Walk Route Map c332 The Hagg Gill Round from Troutbeck

Walk c332 The Hagg Gill Round from Troutbeck

Superb ridge walk with wonderful views

Vital Statistics:

Length:	11mls (17.5km)
Ascent:	3,410ft (1,039m)
Time:	7½hrs
Grade:

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Route outline for walk c332:

Troutbeck Bridge - Garburn Road - Backstone Barrow - Sour Howes - Sallows - Garburn Pass - Yoke - Ill Bell - Froswick - Wanfer Crag - Hagg Gill - Trout Beck - Troutbeck Tongue - Lowther Brow - Long Green Head - Limefitt Campsite - Troutbeck - Troutbeck Bridge

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Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

3
English
Mountains

6
Wainwrights

3
English
Nuttalls

1
English
Dewey

0
Wainwright
Outlying Fells

0
Marilyns

0
Bridgets

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is Ill Bell at 757m (2484ft). Ill Bell is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (66th highest in England, 114th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 60).

Ill Bell is also known as an English Nuttall (80th highest in England, 138th highest in England & Wales).

Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Froswick at 720m (2363ft). Froswick is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (86th highest in England, 147th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 77).

Froswick is also known as an English Nuttall (108th highest in England, 183rd highest in England & Wales).

You will also reach the summit of Yoke at 706m (2317ft). Yoke is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (100th highest in England, 166th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 85).

Yoke is also known as an English Nuttall (125th highest in England, 209th highest in England & Wales).

Along the way you will also bag:

Sallows at 516m (1694ft). Sallows is classified as a Wainwright (No. 166) and an English Dewey (148th highest in England, 338th highest in England & Wales)

Sour Howes at 483m (1585ft). Sour Howes is classified as a Wainwright (No. 179)

Troutbeck Tongue at 364m (1195ft). Troutbeck Tongue is classified as a Wainwright (No. 207)

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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c332 The Hagg Gill Round from Troutbeck

In no particular order . . .

The view from the summit of Sallows

Photo: Dave Wainwright (25)

Troutbeck Church

Photo: Ian Goulden (1)

Yoke from Garburn Pass

Photo: David Mulvey (6)

The summit of Sour Howes

Photo: Brian Goreman (1)

Troutbeck Tongue and Park Fell Head from Sour Howes

Photo: David Hayter (283)

Troutbeck from Sour Howes

Photo: David Hayter (284)

On the summit of Sallows

Photo: Peter Renshaw (1)

Ill Bell (front) and Yoke from Froswick

Photo: Matt Delemare (5)

Ill Bell from Yoke summit

Photo: Ivor Bennett (6)

Lake Windermere from the summit of Ill Bell

Photo: Rob Barklamb (37)

Kentmere village from Sallows

Photo: David Hayter (282)

Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor), Threshthwaite Mouth and Thornthwaite Crag from Troutbeck Park

Photo: Don Gorman (2)

Troutbeck Tongue summit cairn

Photo: David Hayter (352)

Stile below Sallows giving access to Garburn Pass

Photo: Dave Wainwright (26)

Froswick (right) and Red Screes (back) from Ill Bell

Photo: Matt Delemare (4)

Nan Bield Pass from Froswick

Photo: William Ringwood (35)

Stony Cove Pike (left), Threshthwaite Mouth & Thornthwaite Crag (right) from Garburn Pass

Photo: Dave Wainwright (29)

Wansfell Pike from the Garburn Road, Applethwaite Common

Photo: Clare Howard (4)

Froswick Summit

Photo: William Ringwood (34)

The small stone marking the summit of Howes

Photo: Christine Shepherd (380)

On the lower slopes of the Garburn Pass near Kentmere

Photo: Dave Wainwright (31)

Ill Bell from Froswick

Photo: Ivor Bennett (9)

Moss covered wall in Robin Lane nr Troutbeck

Photo: Wayne Hill (85)

Sallows summit

Photo: Mark Egan (3)

Thornthwaite Crag from below Froswick

Photo: William Ringwood (36)

Trout Beck Falls

Photo: David Hayter (347)

Yoke from Troutbeck Tongue

Photo: Don Gorman (5)

High Pike from Sour Howes

Photo: David Hayter (286)

Ill Bell from Troutbeck Park

Photo: Don Gorman (3)

Lake Windermere from Sour Howes

Photo: Ian Goulden (3)

North from Garburn Pass

Photo: Ian Goulden (2)

Troutbeck Tongue, Thornthwaite Crag, Yoke and Ill Bell from Lowther Brow

Photo: Don Gorman (7)

Looking South from the summit of Ill Bell across cloud trapped by a temperature inversion

Photo: Paul Johnson (14)

The summit of Howes

Photo: David Elliott (54)

Walk c332 The Hagg Gill Round from Troutbeck - Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor) (left), Thornthwaite Crag, Froswick, Ill Bell and Yoke (right) from Garburn Road near Troutbeck Park

Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor) (left), Thornthwaite Crag, Froswick, Ill Bell and Yoke (right) from Garburn Road near Troutbeck Park

Photo: Philip Butler (1)

On the summit of Yoke

Photo: Christine Shepherd (458)

Walk c332 The Hagg Gill Round from Troutbeck - Troutbeck Tongue from Garburn Road with Stony Cove Pike and Thornthwaite Crag beyond covered in cloud

Troutbeck Tongue from Garburn Road with Stony Cove Pike and Thornthwaite Crag beyond covered in cloud

