Walk c301 Glaramara and Allen Crags from Seatoller
This highly detailed, easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at Seatoller, is 9¾ miles long and will take about 6½hrs. It is a Grade 7 (Hard) walk.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9¾mls (15.5km) |
| Ascent: | 3,046ft (928m) |
| Time: | 6½hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route outline for walk c301:
Seatoller - Strands Bridge - Borrowdale - The Combe - Thornythwaite Fell - Comb Head - Glaramara - Looking Steads (Glaramara) - Red Beck - Red Beck Top - Allen Gill - High House Tarn - High House Tarn Top - Allen Crags - Esk Hause - Ruddy Gill - Sprinkling Tarn - Sty Head - Sty Head Tarn - Sty Head Gill - Stockley Bridge - Grains Gill - Seathwaite (Borrowdale) - The Allerdale Ramble - Seatoller
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
 3 English Mountains |
 2 Wainwrights |
 5 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 Allen Crags at 785m (2576ft). Allen Crags is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (51st highest in England, 90th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 42).
Allen Crags is also known as an English Nuttall (60th highest in England, 109th highest in England & Wales).
Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Glaramara at 783m (2569ft). Glaramara is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (53rd highest in England, 93rd highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 45).
Glaramara is also known as an English Nuttall (63rd highest in England, 113th highest in England & Wales).
You will also reach the summit of Looking Steads (Glaramara) at 775m (2545ft). Looking Steads (Glaramara) is also known as an English Nuttall (69th highest in England, 121st highest in England & Wales).
Along the way you will also bag and tick-off:
- Red Beck Top at 721m (2366ft). Red Beck Top is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (85th England, 146th Eng & Wal) and an English Nuttall (107th highest in England, 182nd highest in England & Wales).
- High House Tarn Top at 684m (2245ft). High House Tarn Top is known as an English Nuttall (148th highest in England, 249th highest in England & Wales).
National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:
Part of this walk follows a section of The Allerdale Ramble, an 87km (54 miles) linear footpath connecting Seathwaite in Cumbria, with Grune Point in Cumbria, England. The Allerdale Ramble is waymarked by named posts. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Allerdale Ramble.
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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c301 Glaramara and Allen Crags from Seatoller
In no particular order . . .
Kirk Fell and the shoulder of Great Gable (right) with the lower slopes of Great End (left) and Red Pike (Wasdale) in the distance from Sty Head
A grand view overlooking the valley of upper Wasdale from Esk Hause with Pillar, Kirk Fell, Great Gable and Green Gable taking centre stage
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