Walk c134 Wether Hill and Loadpot Hill from Howtown

Vital Statistics:

Length:	7½mls (12km)
Ascent:	2,283ft (696m)
Time:	5¼hrs
Grade:

Route outline for walk c134:

Howtown  -  Steel Knotts (Pikeawassa)  -  Brownthwaite Crag  -  Keasgill Head  -  Wether Hill (South Top)  -  Wether Hill  -  Loadpot Hill  -  Bonscale Pike  -  Bonscale Tower  -  Swarthbeck Gill  -  Howtown

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Walk c134 is on these Interactive Walk Planning Maps (worth a look if you've never seen one of these superb, free-to-access, walk planning maps)

Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

1 English Mountain

4 Wainwrights

2 English Nuttalls

0 English Deweys

0 Wainwright Outlying Fells

0 Marilyns

0 Bridgets

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is Wether Hill (South Top) at 674m (2212ft). Wether Hill (South Top) is also known as an English Nuttall (162nd highest in England, 275th highest in England & Wales).

Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Loadpot Hill at 672m (2205ft). Loadpot Hill is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (125th highest in England, 210th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 102).

Loadpot Hill is also known as an English Nuttall (167th highest in England, 281st highest in England & Wales). The summit of Loadpot Hill is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.

You will also reach the summit of Wether Hill at 670m (2199ft). Wether Hill is classified as an Wainwright (No. 103).

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

• Bonscale Pike at 524m (1720ft). Bonscale Pike is classified as a Wainwright (No. 162)

• Steel Knotts (Pikeawassa) at 432m (1418ft). Steel Knotts (Pikeawassa) is classified as a Wainwright (No. 195)

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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c134 Wether Hill and Loadpot Hill from Howtown

In no particular order . . .

Steel Knotts (Pikeawassa) summit

Photo: Matt Delemare (23)

The ridge path between Wether Hill and Loadpot Hill

Photo: David Baines (20)

Cairn just to the south of Loadpot Hill

Photo: Mark Gardner (2)

Loadpot Hill Trig Point in thick weather!

Photo: Matt Delemare (20)

Cairn on the North end of Steel Knotts (Pikeawassa) ridge

Photo: Matt Delemare (24)

Swarthbeck Gill from Ullswater

Photo: Matt Delemare (14)

On Wether Hill (South Top)

Photo: Mark Gardner (1)

*Ullswater from Bonscale Pike

Photo: Andy Malcolm (82)

Steel Knotts (Pikeawassa) from the South

Photo: Matt Delemare (22)

Bonscale Pike with Bonscale Tower beyond

Photo: Matt Delemare (19)

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