Walk c251 The Mardale Head Horizon from Mardale Head

Vital Statistics:

Length:	12½mls (20km)
Ascent:	3,814ft (1,162m)
Time:	8½hrs
Grade:

Route outline for walk c251:

Mardale Head  -  Haweswater  -  Rowantreethwaite Beck  -  Old Corpse Road  -  Selside Pike  -  Branstree (North East Top)  -  Branstree (Artlecrag Pike)  -  Gatescarth Pass  -  Adam Seat  -  Harter Fell (Mardale)  -  Nan Bield Pass  -  Mardale Ill Bell  -  High Street  -  Riggindale  -  Rampsgill Head  -  Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk  -  Kidsty Pike  -  Kidsty Howes  -  Bowderthaite Bridge  -  The Rigg  -  Mardale Head

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Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

5 English Mountains

7 Wainwrights

7 English Nuttalls

0 English Deweys

0 Wainwright Outlying Fells

1 Marilyn

1 Bridget

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is High Street at 828m (2717ft). High Street is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (32nd highest in England, 61st highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 25).

High Street is also known as an English Nuttall (38th highest in England, 70th highest in England & Wales) and an English Marilyn (11th highest in England, 345th highest in the UK).

The summit of High Street is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.

Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Rampsgill Head at 792m (2600ft). Rampsgill Head is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (46th highest in England, 84th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 39).

Rampsgill Head is also known as an English Nuttall (55th highest in England, 103rd highest in England & Wales).

You will also reach the summit of Kidsty Pike at 780m (2560ft). Kidsty Pike is classified as an Wainwright (No. 46).

Kidsty Pike is also known as an English Nuttall (64th highest in England, 115th highest in England & Wales).

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

• Harter Fell (Mardale) at 779m (2556ft). Harter Fell (Mardale) is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (54th highest in England, 96th highest in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 47) and an English Nuttall (66th highest in England, 118th highest in England & Wales).

• Mardale Ill Bell at 760m (2494ft). Mardale Ill Bell is classified as a Wainwright (No. 59)

• Branstree (Artlecrag Pike) at 713m (2340ft). Branstree (Artlecrag Pike) is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (92nd highest in England, 155th highest in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 82) and an English Nuttall (116th highest in England, 195th highest in England & Wales).

• Branstree (North East Top) at 673m (2208ft). Branstree (North East Top) is known as an English Nuttall (164th highest in England, 277th highest in England & Wales).

• Adam Seat at 666m (2186ft). Adam Seat is known as an English Bridget.

• Selside Pike at 655m (2150ft). Selside Pike is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (139th highest in England, 241st highest in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 110) and an English Nuttall (187th highest in England, 323rd highest in England & Wales).

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National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:

Part of this walk follows a section of Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk, a 306km (190 miles) linear footpath connecting St Bees in Cumbria, England with Robin Hood's Bay in North Yorkshire, England. Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk is waymarked by the occasional sign. For more walks that include a section of this trail see Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk.

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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c251 The Mardale Head Horizon from Mardale Head

In no particular order . . .

Stone pillar in the col between Branstree (North East Top) and Branstree (Artlecrag Pike)

Photo: Robert Hall (69)

Harter Fell (left) and Mardale Ill Bell (in cloud) seen from above Haweswater Reservoir near Rowantreethwaite Beck

Photo: Rob Barklamb (46)

A small tarn near the summit of Howes

Photo: Christine Shepherd (382)

Small Water and Haweswater from Nan Bield Pass

Photo: William Ringwood (28)

Haweswater and Harter Fell from Selside Pike

Photo: David Hayter (94)

On Harter Fell (Mardale) with Katie and Rosie

Photo: Reasons Togonorth (4)

Swindale from Selside Pike

Photo: Robert Hall (66)

*Hayeswater with the Fairfield and Helvellyn Ridges beyond from High Street

Photo: Andy Malcolm (25)

Small Water and Haweswater Reservoir from Nan Bield Pass

Photo: Phillip Houlton (17)

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