Walk c495 Cunswick Scar and Scout Scar from Underbarrow

This 10 mile, Grade 5 (Moderate), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at Underbarrow & will take you about 5¼ hrs to complete.

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Vital Statistics:

Length:10mls (16km)
Ascent:1,496ft (456m)
Time:5¼hrs
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Route outline for walk c495:

Underbarrow  -  Hagg Cottage  -  Gambleshire Lane  -  Gambleshire Lane  -  Cunswick Fell  -  Cunswick Scar  -  Scout Scar (Barrowfield)  -  Hodgeson's Leap  -  Bradleyfield  -  Helsington Barrows  -  Windy Howe  -  Helsington Church  -  Honeybee Wood  -  Barrowfield Farm  -  Barrowfield Lot  -  Copeland Wood  -  Hollinwood  -  Cooper Tenement  -  Rockyfield  -  Underbarrow


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Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

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Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is Scout Scar (Barrowfield) at 233m (765ft). Scout Scar (Barrowfield) is also known as an Wainwright Outlying Fell (No. 100) The summit of Scout Scar (Barrowfield) is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.

Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Cunswick Scar at 207m (679ft). Cunswick Scar is also known as an Wainwright Outlying Fell (No. 109)

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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c495 Cunswick Scar and Scout Scar from Underbarrow

In no particular order . . .

View from Scout Scar (Barrowfield)

View from Scout Scar (Barrowfield)

Photo: Christine Shepherd (83)

Scout Scar (Barrowfield) summit

Scout Scar (Barrowfield) summit

Photo: Christine Shepherd (84)

Looking west from Scout Scar (Barrowfield)

Looking west from Scout Scar (Barrowfield)

Photo: David Wright (158)

Looking south from the summit of Scout Scar (Barrowfield)

Looking south from the summit of Scout Scar (Barrowfield)

Photo: David Wright (156)

Scout Scar (Barrowfield)

Scout Scar (Barrowfield)

Photo: Alan Wainwright (198)

Morcombe Bay from Scout Scar (Barrowfield)

Morcombe Bay from Scout Scar (Barrowfield)

Photo: Christine Shepherd (85)

On Scout Scar (Barrowfield)

On Scout Scar (Barrowfield)

Photo: Andy Malcolm (199)

Underbarrow from Cunswick Scar

Underbarrow from Cunswick Scar

Photo: Alan Wainwright (195)

Scout Scar (Barrowfield) from Cunswick Scar summit

Scout Scar (Barrowfield) from Cunswick Scar summit

Photo: Alan Wainwright (194)

The Mushroom Shelter on the summit of Scout Scar (Barrowfield) above Kendal

The Mushroom Shelter on the summit of Scout Scar (Barrowfield) above Kendal

Photo: David Wright (155)


. . . load all 18 walk photos from Walk c495 Cunswick Scar and Scout Scar from Underbarrow

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