close to Great Sca Fell & it was rude to leave it out!
Harry Meijer walked up Great Sca Fell on June 3rd, 2014 [from/via/route] Great Calva & The Northern Fells [with] The Lake District Walker
Joanne Mcgawley climbed Great Sca Fell on February 22nd, 2014 [with] Rich [weather] V.V.V.V WINDY!!! - 7.5 MILES
Marcus Bradshaw bagged Great Sca Fell on February 13th, 2014 [from/via/route] c163 [with] Marcus [weather] Snow & ice on top weather changing to windy & harsh. - Fell runner took our picture on top.
David Baines hiked Great Sca Fell on April 23rd, 2013 [from/via/route] Longlands, Brae Fell,Meal Fell, Great Cock Up. [with] Alone [weather] Bright, Windy. - A good route bagging 5 Wainwrights along the way, nothing too strenuous. One regret, I should have bagged Knott while I was in the area.
Lee Maddison summited Great Sca Fell on January 2nd, 2014 [from/via/route] go4walk route c163. Great Scafell from Over Water [with] Walked with my son Lee jnr First day out in my attempting to bag all 214 Wainwrights within 2014 for a charity [weather] Changeable, cloudy with strong wind on the tops. Rain & sunny intervals with a shower of hail to boot. - A lonely moody old bunch these - I'll be in no rush to revisit these guys. Met a group from Kent on Little Scafell blowing the cobwebs of their New Year celebrations in local country house - one in Wellingtons!
Kevin Parnham conquered Great Sca Fell on December 31st, 2013 [from/via/route] From Overwater via Meal Fell [with] Jo [weather] Wet & windy but improving to excellent views
Gill Watson scaled Great Sca Fell on February 22nd, 2013 [from/via/route] from meal fell [with] Gill
Tim Buckley walked up Great Sca Fell on September 22nd, 2013 [from/via/route] Walk c163. From Meal Fell en-route to Brae Fell. [with] Lynne. [weather] Hill fog clearing now, except for Skiddaw. Wind strong. - Steep climb from Meal Fell, arrived at 12.41pm.
Darren Mortimer climbed Great Sca Fell on May 25th, 2013 [from/via/route] Overwater [with] Dermot Palmer [weather] Warm & sunny
Tony Aspden bagged Great Sca Fell on September 13th, 2007 [with] Andy [weather] Sunny
Stephen Mcdonald hiked Great Sca Fell on January 13th, 2013 [with] Joanna and Sunny [weather] Cold but nice walk & ended up walking in snow. Sunny very cold at end - Saw a man at top whom dumped his mates
Dale Verrall summited Great Sca Fell on November 7th, 2010 [from/via/route] Over Water - walk number C163 [with] Amber [weather] Lovely start but very cold to finish
Charlie Housley conquered Great Sca Fell on November 9th, 2009 [from/via/route] From Meal Fell on an undulating route all the way. [with] Joanna, understanding wife. [weather] Slightly overcast, with a cool breeze.
Stuart Crane scaled Great Sca Fell on March 18th, 2008 [from/via/route] c163 Great Sca Fell from Overwater
Stephen Byrne, Katherine Bonner, Neil Smith, Patrick Rogozinski, Andrew Thornton, Karen Lythgoe, Melanie Dunn, Maxine Down, Jane Wilkinson, Jenny Godfrey, Paul Nicholson, Mr M A Blanchard, Jill Dean, David Watson, Louise Sandwith, Adrian Roberts, David Shaw, John Walter, David Laws, Louis Smith, John Grimes, Elaine Grayson, Nick Christian, Jacqui Smith, Mike Wilson, Patricia Dilley, Simon Duerden, Colin Egan, Jonathan Tobin, Tracey Cowell, Gordon Lee, Paul Booth, Peter Clark, Linda Mckeogh, Victoria Bates, Tracey Cordes, Trevor Williams, Paul Henderson, Rob Barklamb, John Cuthbert, Patrick Buckland, John Southward, Stephen Millington, Paul Carmichael, Jeanette Coward, Gary Kent, Ray O'hara and Libby Burns have all walked, climbed & bagged Great Sca Fell.
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