Walk c349 Sour Howes and Sallows from Troutbeck

This 5½ mile, Grade 4 (Moderate), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at Troutbeck Bridge & will take you about 3¾ hrs to complete.

 

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Vital Statistics:

Length: 5½ miles (8.5km)
Ascent: 1582 ft (482m)
Time: 3¾ hours
Grade: Walk Grade 4 (Moderate) Icon

 

 


Route outline for this walk:

 

Troutbeck Bridge  -  Garburn Road  -  Backstone Barrow  -  Sour Howes  -  Sallows  -  Garburn Pass  -  Troutbeck  -  Troutbeck Bridge

 

Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

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Wainwrights
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Nuttalls
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Dewey
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Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is Sallows at 516m (1694ft). Sallows is classified as an Wainwright (No. 166).

Sallows is also known as an English Dewey (148th highest in England, 338th in England & Wales)

Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Sour Howes at 483m (1585ft). Sour Howes is classified as an Wainwright (No. 179).

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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c349 Sour Howes and Sallows from Troutbeck

In no particular order . . .

Yoke from Garburn Pass

Yoke from Garburn Pass

Photo: David Mulvey (6)

The view from the summit of Sallows

Photo: Dave Wainwright (25)

The summit of Sallows

The summit of Sallows

Photo: Dave Wainwright (24)

On the summit of Sallows

On the summit of Sallows

Photo: Peter Renshaw (1)

Troutbeck Tongue from Garburn Road with Stony Cove Pike and Thornthwaite Crag beyond covered in cloud

Troutbeck Tongue from Garburn Road with Stony Cove Pike and Thornthwaite Crag beyond covered in cloud

Photo: Keith Evans (1)

Stile below Sallows giving access to Garburn Pass

Stile below Sallows giving access to Garburn Pass

Photo: Dave Wainwright (26)

High Pike from Sour Howes

High Pike from Sour Howes

Photo: David Hayter (286)

Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor) (left), Thornthwaite Crag, Froswick, Ill Bell and Yoke (right) from Garburn Road near Troutbeck Park

Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor) (left), Thornthwaite Crag, Froswick, Ill Bell and Yoke (right) from Garburn Road near Troutbeck Park

Photo: Philip Butler (1)

The summit of Sour Howes

The summit of Sour Howes

Photo: Brian Goreman (1)

The summit of Howes

The summit of Howes

Photo: David Elliott (54)


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