Great Shunner Fell
716m (2349ft)
The Northern Dales Area, The Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England
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The summit of Great Shunner Fell is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 13.75ml (22km) |
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| Ascent: | 2,330ft (710m) |
| Time: | 7.25hrs |
| Grade: |  (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Hawes - The Pennine Way - The Herriot Way - Haylands Bridge - The River Ure - Hardraw - Hardraw Force - Hearne Coal Road - Hollin Hill - Bluebell Hill - Blea Pot Plain - Hearn Top - Bleak Haw - Hearne Head - Great Shunner Fell - Little Shunner Fell - Pickersett Mea - Fossdale Moss - Grimy Gutter - Lovely Seat - Coal Gill Hags - Abbotside Common - High Clint - High Pasture Gate - Shutt Lane - Sedbusk - Hawes
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The Northern Dales Area of The Yorkshire Dales National Park
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See Great Shunner Fell and the surrounding tops on our downloadable Peak Bagging Map in PDF format:
NB: Whether you print off a copy or download it to your phone, this PDF Peak Baggers' Map might prove incredibly useful when your are up there on the tops and you cannot get a phone signal.
You can find Great Shunner Fell & all the walks that climb it on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps:
1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (orange/yellow covers):
1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (pink/magenta covers):
Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Great Shunner Fell
Philip Wilde walked up Great Shunner Fell on August 27th, 2023 [from/via/route] From Dent station
Tony Halliday climbed it on October 17th, 2020 [from/via/route] camped in hawes started & ended walk from the excellent greendragon inn up & down due to poor visability cloud cover [with] sally halliday jimmy boo and George our 3 dogs [weather] cool day started off dry however weather turned halfway to rain & very misty poor visability - camped at hawes long weekend lovely town green dragon pub excellent also visited hardraw force & saw our first red squirell weather wet & very cool on the evening disappointed as wanted to walk to lovely seat also but poor visability put paid to that will go another day
Michael Naylor bagged it on May 3rd, 2019 [from/via/route] Thwaite [weather] Overcast
Simon Boddy has hiked Great Shunner Fell [with] My girlfriend
Caroline Winter summited on October 19th, 2018 [from/via/route] Hardraw [with] Shirley [weather] Good views & sunny,westerly wind, great visibity - Parked opposite PW & a steady walk to the top. Shirley having a bad time with her boots & heels blistering, so there & back took us 5 hrs, but in no rush & still in time to visit the cheese factory in Hawes.
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Looking back to Hawes from the Pennine Way half-way up Great Shunner Fell
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