Walk Route Map c241 Great Gable and Honister Pass from Seatoller (Borrowdale)

Walk c241 Great Gable and Honister Pass from Seatoller (Borrowdale)

Easy to follow paths - a Lakeland classic

Vital Statistics:

Length:	8¼mls (13km)
Ascent:	3,016ft (919m)
Time:	6hrs
Grade:

Map with easy-to-follow route details for walk c241 Great Gable and Honister Pass from Seatoller (Borrowdale) pdf

Route outline for walk c241:

Seatoller - Seathwaite (Borrowdale) - Sourmilk Gill (Borrowdale) - Gillercomb - Blackmoor Pols - Mitchell Cove - Green Gable - Windy Gap - Great Gable - Westmorland Cairn - Beck Head - Beckhead Tarn - Moses' Trod - Honister Pass - Honister Hause - Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk - Seatoller

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Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

2
English
Mountains

2
Wainwrights

2
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).

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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89 West Cumbria, Cockermouth & Wast Water

90 Penrith & Keswick, Ambleside

Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c241 Great Gable and Honister Pass from Seatoller (Borrowdale)

In no particular order . . .

Honister Hause from Bell Crags

Photo: Mike Walker (533)

Father and Sons on top of Great Gable

Photo: Chris Budd (5)

Climbing Great Gable in the mist

Photo: Simon Barnett (28)

Honister Crag (Black Star) and Bell Crag (right) from Honister Hause

Photo: Mike Walker (532)

The Slate Mine on Honister Pass

Photo: Mike Jennings (13)

Slate sculpture of an eagle outside the slate mine shop at Honister Hause

Photo: Mike Walker (559)

Slate sculptures outside the slate mine shop at Honister Hause

Photo: Mike Walker (560)

Descending near Great Gable

Photo: Mike Jennings (12)

Yew Crag and Yewcrag Quarries from Honister Hause

Photo: Mike Walker (531)

The setting sun on Honister Pass

Photo: Kevin Finn (37)

Great Gable towering above Moses' Trod

Photo: Matt Delemare (42)

Climbing Great Gable in the mist

Photo: Simon Barnett (26)

Wast Water from a misty Great Gable

Photo: Simon Barnett (23)

Descending near Great Gable

Photo: Mike Jennings (11)

The setting sun on Honister Pass

Photo: Kevin Finn (40)

Honister Crag from Honister

Photo: Mike Knipe (43)

Walk c241 Great Gable and Honister Pass from Seatoller (Borrowdale) - Dismantled Tramway that forms part of The Coast to Coast walk leading to Honister Hause from below the Drum House on Moses' Trod

Dismantled Tramway that forms part of The Coast to Coast walk leading to Honister Hause from below the Drum House on Moses' Trod

Photo: William Ringwood (47)

Walk c241 Great Gable and Honister Pass from Seatoller (Borrowdale) - Kirk Fell (foreground), Pillar, Ennerdale, Red Pike (Buttermere), High Stile, High Crag and Crummock Water (far right) from Westmorland Cairn, Great Gable

Kirk Fell (foreground), Pillar, Ennerdale, Red Pike (Buttermere), High Stile, High Crag and Crummock Water (far right) from Westmorland Cairn, Great Gable

Photo: Andy Malcolm (219)

The summit cairn on Green Gable with Great Gable beyond

Photo: Matt Delemare (31)

On the summit of Great Gable

Photo: Ray Mather (1)

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