Route outline for walk c293:
Garrigill - The Pennine Way - The South Tyne Trail - Low Crossgill - Ash Gill - Ashgill Force - Hole House Farm - Tynehead Farm - Tyne Head - River Tees - Dunfell Hush - Great Dun Fell - Little Dun Fell - Cross Fell - Skirwith Fell - Yad Stone - Greg's Hut (bothy) - Backstone Edge (Lambgreen Hills) - Long Man Hill - Meg Moffat's Hill - Black Band - Garrigill
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
3 English Mountains |
0 Wainwrights |
5 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 Cross Fell at 893m (2931ft). Cross Fell is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (10th highest in England, 28th highest in England & Wales)
Cross Fell is also known as an English Nuttall (12th highest in England, 30th highest in England & Wales) and an English Marilyn (5th highest in England, 248th highest in the UK).
The summit of Cross Fell is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.
Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Great Dun Fell at 848m (2783ft). Great Dun Fell is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (24th highest in England, 50th highest in England & Wales)
Great Dun Fell is also known as an English Nuttall (29th highest in England, 57th highest in England & Wales). The summit of Great Dun Fell is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.
You will also reach the summit of Little Dun Fell at 842m (2763ft). Little Dun Fell is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (26th highest in England, 52nd highest in England & Wales)
Little Dun Fell is also known as an English Nuttall (32nd highest in England, 60th highest in England & Wales).
Along the way you will also bag:
- Backstone Edge (Dufton Fell) at 699m (2294ft). Backstone Edge (Dufton Fell) is known as an English Nuttall (135th highest in England, 222nd highest in England & Wales). The summit of Backstone Edge (Dufton Fell) is marked by stone hut with a flat roof 200m NNE of a Ordnance Survey Trig Point.
- Long Man Hill at 658m (2159ft). Long Man Hill is known as an English Nuttall (183rd highest in England, 318th highest in England & Wales).
National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:
Part of this walk follows a section of The Pennine Way, a 404km (251 miles) linear footpath connecting Edale in Derbyshire, England with Kirk Yetholm in The Borders, Scotland. The Pennine Way is waymarked by a National Trail Acorn. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Pennine Way.
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