Great Shunner Fell
716m (2349ft)
The Northern Dales Area, The Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England
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
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 Great Shunner Fell 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 Great Shunner Fell on May 3rd, 2019 [from/via/route] Thwaite [weather] Overcast
Simon Boddy has hiked Great Shunner Fell [with] My girlfriend
Caroline Winter summited Great Shunner Fell 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.
Andy Jakob conquered Great Shunner Fell during August, 1985 [from/via/route] Pennine Way north to south - and again on April 21st 2018 in fantastic sunshine after an extended winter of snow & recent heavy rain. Amazind day with AFWC
David Congreave scaled Great Shunner Fell on April 7th, 2018 [from/via/route] Hawes [weather] Wet, wet, wet.
Stephen Eddy walked up Great Shunner Fell on August 26th, 2017 [from/via/route] Hawes, whilst completing James Herriott way [with] Paula Eddy, Martin Bayliss, Tracey Bayliss [weather] cloud clearing
Kevin Foster climbed Great Shunner Fell on July 11th, 2017 [from/via/route] Hardraw [with] By myself (and Henry my Labrador) [weather] Cloudy (light rain). Tops clearing out by mid afternoon - I set off along the Pennine Way from Hardraw later than planned in the morning as I'd originally driven to Hubberholme in Wharfedale to do Yockenthwaite Moor & Birks Fell. The weather (which was heavy rain at the time) put paid to that idea, so I decided to drive to Hawes with the intention of driving home from there if the weather didn't improve. Things looked more promising in Wensleydale so I made a snap decision to bag Great Shunner Fell (I figured if the summit was still in cloud at least route finding would be simple). The top was in cloud but only the last 100 metres or so. Rather annoyingly it had cleared out completely by the time I reached the Buttertubs road summit.
Chris Faulkner bagged Great Shunner Fell on July 7th, 2016 [from/via/route] Pennine Way [with] Michelle chandler [weather] Wet
Robert Shaw hiked Great Shunner Fell on May 10th, 2013 [from/via/route] Bagged on the Pennine Way between the 10th & 24th May 2013. [weather] Various !! - 15 days of mainly fun.
Mark Davidson summited Great Shunner Fell on March 30th, 2003 [with] MK & AG [weather] Clear & Sunny
Ian Barker conquered Great Shunner Fell on August 10th, 2014 [with] Peter Godfrey - Pennine Way
Maria Kelly scaled Great Shunner Fell on July 30th, 2016 [from/via/route] Hawes [with] W [weather] Sunny with cloud & occasional shower
Elaine Grayson walked up Great Shunner Fell on October 14th, 2015 [from/via/route] Hawes Hardraw Shunner fell [with] Derbyshire Dales Ramblers [weather] Fine
Tony Rogerson climbed Great Shunner Fell on February 12th, 2012 [from/via/route] Pennine Way & Cotterdale [with] Vicky & Darren [weather] Low cloud - Snow under foot
Darren Wilson bagged Great Shunner Fell on March 17th, 2012 [from/via/route] Lovely Seat, Great Shunner Fell Muker, Lovely Seat, Little Shunner Fell, Great Shunner Fell [with] Crabs
Darren Mortimer hiked Great Shunner Fell on October 5th, 2014 [from/via/route] Hawes [with] Dermot Palmer [weather] Cloud at first then sunshine. Cold on the summit.
Andrew Joss summited Great Shunner Fell on May 2nd, 2014 [from/via/route] Hardraw [weather] Sunny
Ray O'hara conquered Great Shunner Fell on September 26th, 2013 [from/via/route] Walk NY149, from Hawes [weather] Fine, some wind - Easy to follow route up along the Pennine Way
Peter Newman scaled Great Shunner Fell on July 16th, 2013 [from/via/route] Butter Tubs [with] Donnas and Gromit [weather] Warm sunshine - Rescued a sheep!
Christine Shepherd walked up Great Shunner Fell on June 10th, 2013 [from/via/route] Walked from Hawes using walk ny149 [with] On my own [weather] Warm & still but quite cloudy & hazy
David Lane climbed Great Shunner Fell on August 17th, 2007 [with] Kelly
Lee Senior bagged Great Shunner Fell on November 8th, 2008 [from/via/route] Apperset, Hardraw, Pennine Way, Cotterdale, Blades to Garsdale Head [with] John L , Debbie, John B
Lynn Symonds hiked Great Shunner Fell on May 11th, 2011 [from/via/route] Thwaite [with] Sharon Haynes [weather] Terrible - wet & very low visibility
Aileen Robinson summited Great Shunner Fell on July 24th, 2011 [from/via/route] Hawes [with] Alison [weather] Sunny, hot - On route doing The Pennine Way
Patrick Rogozinski, Howard Wright, Stephen Stott, Paul Woodburn, Paul Booth, John Edwards, Trevor Williams, Matthew Thomas and Les Wrightson have all walked, climbed & bagged Great Shunner Fell.
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