Walk Route Map c145 Harter Fell (Eskdale) from Birks Bridge

Walk c145 Harter Fell (Eskdale) from Birks Bridge

Rugged fell walking, often pathless

Vital Statistics:

Length:	4mls (6.5km)
Ascent:	1,651ft (503m)
Time:	3¼hrs
Grade:

Map with easy-to-follow route details for walk c145 Harter Fell (Eskdale) from Birks Bridge pdf

Route outline for walk c145:

Birks Bridge - Birks Farm - Harter Fell (Eskdale) - Dunnerdale Forest - River Duddon - Birks Bridge

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Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

1
English
Mountain

1
Wainwright

1
English
Nuttall

0
English
Deweys

0
Wainwright
Outlying Fells

1
Marilyn

0
Bridgets

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is Harter Fell (Eskdale) at 654m (2146ft). Harter Fell (Eskdale) is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (140th highest in England, 242nd highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 112).

Harter Fell (Eskdale) is also known as an English Nuttall (188th highest in England, 325th highest in England & Wales) and an English Marilyn (45th highest in England, 687th highest in the UK).

The summit of Harter Fell (Eskdale) is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.

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The Lake District National Park

1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (the ones with orange/yellow covers):

OL6 The English Lakes - South Western area

1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Maps (the ones with pink/magenta covers):

89 West Cumbria, Cockermouth & Wast Water

90 Penrith & Keswick, Ambleside

96 Barrow-in-Furness & South Lakeland

Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c145 Harter Fell (Eskdale) from Birks Bridge

In no particular order . . .

Grey Friar, Great Carrs from the slopes of Harter Fell (Eskdale)

Photo: Martin Potter (2)

Duddon Valley and the Seathwaite Fells (Dow Crag & Brown Pike) from the path up Harter Fell (Eskdale)

Photo: Christine Shepherd (855)

Walk c145 Harter Fell (Eskdale) from Birks Bridge - The Dunnerdale Horseshoe - featuring Stickle Pike (Dunnerdale Fells), Great Stickle, The Knott (Dunnerdale Fells) and Raven's Crag

The Dunnerdale Horseshoe - featuring Stickle Pike (Dunnerdale Fells), Great Stickle, The Knott (Dunnerdale Fells) and Raven's Crag

Photo: Andy Malcolm (161)

Harter Fell (Eskdale) summit trig point

Photo: Colin Jenkins (26)

The River Duddon at Birks Bridge

Photo: Martin Potter (1)

The view from Harter Fell (Eskdale)

Photo: Christine Shepherd (857)

Ennerdale Water from halfway up Rake Beck on the lower SW slopes of Great Borne

Photo: Christine Shepherd (859)

Harter Fell and Green Crag from Boat How

Photo: Andy Malcolm (165)

Crags on the summit of Harter Fell (Eskdale)

Photo: Tim Hope (96)

Harter Fell (Eskdale) summit

Photo: Mike Knipe (238)

Harter Fell (Eskdale) summit

Photo: Martin Potter (4)

Harter Fell (Eskdale) summit trig point

Photo: Tim Hope (94)

Walk c145 Harter Fell (Eskdale) from Birks Bridge - Sun setting in the Duddon Valley and the Seathwaite Fells (Dow Crag, Brown Pike & Walna Scar) from the path up Harter Fell (Eskdale)

Sun setting in the Duddon Valley and the Seathwaite Fells (Dow Crag, Brown Pike & Walna Scar) from the path up Harter Fell (Eskdale)

Photo: Christine Shepherd (856)

Hard Knott above Hardknott Pass seen from Harter Fell (Eskdale)

Photo: Colin Jenkins (28)

Doctor Bridge, Eskdale

Photo: David Hayter (201)

Harter Fell (Eskdale) summit Trig Point

Photo: Christine Shepherd (472)

On the summit of Harter Fell (Eskdale)

Photo: Tim Hope (97)

Eskdale from the summit of Harter Fell (Eskdale)

Photo: Colin Jenkins (27)

Eel Tarn taken en-route to Sca Fell from Eskdale

Photo: Andy Malcolm (92)

The view from Harter Fell (Eskdale) summit

Photo: Tim Hope (95)

Harter Fell (Eskdale) summit Trig Point

Photo: Christine Shepherd (858)

Gate Crag from Eskdale

Photo: Colin Jenkins (18)

Clouds gathering over Birker Fell & Harter Crag (Eskdale) from Eskdale

Photo: David Hayter (197)

Climbing Harter Fell (Eskdale)

Photo: Martin Potter (3)

Forestry Works on Harter Fell (Eskdale)

Photo: Stephen Dawson (6)

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