Walk c391 The Swindale Horseshoe
This 11 mile, Grade 7 (Hard), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at Swindale & will take about 6¾ hrs to complete.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 11mls (17.5km) |
| Ascent: | 2,655ft (809m) |
| Time: | 6¾hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route outline for walk c391:
Swindale - Swindale Foot Farm - Swindale Beck - Starling Gill - Stubby Hest - Bracken Howe - Thiefstead - Langhowe Pike - High Katelade - Rowantree Crag - Blea Moss - Stone Howe - Glede Howe - Willy Winder Hill - Haskew Beck - Fewling Stones - Swindale Common - Mosedale Beck (Swindale) - Nabs Moor - Nabs Crag - Howes (Mosedale) - Captain Whelter Bog - Branstree (North East Top) - Branstree (Artlecrag Pike) - Swirle Crag - Selside Pike - High Blake Dodd - Selside End - High Birkin Knott - Low Birkin Knott - Old Corpse Road - Thorny Knott - Swindale Head Farm - Truss Gap - Swindale Foot Farm - Swindale
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
 2 English Mountains |
 2 Wainwrights |
 3 English Nuttalls |
 0 English Deweys |
 4 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
 0 Marilyns |
 0 Bridgets |
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
The highest point of this walk is Branstree (Artlecrag Pike) at 713m (2340ft). Branstree (Artlecrag Pike) is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (92nd highest in England, 155th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 82).
Branstree (Artlecrag Pike) is also known as an English Nuttall (116th highest in England, 195th highest in England & Wales).
Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Branstree (North East Top) at 673m (2208ft). Branstree (North East Top) is also known as an English Nuttall (164th highest in England, 277th highest in England & Wales).
You will also reach the summit of Selside Pike at 655m (2150ft). Selside Pike is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (139th highest in England, 241st highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 110).
Selside Pike is also known as an English Nuttall (187th highest in England, 323rd highest in England & Wales).
Along the way you will also bag and tick-off:
- Howes (Mosedale) at 580m (1904ft). Howes (Mosedale) is classified as a Wainwright Outlying Fell (No. 4)
- Fewling Stones at 510m (1674ft). Fewling Stones is classified as a Wainwright Outlying Fell (No. 21)
- Nabs Moor at 492m (1615ft). Nabs Moor is classified as a Wainwright Outlying Fell (No. 30)
- Langhowe Pike at 400m (1313ft). Langhowe Pike is classified as a Wainwright Outlying Fell (No. 49)
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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c391 The Swindale Horseshoe
In no particular order . . .
Stone pillar in the col between Branstree (North East Top) and Branstree (Artlecrag Pike)
The Ordnance Survey Concrete Ring on the summit of Branstree (Artlecrag Pike)
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