Walk c257 The Kentmere Skyline from Kentmere

Vital Statistics:

Length:	11½mls (18.5km)
Ascent:	3,378ft (1,030m)
Time:	7½hrs
Grade:

Route outline for walk c257:

Kentmere  -  Garburn Pass  -  Yoke  -  Ill Bell  -  Froswick  -  Thornthwaite Crag  -  Mardale Ill Bell  -  Nan Bield Pass  -  Harter Fell (Mardale)  -  Kentmere Pike  -  Brookstones  -  Kentmere

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Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

6 English Mountains

7 Wainwrights

6 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 Thornthwaite Crag at 784m (2573ft). Thornthwaite Crag is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (52nd highest in England, 91st highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 44).

Thornthwaite Crag is also known as an English Nuttall (62nd highest in England, 111th highest in England & Wales).

Completing this walk will also take you to the top of 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) and a Wainwright (No. 47).

Harter Fell (Mardale) is also known as an English Nuttall (66th highest in England, 118th highest in England & Wales).

You will also reach the summit of Mardale Ill Bell at 760m (2494ft). Mardale Ill Bell is classified as an Wainwright (No. 59).

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

• Ill Bell at 757m (2484ft). Ill Bell is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (66th highest in England, 114th highest in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 60) and an English Nuttall (80th highest in England, 138th highest in England & Wales).

• Kentmere Pike at 730m (2396ft). Kentmere Pike is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (80th highest in England, 138th highest in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 72) and an English Nuttall (101st highest in England, 172nd highest in England & Wales). The summit of Kentmere Pike is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.

• Froswick at 720m (2363ft). Froswick is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (86th highest in England, 147th highest in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 77) and an English Nuttall (108th highest in England, 183rd highest in England & Wales).

• Yoke at 706m (2317ft). Yoke is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (100th highest in England, 166th highest in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 85) and an English Nuttall (125th highest in England, 209th highest in England & Wales).

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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c257 The Kentmere Skyline from Kentmere

In no particular order . . .

Waymark on Nan Bield Pass

Photo: Matt Delemare (10)

Froswick (right) and Red Screes (back) from Ill Bell

Photo: Matt Delemare (4)

Froswick and Thronthwaite Crag beyond Kentmere Reservoir from Kentmere Pike

Photo: Ian Gaylard (1)

Looking North towards Skiddaw and Blencathra from the summit of Thornthwaite Crag across cloud trapped by a temperature inversion

Photo: Paul Johnson (15)

Small Water from Harter Fell (Mardale)

Photo: William Ringwood (51)

Ill Bell from Yoke

Photo: William Ringwood (33)

On the summit of Yoke

Photo: Neil Milling (14)

Mardale Ill Bell (left) Nan Bield Pass and Harter Fell (Mardale)(right) with Kentmere Reservoir below from the summit of Yoke

Photo: Neil Milling (15)

Small Water and Haweswater from near Mardale Ill Bell summit

Photo: Andy Malcolm (23)

Lake Windermere from the summit of Ill Bell

Photo: Rob Barklamb (37)

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