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Yewbarrow
628m (2062ft)

The Western Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England


Record Yewbarrow as Bagged, Climbed & Conquered


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English Mountain
161st highest in England,
279th in England & Wales

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Wainwright
(No. 124)

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English Nuttall
216th highest in England,
378th in England & Wales

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You can walk to the top of Yewbarrow by using any of these 3 easy‑to‑follow route maps:
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Walk c386 Yewbarrow from Wasdale Head, Wast Water

Very steep ascent up to Dore Head - pick a nice day

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Vital Statistics:

Length: 5.25ml (8.5km)
Ascent:2,123ft (647m)
Time:4 hrs
Grade:Walk Grade 5 Icon (Moderate)
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Walk c101 Pillar and Little Scoat Fell from Wasdale Head, Wast Water

One of Lakeland's finest walks - unmissable

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Vital Statistics:

Length: 11ml (17.5km)
Ascent:4,782ft (1,457m)
Time:8.75hrs
Grade:Walk Grade 8 Icon (Hard)
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Walk c133 The Netherbeck Round from Greendale

Superb mountain walk on less crowded fells

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Vital Statistics:

Length: 11.25ml (18km)
Ascent:5,100ft (1,554m)
Time:9.25hrs
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Other walkers who hiked, climbed, bagged and summited Yewbarrow Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Yewbarrow

Geoff Hand walked up Yewbarrow on July 3rd, 2025 [from/via/route] Walked the Mosedale round from Burnthwaite Cottage. Pillar, Black Crag, Scoat fell, Steeple, Red Pike & Yewbarrow. One of my toghest days in the lakes, but very enjoyable & rewarding. [with] none [weather] Started off Sunny then cloud, mist, high wind & rain caught me up at Pillar. Some great views before that. - Got a bit confused coming off Scoat fell & picking up the path to Red Pike. Had to use my map compass & watch to find the path.

Ian Ashton climbed Yewbarrow on November 9th, 2024 [with] Solo

Richard Fulcher bagged Yewbarrow on July 16th, 2024 [from/via/route] Parked at the NT car park at Overbeck Bridge (the only car at 8:40am on Tuesday). We set off up the path towards Bell Rib following the left side of the wall. At the end of the wall we traversed over to the scree area just before Dropping Crag. Here we followed the rhs zig zag path up until we reached a gorge that required both hands & feet. After a short while we found a path on the left that provided another zig zag path up to Great Door. From here we followed the well used path over Bull Crag up to the summit of Yewbarrow. We descended via the diagonal path to the left that crosses many patches of scree to arrive at Dore Head. We returned to the car park by following the rock strewn paths down the valley. [with] Jen [weather] A mixture of low cloud & misty conditions with a smattering of rain. Warm & humid. - Great views when the clag cleared a bit!

Christina Lander hiked Yewbarrow on June 4th, 2021 [from/via/route] Wasdale Head - Kirk Fell - Pillar - Yewbarrow North Top - Yewbarrow - Wasdale Head [with] Dick [weather] A beautiful, sunny day - During our holiday staying at Station House, Troutbeck, Penrith

Christine Shepherd summited Yewbarrow on October 29th, 2009 [from/via/route] Walked from Wasdale Head using walk c386 Climbed again on 23.8.21 adding Yewbarrow to the end of walk c240 Climbed for a third time using walk c101 with the addition on Haycock with Louise. [with] On my own [weather] Mixed - Added Yewbarrow to the end of walk c240. This made a very long but brilliant day's walking. Tired legs made the descent off Yewbarrow a bit slow but very welcome.

John Tippins conquered Yewbarrow on May 1st, 2023 [from/via/route] From Wast Water [with] Alone [weather] Mild, misty/drizzly on the way up, summit in mist. Cleared later, sunny on the lower, return route.

Kevin Foster scaled Yewbarrow on July 7th, 2022 [from/via/route] Wasdale Head [with] By myself. [weather] Dry & sunny. - From Yewbarrow's North Top it was an easy walk across the grassy saddle to my final top of the day & my final English Nuttall bar one (Pillar Rock). It has taken me six years to climb them since I set myself the challenge. Feel a bit deflated that I didn't manage Pillar Rock. But who knows maybe one day? What next?

