Walk c274 Loughrigg Fell from Elterwater
This 5¼ mile, Grade 4 (Moderate), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at Elterwater & will take you about 3 hrs to complete.
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| Length: | 5¼ miles (8.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 1099 ft (335m) | |
| Time: | 3 hours | |
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Route outline for this walk:
Elterwater - Walthwaite Common - Huntingstile Crag - Red Bank Wood - Loughrigg Terrace - Loughrigg Fell - Ivy Crag - Loughrigg Tarn - Tarn Foot - Skelwith Bridge - River Brathay - Skelwith Force - The Cumbria Way - Elter Water - Elterwater
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
 0 English Mountains |
 1 Wainwright |
 0 English Nuttalls |
 0 English Deweys |
 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
 1 Marilyn |
 0 Bridgets |
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
The highest point of this walk is Loughrigg Fell at 335m (1099ft). Loughrigg Fell is classified as an Wainwright (No. 211).
Loughrigg Fell is also known as English Marilyn (113th highest in England, 1320th highest in the UK). The summit of Loughrigg Fell is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.
National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:
Part of this walk follows a section of The Cumbria Way, a 112km (70 miles) linear footpath connecting Ulverston in Cumbria, England with Carlisle in Cumbria, England. The Cumbria Way is waymarked by named posts. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Cumbria Way.
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