Seathwaite Fell
632m (2074ft)
The Southern Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 10.5ml (17km) |
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| Ascent: | 3,407ft (1,038m) |
| Time: | 7.25hrs |
| Grade: |  (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Seatoller - Big Stanger Gill - Hanging Haystack Crag - Alisongrass Crag - Rosthwaite Fell (Bessyboot) - Tarn At Leaves - Rosthwaite Cam (Rosthwaite Fell) - Dovenest Top - Combe Door Top - Combe Head - Glaramara - Looking Steads (Glaramara) - Red Beck Top - High House Tarn Top - Allen Crags - Sprinking Tarn - Seathwaite Fell (South Top) - Seathwaite Fell - Grains Gill - The Allerdale Ramble - Stockley Bridge - Seathwaite (Borrowdale) - Thornythwaite Farm - Strands Bridge - The River Derwent - Seatoller
Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Seathwaite Fell
Angeline Grieveson walked up Seathwaite Fell on October 5th, 2024 [with] Rick & Dotty
Christine Shepherd climbed Seathwaite Fell on June 25th, 2010 [from/via/route] Walked from Seathwaite Climbed again 17.12.2021. I found this harder work second time. Climbed for a third time on a very windy January day 27.1.24 [with] On my own [weather] sunny - This was a quick walk after arriving at Borrowdale Youth Hostel for a weekend with members of St George's Church Leeds.
Ian Ashton bagged Seathwaite Fell on April 29th, 2023 [with] Solo 17 miler
John Tippins hiked Seathwaite Fell on October 27th, 2022 [from/via/route] From Seatoller [with] Alone [weather] Dry to start with & mild - t-shirt mild for the ascent. Started to rain mid-morning, then rained on & off all day. Very low cloud - in cloud for most of the walk. Wind quite calm. - Not an enjoyable walk, particularly the stretch from Rosthwaite to Glaramara. Confronted with many sheer rock faces that you have to find a way over. And I forgot the warning about the scree at Aaron Crags until I was part way down. It was bad. 'Not for the faint hearted' - you're not kidding.
Richard Marchant summited Seathwaite Fell on July 13th, 2022 [from/via/route] Started out from Seathwaite up to Stockley Bridge & right then up to Greenhow Knott, from here I went straight South up through Aaron Crags on to Seathwaite Fell to Great Stack & Sprinkling Tarn then Esk Hause. From here up to Allen Crags & then ridge along to Glaramara on to Combe Head, East to Combe Door along to Rosthwaite Cam & finally Rosthwaite Fell (Bessy Boot) down to Seatoller & back along the road to Seathwaite & the car [with] On my Own [weather] Clear hot sunny day with little or no breeze.
Wayne Baxter conquered Seathwaite Fell on August 16th, 2021 [from/via/route] From Seathwaite followed the path through farm to Stockley bridge. Around Greenhow Knott & pick up a faint path to Seathwaite Fell. Onto Sprinkling Tarn & up Great End. From Great End across to Allen Crags & then onto Glaramara. We picked up a path by Hind Gill (not recommended very steep & rocky). Back to Seathwaite farm [with] Sue, Steven and Bev [weather] Cloudy & some rain
Chris Sheard scaled Seathwaite Fell on July 12th, 2021 [from/via/route] Along from Sprinkling tarn [with] George [weather] Slight winds fresher feel, top clear - Nice top, with impressive views Lovely views up to Keswick & across to Skiddaw - Allerdale Ramble finish badly signposted - A big bull cow & calf - we were brave (actually Bovines were Friendly)
Paul Macey walked up Seathwaite Fell on June 22nd, 2021 [from/via/route] Walk 139 [with] Luke [weather] Sunny
Christina Lander climbed Seathwaite Fell on June 6th, 2021 [from/via/route] Seathwaite - Base Brown - Seathwaite Fell - Allen Crags - Seathwaite [with] Dick [weather] Cloudy at times but mostly sunny - During our holiday staying at Station House, Troutbeck, Penrith
Kevin Foster bagged Seathwaite Fell on June 1st, 2021 [from/via/route] Seathwaite. [with] By myself. [weather] Sunny & Hot. - There were too many tops visited on this walk to give a full description of each one. The route of the walk roughly followed the Sty Head Tarn path via Stockley Bridge, then as the path levelled off a steep ascent up the flanks of Seathwaite Fell to reach Wainwright's Top, then the true summit (Main Top) followed by a subsidiary top (South Top). The route then went past Sprinkling Tarn & climbed to Esk Hause (not the true one) before turning left & climbing to the summit of Allen Crags. Numerous tops were then visited along the undulating & interesting ridge including Glaramara & Rosthwaite Fell before descending off the ridge by dropping left at Tarn at Leaves into the ravine of Rottenstone Gill (not as bad as it sounds!). On reaching the lane to Thorneythwaite another left turn down a tarmac road & across field paths eventually led me back to the car parked at Seathwaite. Another tiring but superb day in The Lakes. I do feel as though I am saving the best until last with these Western & Southern Fells?
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Seathwaite Fell
Skiddaw and Derwent Water (in distance) with Seathwaite Fell and Sprinkling Tarn (foreground) from Great End (Scafell Massif)
Sun setting in the Duddon Valley and the Seathwaite Fells (Dow Crag, Brown Pike & Walna Scar) from the path up Harter Fell (Eskdale)
Duddon Valley and the Seathwaite Fells (Dow Crag & Brown Pike) from the path up Harter Fell (Eskdale)
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