Walk c442 Great Gable and Green Gable from Honister Hause
This 5¾ mile, Grade 5 (Moderate), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at Honister Pass & will take about 4½ hrs to complete.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 5¾mls (9km) |
| Ascent: | 2,340ft (731m) |
| Time: | 4½hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route outline for walk c442:
Honister Pass - Honister Hause - Grey Knotts - Brandreth - Green Gable - Windy Gap - Great Gable - Westmorland Cairn - Beck Head - Beckhead Tarn - Moses' Trod - Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk - Honister Pass
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
 3 English Mountains |
 4 Wainwrights |
 4 English Nuttalls |
 0 English Deweys |
 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
 1 Marilyn |
 0 Bridgets |
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
The highest point of this walk is Great Gable at 899m (2951ft). Great Gable is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (9th highest in England, 25th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 7).
Great Gable is also known as an English Nuttall (11th highest in England, 28th highest in England & Wales) and an English Marilyn (4th highest in England, 238th highest in the UK).
Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Green Gable at 801m (2629ft). Green Gable is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (43rd highest in England, 78th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 34).
Green Gable is also known as an English Nuttall (50th highest in England, 93rd highest in England & Wales).
You will also reach the summit of Brandreth at 715m (2346ft). Brandreth is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (89th highest in England, 152nd highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 81).
Brandreth is also known as an English Nuttall (112th highest in England, 191st highest in England & Wales).
Along the way you will also bag and tick-off:
- Grey Knotts at 697m (2287ft). Grey Knotts is classified as a Wainwright (No. 92) and an English Nuttall (138th highest in England, 227th highest in England & Wales)
National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:
Part of this walk follows a section of Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk, a 306km (190 miles) linear footpath connecting St Bees in Cumbria, England with Robin Hood's Bay in North Yorkshire, England. Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk is waymarked by the occasional sign. For more walks that include a section of this trail see Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk.
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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c442 Great Gable and Green Gable from Honister Hause
In no particular order . . .
Hay Stacks (Haystacks) and Three Lakes (Ennerdale (left), Buttermere (right bottom) & Crummock Water (right top) from Moses' Trod
Kirk Fell with Pillar and Little Scoat Fell beyond from Great Gable summit
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