Chris Sheard walked up Yewbarrow on June 14th, 2022 [from/via/route] Up from Overbeck parking area, a lovely spot by the stream/Beck [with] Solo [weather] Pleasant at ground level, light cool winds, no rain brightened later later with sunshine - Really tough up with some technical scrambling, chose to come off via flank to Dore head as was walking alone, so no-one else at that time & thought safest option

Paul Macey climbed Yewbarrow on August 16th, 2021 [from/via/route] C101 [weather] Cloudy some sun

Darren Wilson bagged Yewbarrow on September 27th, 2020 [from/via/route] Yewbarrow, Great Door [with] Lone [weather] Beautiful day

John Hanlon hiked Yewbarrow during August, 2020 [from/via/route] Wasdale Inn [weather] Wet, windy, low cloud - Very difficult walking weather

Martin Woods summited Yewbarrow on August 31st, 2020 [from/via/route] From wasdale head pillar, scoat fell, steeple, red pike & yeabarrow walk [with] Myself [weather] Sunny 15 to 18 degrees - Some scrambling over the top, amazing views & great fun

Caroline Winter conquered Yewbarrow on August 3rd, 2020 [from/via/route] Overbeck bridge, Yewbarrow Bell rib scramble, North top, Dore Head, Red Pike, Black Crag, Pillar, Little Scoat Fell, Haycock, Nether Beck [with] Becky [weather] Clear & warm - Pleasant, easy scramble up Yewbarrow. Retreated to easy path to Dore Head. 3 x Bob Graham competitors arrived at Pillar, as we finished lunch. Squeezed in Haycock before long tiring descent of Beck. Picquesque water falls heading down

Wayne Baxter scaled Yewbarrow on August 10th, 2020 [from/via/route] From a car park near Overbeck bridge car park.straight up great door & returned by a path that leads down the side towards Dore head [with] Sue [weather] Bright sun very hot

Andy Buxton walked up Yewbarrow on May 30th, 1994 [from/via/route] From Overbeck Bridge. Yewbarrow, Red Pike, Scoat Fell, Steeple & Haycock [with] Dan [weather] Good, some showers - Good day with some entertaining scrambling. Day rather marred by Derby losing 2-1 to Leicester in play-off final.

Andrew Johnson climbed Yewbarrow on November 2nd, 2019 [from/via/route] Wasdale [with] Ted [weather] Cloudy - Very wet under foot

Richard Marshall bagged Yewbarrow on September 21st, 2019 [from/via/route] Mosedale horseshoe [with] Bo and Andy Pratt [weather] sunny. Very warm. - Boot went so only did Kirk Fell

Elaine Evans hiked Yewbarrow on August 15th, 2019 [from/via/route] From car park at Overbeck Bridge up to summit of Yewbarrow via Great Door, descended via path just before Stirrup Crag to return to car along path running parallel to Over Beck. [with] Sue [weather] Dry, warm in the sun but a cold wind in some places. - Amazing views, lovely day. A very good half day walk.

Richard Marchant summited Yewbarrow on November 23rd, 1993 [from/via/route] This was a two day trip with an overnight camp at Beckhead Tarn below Great Gable. Day 1 we ascended Yewbarrow then onto Red Pike-Scoat Fell-Pillar-Kirk Fell & descended to Beckhead Tarn & camped the night & what a cold night. Day 2 Great Gable-Scafell Pike via the corridor route then Sca Fell & back down to Wasdale & the car. [with] Best Friend Ray Collins. [weather] Clear blue skies, no wind but very cold & in the minus overnight

Phillip Bulley conquered Yewbarrow on September 6th, 2018 [from/via/route] Via Red Pike & dorehead. [with] Ruby. [weather] Sunny but chilly.

Craig Steeland scaled Yewbarrow on July 10th, 2018 [from/via/route] From Overbeck Bridge in Wasdale [with] On my own [weather] Warm & partly cloudy with no wind.

Simon Myerscough walked up Yewbarrow on February 25th, 2007 [from/via/route] C133 [with] Martin [weather] Low cloud on tops, dry - Cloud clearing, occasionally lost. Yewbarrow nice looking fell - Martin cooked some beans. Excellent scramble on Yebarrow (North Top) - good fun!

Anthony Scott climbed Yewbarrow on July 12th, 2017 [from/via/route] Wast Water [with] me [weather] Blue sky then white cloud. No wind

Clive Ward bagged Yewbarrow during July, 1975 [from/via/route] Not sure Also group walk, Wasdale, 19th Oct 2016 [with] Hazel, Pluto Group: see Red Pike Wasdale [weather] Fair, windy - We have photos of this walk. Date - very approximate

Mark Davidson hiked Yewbarrow on July 20th, 2004 [with] Alone [weather] Glorious

Doug Martin summited Yewbarrow on July 25th, 2016 [from/via/route] Overbeck car park [with] Tom Bradford [weather] Wet & windy - met office forecast completely wrong other than getting cloud height right - tops covered most of the time with occasional clear 2 min spells.

Dave Eyes conquered Yewbarrow on May 8th, 2016 [from/via/route] Carpark on the shores of Wasdale [with] Christine Eyes [weather] Sunny Day

Phill Brown scaled Yewbarrow on August 28th, 1995 [with] Anne [weather] Sunny

Colin Egan walked up Yewbarrow on March 23rd, 2015 [from/via/route] Ascent from car park halfway along Wastwater, up via Great Door [with] My wife Faith and son Peter [weather] Cloud above 2500ft, wind chill at summit near freezing, strong westerly winds, some sun at times. - A challenging climb, helped by the presence & guidance of Peter, training as a mountain leader. Wainwright's original route straight up to Great Door somewhat diluted by a newer path that takes the walker to the left of the straight climb. Easier but less dramatic.