Photo: Keith Evans (1)

Kentmere from Garburn Pass

Photo: Dave Wainwright (30)

The summit of Sour Howes

Photo: Dave Wainwright (22)

Backstone Barrow with Troutbeck beyond from the lower slopes of Sour Howes

Photo: Neil Milling (13)

On the summit of Yoke

Photo: Neil Milling (14)

Looking South towards Troutbeck and Windermere from Troutbeck Tongue summit

Photo: David Hayter (353)

Froswick (front), Thornthwaite Crag and High Street from Ill Bell

Photo: Matt Delemare (3)

The famous pub sign at The Mortal Man, Troutbeck

Photo: Wayne Hill (86)

360 degree panorama taken from the top of Troutbeck Tongue

Photo: Chris Brankin (26)

Troutbeck Tongue, Thornthwaite Crag, Yoke and Ill Bell from Hagg Bridge

Photo: Ian Goulden (4)

Windermere from Yoke

Photo: William Ringwood (32)

Looking down to Nabs Moor from Howes

Photo: David Elliott (52)

Ill Bell Summit

Photo: David Mulvey (5)

Trout Beck, Thornthwaite Crag, Froswick and Ill Bell from Troutbeck Park

Photo: Don Gorman (1)

Walk c332 The Hagg Gill Round from Troutbeck - Looking North towards Skiddaw and Blencathra from the summit of Ill Bell across cloud trapped by a temperature inversion

Looking North towards Skiddaw and Blencathra from the summit of Ill Bell across cloud trapped by a temperature inversion

Photo: Paul Johnson (13)

Hagg Gill Bridge from Troutbeck Tongue

Photo: David Hayter (354)

Fields below Sour Howes

Photo: David Hayter (285)

Longsleddale from Yoke

Photo: Matt Delemare (2)

Kentmere Reservoir from Yoke

Photo: Matt Delemare (1)

Trout Beck Falls

Photo: David Hayter (349)

Troutbeck Village

Photo: David Hayter (293)

The summit of Sallows

Photo: Dave Wainwright (24)

Stony Cove Pike (left) and Thornthwaite Crag (right) from Garburn Pass

Photo: Dave Wainwright (27)

Slate Bridge over Trout Beck

Photo: David Hayter (348)

Troutbeck Tongue with Wansfell Pike (Baystones) beyond from Ill Bell

Photo: Paul Johnson (12)

On Ill Bell Summit

Photo: Christine Shepherd (483)

A Brocken Spectre (almost) with Red Screes beyond from the lower slopes of Yoke

Photo: Paul Johnson (11)

Walk c332 The Hagg Gill Round from Troutbeck - Froswick (foreground - centre right)) with Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor) (left), the Threshthwaite Mouth saddle and Thornthwaite Crag (centre back) from the summit of Yoke

Froswick (foreground - centre right)) with Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor) (left), the Threshthwaite Mouth saddle and Thornthwaite Crag (centre back) from the summit of Yoke

Photo: Neil Milling (16)

Katie says a prayer to the weather Gods on Ill Bell

Photo: Reasons Togonorth (6)

Windermere from the summit of Sallows

Photo: Andrew Robertson (2)

Walk c332 The Hagg Gill Round from Troutbeck - Sca Fell, Scafell Pike and the dome of Great Gable in the distance beyond Crinkle Crags and Bow Fell (Bowfell) with The Langdale Pikes in the mid distance from Yoke

Sca Fell, Scafell Pike and the dome of Great Gable in the distance beyond Crinkle Crags and Bow Fell (Bowfell) with The Langdale Pikes in the mid distance from Yoke

Photo: Rob Barklamb (36)

Wall stile in between Sour Howes and Sallows

Photo: Dave Wainwright (23)

Walk c332 The Hagg Gill Round from Troutbeck - Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor) (left), Thresthwaite Mouth and Thornthwaite Crag (right) from the Northern end of Troutbeck Tongue

Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor) (left), Thresthwaite Mouth and Thornthwaite Crag (right) from the Northern end of Troutbeck Tongue

Photo: David Hayter (351)

Walk c332 The Hagg Gill Round from Troutbeck - Mardale Ill Bell (left) Nan Bield Pass and Harter Fell (Mardale)(right) with Kentmere Reservoir below from the summit of Yoke

Mardale Ill Bell (left) Nan Bield Pass and Harter Fell (Mardale)(right) with Kentmere Reservoir below from the summit of Yoke

Photo: Neil Milling (15)

South from Troutbeck Tongue

Photo: Don Gorman (4)

Thornthwaite Crag and Yoke from Hagg Gill

Photo: Don Gorman (6)

Kentmere from Garburn Pass

Photo: Dave Wainwright (28)

Kentmere from the summit of Sallows

Photo: Brian Goreman (2)

Troutbeck from the path beside Hagg Gill on the East side of Troutbeck Tongue

Photo: Alison Rotherham (1)

Sour Howes

Photo: Andrew Robertson (1)

Near Troutbeck

Photo: Ian Mansell (8)

Trout Beck

Photo: David Hayter (350)

Ill Bell from Yoke

Photo: William Ringwood (33)

Froswick and Thornthwaite Crag seen from Ill Bell

Photo: Ivor Bennett (8)

Kentmere village

Photo: Dave Wainwright (32)

A small tarn near the summit of Howes

Photo: Christine Shepherd (382)

Approaching Sour Howes from the south

Photo: Mark Egan (2)

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