The Wasdale Valley featuring Lingmell (left), Illgill Head and Whin Rigg (left of centre in the distance), Wast Water (centre) and Yewbarrow (right) from near Westmorland Cairn on the summit of Great Gable
The Western Fells,
The Lake District National Park,
Cumbria, England
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 5.25 miles (8.5 km) |
| Ascent: | 2,123 ft (647 m) |
| Time: | 4 hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route Summary:
Wasdale Head - Mosedale Beck - Dore Head - Yewbarrow (North Top) - Yewbarrow - Bell Rib - Dropping Crag - Over Beck - Overbeck Bridge - Wasdale Head - Wast Water.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9 miles (14.5 km) |
| Ascent: | 2,402 ft (732 m) |
| Time: | 5.75 hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route Summary:
Wasdale Head - (National Trust Campsite) - Wast Water - Lingmell Gill - Illgill Head - Whin Rigg - Greathall Gill - Wasdale Hall Youth Hostel - Wast Water - Wasdale Head
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 7.5 miles (12 km) |
| Ascent: | 3,218 ft (981 m) |
| Time: | 6 hrs |
| Grade: | |
Route Summary:
Wasdale Head - Lingmell Gill - Brown Tongue - Hollow Stones - Mickledore - Scafell Pike - The Corridor Route - Sty Head - Lingmell Beck - Gable Beck Bridge - Wasdale Head - Wast Water.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 6.25 miles (10 km) |
| Ascent: | 3,187 ft (971 m) |
| Time: | 5½ hrs |
| Grade: | |
Route Summary:
Wasdale Head - Lingmell Gill - Brown Tongue - Hollow Stones - Mickledore - Scafell Pike - Mickledore - Lingmell Beck - Wasdale Head - Wast Water.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 7.5 miles (12 km) |
| Ascent: | 4,195 ft (1,279 m) |
| Time: | 7 hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route Summary:
Wasdale Head - (National Trust Campsite) - Wast Water - Lingmell - Corridor Route - Scafell Pike - Mickledore - Foxes Tarn - Symonds Knott - Sca Fell - Lingmell Gill - Wasdale Head - Wast Water.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 7.75 miles (12.5 km) |
| Ascent: | 4,808 ft (1,465 m) |
| Time: | 7.75 hrs |
| Grade: | |
Route Summary:
Wasdale Head - Kirk Fell - Kirk Fell (East Top) - Black Sail Pass - Looking Stead (Pillar) - High Level Route - Robinson's Cairn - Pillar - Wind Gap - Black Crag (Pillar) - Scoat Fell (Little Scoat Fell) - Steeple - Red Pike (Wasdale) - Dore Head - Mosedale Beck - Wasdale Head - Wast Water.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9.75 miles (15.5 km) |
| Ascent: | 3,236 ft (986 m) |
| Time: | 6.75 hrs |
| Grade: | |
Route Summary:
Greendale Farm - Gill Farm - Buckbarrow - Seatallan - Pots of Ashness - Gowder Crag - Haycock - Little Lad Crag - Nether Beck - Wast Water - Wasdale - Greendale Farm
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9 miles (14.5 km) |
| Ascent: | 3,696 ft (1,126 m) |
| Time: | 7 hrs |
| Grade: | |
Route Summary:
Wasdale Head - Wast Water - Lingmell - Lingmell Col - Scafell Pike - Broad Crag - Ill Crag - Great End - Esk Hause - Sty Head - Lingmell Beck - Gable Beck Bridge - Wasdale Head - Wast Water.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 11 miles (17.5 km) |
| Ascent: | 4,782 ft (1,457 m) |
| Time: | 8.75 hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route Summary:
Wasdale Head - Mosedale Beck - Black Sail Pass - Looking Stead (Pillar) - High Level Route - Robinson's Cairn - Pillar - Wind Gap - Black Crag (Pillar) - Scoat Fell (Little Scoat Fell) - Steeple - Red Pike (Wasdale) - Dore Head - Yewbarrow (North Top) - Yewbarrow - Dropping Crag - Bell Rib - Over Beck - Wasdale Head - Wast Water.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 11.25 miles (18 km) |
| Ascent: | 5,100 ft (1,554 m) |
| Time: | 9.25 hrs |
| Grade: | |
Route Summary:
Greendale Farm - Middle Fell (Wasdale) - Seatallan - Pots of Ashness - Gowder Crag - Haycock - Great Scoat Fell - Steeple - Scoat Fell (Little Scoat Fell) - Red Pike (Wasdale) - Dore Head - Yewbarrow (North Top) - Yewbarrow - Bell Rib - Dropping Crag - Overbeck Bridge - Wast Water - Greendale Farm
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9.75 miles (15.5 km) |
| Ascent: | 5,140 ft (1,567 m) |
| Time: | 8.75 hrs |
| Grade: | |
Route Summary:
Wasdale Head - (National Trust Campsite) - Wast Water - Lingmell - Middleboot Knotts - Round How (Scafell) - Great End - Ill Crag - Broad Crag - Scafell Pike - Mickledore - Foxes Tarn - Symonds Knott - Sca Fell - Wast Water.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 11 miles (17 km) |
| Ascent: | 4,001 ft (1,219 m) |
| Time: | 8 hrs |
| Grade: | |
Route Summary:
Wasdale Head - Mosedale Beck - Black Sail Pass - High Level Route - Robinson's Cairn - Pillar - Wind Gap - Black Crag (Pillar) - Scoat Fell (Little Scoat Fell) - Red Pike (Wasdale) - Dore Head - Over Beck - Wasdale Head - Wast Water.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 11 miles (17.5 km) |
| Ascent: | 5,409 ft (1,648 m) |
| Time: | 9½ hrs |
| Grade: | |
Route Summary:
Wasdale Head - (National Trust Campsite) - Wast Water - Lingmell - Corridor Route - Great End - Ill Crag - Broad Crag - Scafell Pike - Mickledore - Foxes Tarn - Symonds Knott - Sca Fell - Slight Side - Broad Tongue - Hardrigg Gill - Wasdale Head - Wast Water.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 11.25 miles (18 km) |
| Ascent: | 5,819 ft (1,773 m) |
| Time: | 10 hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route Summary:
Wasdale Head - Moses' Trod - Lingmell Beck - Gable Beck Bridge - Sty Head - Great Gable - Westmorland Cairn - Beck Head - Beckhead Tarn - Kirk Fell (East Top) - Kirk Fell - Black Sail Pass - Looking Stead (Pillar) - High Level Route - Robinson's Cairn - Pillar - Wind Gap - Black Crag (Pillar) - Scoat Fell (Little Scoat Fell) - Steeple - Red Pike (Wasdale) - Dore Head - Mosedale Beck - Wasdale Head - Wast Water.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 15.25 miles (24.5 km) |
| Ascent: | 4,841 ft (1,475 m) |
| Time: | 10½ hrs |
| Grade: | |
Route Summary:
Wasdale Head - (National Trust Campsite) - Wast Water - Lingmell Gill - Illgill Head - Whin Rigg - Greathall Gill - Low Wood - Lund Bridge - Woodhow Farm - Woodhow Tarn - Scale Farm - Tosh Tarn - Gill Farm - Gill Beck - Buckbarrow - Cold Well - Nether Wasdale Common - Seatallan - Windscale Hows - Middle Fell (Wasdale) - Greendale Farm - Nether Beck - Overbeck Bridge - Wasdale Head - Wast Water.
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