Philip Layton climbed Yewbarrow on July 16th, 1986 [with] Grandad

Jacqui Smith bagged Yewbarrow on August 2nd, 2015 [from/via/route] From wasdale [with] Graham and John [weather] Rainy - This scared the life out of me but I did it : )

David Noble hiked Yewbarrow on July 22nd, 2015 [from/via/route] From Wasdale Kirk Fell, Kirkfell Crags, Pillar via the high level route, Scoat Fell, Steeple, Red Pike, Stirrup Crags & Yewbarrow [with] Jack [weather] Rain brighter then sunny - via Stirrup Crags, had to lift jack up then climb up & repeat

Christine Knowles summited Yewbarrow on May 13th, 2015 [from/via/route] Wasdale Head Inn as part of Mosedale round [with] Graham [weather] Nice day, very clear - Scared of this one, pleased it's done, but cheated by going up the side path up to the middle of the fell, & coming down our own way down the grassy side towards Wastwater.

Charlie Housley conquered Yewbarrow on April 13th, 2015 [from/via/route] From Red Pike, via Dore Head & up & over Stirrup Crag. [with] Candy....the dog. [weather] Changeable, a mixture of high cloud, sunshine, low cloud & light showers. - Candy needed a helping hand to get up Stirrup Crag, there were times when I had to manhandle her up & over, but we got to the top eventually. This completes the Western fells.

Derek Parkin scaled Yewbarrow on March 23rd, 2015 [from/via/route] waste water [with] Lynn parkin [weather] sunny, windy

Jeanette Coward walked up Yewbarrow on September 21st, 2014 [from/via/route] Overbeck Bridge, then up to the right of Dropping Crag [weather] Lovely day - My final Wainwright!

Kevin Parnham climbed Yewbarrow on August 5th, 2014 [from/via/route] Mosedale Horseshoe [with] Jo and Charlotte [weather] Generally very good but wet going over Yewbarrow - Unpleasant scramble down past Bell Rib

Keith Eastman bagged Yewbarrow on June 23rd, 2014 [from/via/route] c101

Harry Meijer hiked Yewbarrow on June 7th, 2014 [from/via/route] The Wasdale Horseshoe [with] The Lake District Walker

Darren Mortimer summited Yewbarrow on November 16th, 2013 [from/via/route] Car park at bottom [with] Dermot Palmer [weather] Overcast with a little wind & low cloud but otherwise fine.

Raymond Barnett conquered Yewbarrow on June 5th, 2013 [from/via/route] wasdale [weather] sunny

Michael Lee scaled Yewbarrow on October 30th, 2008 [from/via/route] Wast Water [with] Jessica & Tom [weather] Sunny & snowy

Iain Taylor walked up Yewbarrow on July 28th, 2010 [from/via/route] Wast Water (NY 16811 06823)

Tony Aspden climbed Yewbarrow on June 12th, 2011 [with] Andy [weather] Overcast with strong gusts of wind

Bay Wan bagged Yewbarrow on October 10th, 2010 [from/via/route] Cant remember was following Brian [with] Kira Dog and Brian [weather] Sunny - ended at the pub :)

Stephen Byrne, Patrick Rogozinski, Mark Smith, Melanie Dunn, Wendy Sockett, Jane Wilkinson, Michael Austin, Angela Moroney, Louise Sandwith, Leon Potts, Jenny Godfrey, Trevor Longman, Jonathan Tobin, Michael Nolan, Carl Abbott, David Butterfield, Adam Beeby, Simon Duerden, Paul Booth, Ian Thomas, Linda Mckeogh, Louis Smith, Peter Clark, Paul Henderson, Trevor Williams, Stephen Millington, John Kendall, Libby Burns, John Cuthbert, Victoria Bates, Rob Barklamb, Sarah Lowe and Ray O'hara have all walked, climbed & bagged Yewbarrow.

