Walk c136 Mabbin Crag from Huck's Bridge

This 8¼ mile, Grade 5 (Moderate), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at Huck's Bridge & will take you about 4½ hrs to complete.

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Vital Statistics:

Length:8¼mls (13km)
Ascent:1,572ft (479m)
Time:4½hrs
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Route outline for walk c136:

Huck's Bridge  -  Ashstead Fell  -  Mabbin Crag  -  Castle Fell  -  Whinfell Beacon  -  Low Borrowdale  -  Borrow Beck  -  High Borrowdale  -  Borrowdale  -  Huck's Bridge


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Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

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Wainwrights
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Bridgets

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is Mabbin Crag at 482m (1581ft). Mabbin Crag is known as an English Bridget.

Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Castle Fell at 478m (1568ft). Castle Fell is known as an English Bridget.

You will also reach the summit of Whinfell Beacon at 472m (1549ft). Whinfell Beacon is known as an English Bridget.

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

  • Ashstead Fell at 469m (1539ft). Ashstead Fell is known as an English Bridget.

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You can find this walk and other nearby walks on these unique Interactive Walk Planning Maps:

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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c136 Mabbin Crag from Huck's Bridge

In no particular order . . .

Borrow Beck, Borrowdale

Borrow Beck, Borrowdale

Photo: Raymond Brown (13)

High Borrowdale in Borrowdale (Borrow Beck)

High Borrowdale in Borrowdale (Borrow Beck)

Photo: Raymond Brown (90)

Mabbin Crag

Mabbin Crag

Photo: Raymond Brown (6)

Whinfell Tarn from Whinfell Beacon

Whinfell Tarn from Whinfell Beacon

Photo: Raymond Brown (9)

*Kendal and Morecambe Bay from Whinfell Beacon

Photo: Raymond Brown (11)

The view from Whinfell Beacon

The view from Whinfell Beacon

Photo: Lyndsay Hallport (2)

Castle Fell

Castle Fell

Photo: Raymond Brown (8)

On Whinfell Beacon

On Whinfell Beacon

Photo: Lyndsay Hallport (1)

Borrowdale

Borrowdale

Photo: Raymond Brown (14)

West into Borrowdale from Huck's Bridge

West into Borrowdale from Huck's Bridge

Photo: Raymond Brown (2)


. . . load all 21 walk photos from Walk c136 Mabbin Crag from Huck's Bridge

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