Walk c342 High Seat (Mallerstang) from Outhgill

This 7¾ mile, Grade 5 (Moderate), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at Outhgill & will take you about 4½ hrs to complete.

 

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Vital Statistics:

Length: 7¾ miles (12.5km)
Ascent: 1571 ft (479m)
Time: 4½ hours
Grade: Walk Grade 5 (Moderate) Icon

 

 


Route outline for this walk:

 

Outhgill  -  Thrang Beck  -  The Lady Anne's Way  -  Hell Gill Bridge  -  Hell Gill Beck  -  Hangingstone Scar  -  Black Fell Moss  -  Archy Styrigg (Gregory Chapel)  -  High Seat (Mallerstang)  -  Mallerstang Edge  -  Othgill.

 

Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

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Wainwrights
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2
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Nuttalls
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Deweys
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Outlying Fells
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Marilyns
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Bridgets

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is High Seat (Mallerstang) at 709m (2326ft). High Seat (Mallerstang) is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (95th highest in England, 161st highest in England & Wales)

High Seat (Mallerstang) is also known as an English Nuttall (119th highest in England, 203rd highest in England & Wales).

Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Archy Styrigg (Gregory Chapel) at 695m (2280ft). Archy Styrigg (Gregory Chapel) is also known as an English Nuttall (141st highest in England, 231st highest in England & Wales).

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National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:

Part of this walk follows a section of The Lady Anne's Way, a 161km (100 miles) linear footpath connecting Skipton in North Yorkshire, with Penrith in Cumbria, England. The Lady Anne's Way is waymarked by named posts. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Lady Anne's Way.


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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c342 High Seat (Mallerstang) from Outhgill

In no particular order . . .

Snow on Wild Boar Fell from Mallerstang

Snow on Wild Boar Fell from Mallerstang

Photo: Michael Hall (1)

A cairn near High Seat (Mallerstang)

A cairn near High Seat (Mallerstang)

Photo: Christine Shepherd (233)

Cairn on Archy Styrigg (Gregory Chapel)

Cairn on Archy Styrigg (Gregory Chapel)

Photo: Robert Hall (53)

High Seat (Mallerstang) summit cairn

High Seat (Mallerstang) summit cairn

Photo: Robert Hall (54)

Hell Gill Bridge, Mallerstang

Hell Gill Bridge, Mallerstang

Photo: Robert Hall (48)

Derwent Water, Keswick, Bassenthwaite Lake and The Skiddaw Massif from High Seat

Derwent Water, Keswick, Bassenthwaite Lake and The Skiddaw Massif from High Seat

Photo: David Hayter (186)

Archy Styrigg (Gregory Chapel) summit cairn

Archy Styrigg (Gregory Chapel) summit cairn

Photo: Christine Shepherd (237)

Swarth Fell and Wild Boar Fell from Mallerstang Edge

Swarth Fell and Wild Boar Fell from Mallerstang Edge

Photo: Robert Hall (56)

High Seat (Mallerstang) summit cairn

High Seat (Mallerstang) summit cairn

Photo: Christine Shepherd (234)


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