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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Yewbarrow

Slightside, Harter Fell (Eskdale) and Burnmoor Tarn from the summit of Yewbarrow

Slightside, Harter Fell (Eskdale) and Burnmoor Tarn from the summit of Yewbarrow

Photo: David Hemingway (8)

A dusting of snow on the shoulder of Lingmell (left), Middle Fell (centre left in the distance) and Yewbarrow above Wasdale from Sty Head

A dusting of snow on the shoulder of Lingmell (left), Middle Fell (centre left in the distance) and Yewbarrow above Wasdale from Sty Head

Photo: Bob Ferguson (79)

Yewbarrow and Great Gable from Wast Water, Wasdale

Yewbarrow and Great Gable from Wast Water, Wasdale

Photo: Tony Higgs (26)

Wasdale featuring Lingmell (left), Illgill Head and Whin Rigg (left of centre in the distance), Wast Water (centre) and Yewbarrow (right) from Westmorland Cairn near the summit of Great Gable

Wasdale featuring Lingmell (left), Illgill Head and Whin Rigg (left of centre in the distance), Wast Water (centre) and Yewbarrow (right) from Westmorland Cairn near the summit of Great Gable

Photo: Karen Harding (5)

Snow capping Yewbarrow (left) Great Gable (centre) Lingmell and Scafell Pike surround Wast Water from near Overbeck Bridge, Wasdale

Snow capping Yewbarrow (left) Great Gable (centre) Lingmell and Scafell Pike surround Wast Water from near Overbeck Bridge, Wasdale

Photo: Bob Ferguson (87)

The southern slopes of Yewbarrow and the Scafell massif from Nether Beck

The southern slopes of Yewbarrow and the Scafell massif from Nether Beck

Photo: Andy Malcolm (107)

Yewbarrow, Great Gable, Lingmell, Scafell Pike and Sca Fell from Wast Water

Yewbarrow, Great Gable, Lingmell, Scafell Pike and Sca Fell from Wast Water

Photo: Alan Wainwright (76)

Yewbarrow with Kirk Fell, Great Gable and Lingmell beyond from Middle Fell (Wasdale)

Yewbarrow with Kirk Fell, Great Gable and Lingmell beyond from Middle Fell (Wasdale)

Photo: Alan Wainwright (71)

Looking NE up Wast Water to featuring Yewbarrow (left), Kirk Fell and Great Gable (right) from near Lund Bridge

Looking NE up Wast Water to featuring Yewbarrow (left), Kirk Fell and Great Gable (right) from near Lund Bridge

Photo: Ann Threadgill (1)

Wast Water from Yewbarrow

Wast Water from Yewbarrow

Photo: Wayne Hill (28)

My Daughter & Son-in-law on top of Yewbarrow in the snow

My Daughter & Son-in-law on top of Yewbarrow in the snow

Photo: Michael Lee (1)

Wast Water, Wasdale and Yewbarrow with Middle Fell (left) Seatallan (background centre), Red Pike (Wasdale) (right) and the shoulder of Kirk Fell (centre foreground) from Westmorland Cairn on Great Gable

Wast Water, Wasdale and Yewbarrow with Middle Fell (left) Seatallan (background centre), Red Pike (Wasdale) (right) and the shoulder of Kirk Fell (centre foreground) from Westmorland Cairn on Great Gable

Photo: Andy Malcolm (217)

Yewbarrow from Wasdale Head (near the campsite)

Yewbarrow from Wasdale Head (near the campsite)

Photo: Alan Wainwright (77)

Yewbarrow, Wasdale Head, Wast Water, Lingmell, Scafell Pike, Mickledore and Sca Fell, Illgill Head and Whin Rigg from below Middle Fell (Wasdale)

Yewbarrow, Wasdale Head, Wast Water, Lingmell, Scafell Pike, Mickledore and Sca Fell, Illgill Head and Whin Rigg from below Middle Fell (Wasdale)

Photo: Alan Wainwright (72)

Pillar, Top of Stirrup Crag and Kirk Fell from the summit of Yewbarrow

Pillar, Top of Stirrup Crag and Kirk Fell from the summit of Yewbarrow

Photo: David Hemingway (5)

Scafell Pike, Mickledore and Sca Fell from Yewbarrow summit cairn

Scafell Pike, Mickledore and Sca Fell from Yewbarrow summit cairn

Photo: David Connolly (41)

Yewbarrow (centre) and Pillar (right) from Sca Fell

Yewbarrow (centre) and Pillar (right) from Sca Fell

Photo: Greg Campbell (10)

The shoulder of Lingmell and snow on Illgill Head (far left), Wasdale and Wast Water (left) and Yewbarrow (right) from Gable Beck Bridge

The shoulder of Lingmell and snow on Illgill Head (far left), Wasdale and Wast Water (left) and Yewbarrow (right) from Gable Beck Bridge

Photo: Bob Ferguson (70)

Yewbarrow Great Gable, Lingmell and Scafell Pike from Wast Water, Wasdale

Yewbarrow Great Gable, Lingmell and Scafell Pike from Wast Water, Wasdale

Photo: Tony Higgs (27)

Wast Water, Yewbarrow (left), Kirk Fell (centre left), Great Gable (centre right) and Lingmell Fell (right) from Illgill Head

Wast Water, Yewbarrow (left), Kirk Fell (centre left), Great Gable (centre right) and Lingmell Fell (right) from Illgill Head

Photo: Ian Mansell (10)


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