Walk c431 The Wet Sleddale Wainwright Outlying Fells
This 11¼ mile, Grade 6 (Moderate), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at Wet Sladdale Reservoir & will take about 5¾ hrs to complete.
Route outline for walk c431:
Wet Sladdale Reservoir - Poor Hag Wood - Poorhag Gill - Wetsleddale Moor Lunch House - Howe Gill - The Shap Fells - Gray Bull - Sherry Gill - Sleddale Pike - Wasdale Pike - Great Yarlside - Great Saddle Crag - Ulthwaite Rigg - Scam Matthew - High Wether Howe - Haskew Tarn - Seat Robert - Gambling Crag - Willy Winder Hill - Great Ladstones - Bleak Hill - Willy Fold - White Crag - Michael Moss - Sleddale Hall - Sleddale Beck - Wet Sladdale Reservoir.
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
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![]() 2 English Deweys |
![]() 8 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
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Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
The highest point of this walk is Great Yarlside at 585m (1920ft). Great Yarlside is also known as an Wainwright Outlying Fell (No. 3)
Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Wasdale Pike at 565m (1854ft). Wasdale Pike is also known as an Wainwright Outlying Fell (No. 7)
You will also reach the summit of Great Saddle Crag at 565m (1854ft). Great Saddle Crag is also known as an Wainwright Outlying Fell (No. 6)
Along the way you will also bag and tick-off:
- High Wether Howe at 531m (1743ft). - an English Dewey (111th England, 260th highest in England & Wales), and an Wainwright Outlying Fell (No. 13)
- Seat Robert at 515m (1690ft). Seat Robert is classified as an English Dewey (150th highest in England, 345th highest in England & Wales) 5 The summit of Seat Robert is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.
- Sleddale Pike at 505m (1657ft). Sleddale Pike is classified as a Wainwright Outlying Fell (No. 22)
- Ulthwaite Rigg at 500m (1641ft). Ulthwaite Rigg is classified as a Wainwright Outlying Fell (No. 24)
- Great Ladstones at 439m (1441ft). Great Ladstones is classified as a Wainwright Outlying Fell (No. 37)
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