Walk c130 Haycock and Steeple from Ennerdale Water

This 11¼ mile, Grade 7 (Hard), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at Bowness Knott Car Park Ennerdale Water & will take about 7½ hrs to complete.

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Vital Statistics:

Length:11¼mls (18km)
Ascent:3,275ft (998m)
Time:7½hrs
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Route outline for walk c130:

Bowness Knott Car Park Ennerdale Water  -  Char Dub  -  Silver Cove Beck  -  Woundell Beck  -  Caw Fell  -  Little Gowder Crag  -  Haycock  -  Great Scoat Fell  -  Scoat Fell (Little Scoat Fell)  -  Steeple  -  Long Crag  -  Moss Dub  -  Lingmell Plantation  -  Bowness Knott Car Park Ennerdale Water.


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Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

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4
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5
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Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is Scoat Fell (Little Scoat Fell) at 841m (2759ft). Scoat Fell (Little Scoat Fell) is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (28th highest in England, 54th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 23).

Scoat Fell (Little Scoat Fell) is also known as an English Nuttall (34th highest in England, 62nd highest in England & Wales).

Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Steeple at 819m (2688ft). Steeple is classified as an Wainwright (No. 28).

Steeple is also known as an English Nuttall (41st highest in England, 77th highest in England & Wales).

You will also reach the summit of Haycock at 797m (2616ft). Haycock is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (44th highest in England, 81st highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 36).

Haycock is also known as an English Nuttall (51st highest in England, 97th highest in England & Wales).

Along the way you will also bag and tick-off:

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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c130 Haycock and Steeple from Ennerdale Water

In no particular order . . .

Ennerdale Water from Steeple

Ennerdale Water from Steeple

Photo: Wayne Hill (10)

Silver Cove Beck

Silver Cove Beck

Photo: Steven Mostyn (14)

Sheltering from the rain in Ennerdale

Sheltering from the rain in Ennerdale

Photo: Kevin Finn (29)

Caw Fell summit cairn with Iron Crag beyond

Caw Fell summit cairn with Iron Crag beyond

Photo: Steven Mostyn (20)

Cairn on the ridge between Sliver Cove Beck and Deep Gill with Ennerdale Water, Great Borne and Starling Dodd beyond

Cairn on the ridge between Sliver Cove Beck and Deep Gill with Ennerdale Water, Great Borne and Starling Dodd beyond

Photo: Steven Mostyn (16)

Misty conditions in Ennerdale

Misty conditions in Ennerdale

Photo: Christine Shepherd (35)

Red Pike (Wasdale) from Scoat Fell (Little Scoat Fell)

Red Pike (Wasdale) from Scoat Fell (Little Scoat Fell)

Photo: David Connolly (37)

The head of Ennerdale

The head of Ennerdale

Photo: Kevin Finn (30)

The Scafell Massif from the summit of Haycock

The Scafell Massif from the summit of Haycock

Photo: Christine Shepherd (473)

The  summit of Little Gowder Crag

The summit of Little Gowder Crag

Photo: Steven Mostyn (17)


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