Whoap
511m (1677ft)
The Western Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 7.75mls (12.5km) |
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| Ascent: | 2,028ft (618m) |
| Time: | 5½ hrs |
| Grade: |  (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Scaly Moss - Blackely Moss - Heckbarley Wood - Red Moss - Grike - Crag Fell - Black Pots - Whoap - Lank Rigg - Whoap Beck - Lankrigg Moss - Stinking Gill - Blackeley Raise - Whorl Gill - Scaly Moss
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 8.75ml (14km) |
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| Ascent: | 1,854ft (565m) |
| Time: | 5 hrs |
| Grade: | (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Friar Well - Friar Gill - River Calder - Tongue How - Town Bank - Lank Rigg - Whoap - Whoap Beck - Stinking Gill - Lankrigg Moss - Latterbrow Moss - Latterbrow Beck - Friar Well
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 15.25ml (24.5km) |
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| Ascent: | 4,125ft (1,257m) |
| Time: | 9.75hrs |
| Grade: |  (Very Hard) |
Route Summary:
Ennerdale Weir - Ennerdale Water - Silver Cove Beck - Woundell Beck - Little Gowder Crag - Haycock - Caw Fell - Silver Cove - Iron Crag - Whoap - Lank Rigg - Crag Fell - Grike - Ennerdale Weir
Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Whoap
Claire Kirk walked up Whoap on June 5th, 2021 [from/via/route] Kinniside Stone Circle [with] Alone [weather] Very sunny, Clear day
Christine Shepherd climbed Whoap on August 13th, 2010 [from/via/route] Walked from Scaly Moss using walk c340. Climbed again on 31.8.20 using the same walk. A lot of the trees that I walked through last time on the way from Crag fell have now been felled; made this a very different walk. [with] On my own [weather] Fine after a drizzly start. - Although I started this walk on my own I did meet some fellow Peak Baggers & walk over this summit to Lank Rigg with them.
Adrian Howard bagged Whoap on August 5th, 2019 [from/via/route] From Ennerdale Bridge.
Mark Davidson hiked Whoap on June 11th, 2011 [with] Theresa [weather] Quite nice in the valleys but misty on the tops
Darren Mortimer summited Whoap on October 5th, 2013 [from/via/route] c264 From Ennerdale water [with] Dermot Palmer [weather] Fine with misty tops
Patrick Rogozinski, Louise Sandwith and Adrian Roberts have all walked, climbed & bagged Whoap.
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Whoap
Iron Crag, Whoap, Crag Fell and Grike tower over Ennerdale Water from the summit of Red Pike (Buttermere)
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