Walk c282 Wild Boar Fell from Cotegill Bridge
This 6¼ mile, Grade 5 (Moderate), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at Cotegill Bridge & will take you about 3¾ hrs to complete.
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| Length: | 6¼ miles (10km) | |
| Ascent: | 1548 ft (472m) | |
| Time: | 3¾ hours | |
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Route outline for this walk:
Cotegill Bridge - Low Soursike - Yoadcomb Scar - Blackbed Scar - The Nab - Wild Boar Fell - High White Scar - The Band - Aisgill Head - Standard Brow - Swarth Fell - Swarth Fell Pike - Stubbing Rigg - Smithy Gill - Aisgill Moor Cottages - Cotegill Bridge
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
 2 English Mountains |
 0 Wainwrights |
 2 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 Wild Boar Fell at 708m (2323ft). Wild Boar Fell is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (99th highest in England, 165th highest in England & Wales)
Wild Boar Fell is also known as an English Nuttall (123rd highest in England, 207th highest in England & Wales) and an English Marilyn (29th highest in England, 574th highest in the UK).
The summit of Wild Boar Fell is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.
Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Swarth Fell at 681m (2235ft). Swarth Fell is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (114th highest in England, 194th highest in England & Wales)
Swarth Fell is also known as an English Nuttall (152nd highest in England, 257th highest in England & Wales).
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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c282 Wild Boar Fell from Cotegill Bridge
In no particular order . . .
The Howgills (left) and Wild Boar Fell (right) from Swarth Fell in the snow
Wild Boar Fell, Mallerstang Common and Nine Standards Rigg from Swarth Fell in the snow
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