Walk Route Map c301 Glaramara and Allen Crags from Seatoller (Borrowdale)

Walk c301 Glaramara and Allen Crags from Seatoller (Borrowdale)

Rough paths and an easy scramble

Vital Statistics:

Length:	9¾mls (15.5km)
Ascent:	3,046ft (928m)
Time:	6½hrs
Grade:

Map with easy-to-follow route details for walk c301 Glaramara and Allen Crags from Seatoller (Borrowdale) pdf

Route outline for walk c301:

Seatoller - Strands Bridge - Borrowdale - The Combe - Thornythwaite Fell - Comb Head - Glaramara - Looking Steads (Glaramara) - Red Beck - Red Beck Top - Allen Gill - High House Tarn - High House Tarn Top - Allen Crags - Esk Hause - Ruddy Gill - Sprinkling Tarn - Sty Head - Sty Head Tarn - Sty Head Gill - Stockley Bridge - Grains Gill - Seathwaite (Borrowdale) - The Allerdale Ramble - Seatoller

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Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

3
English
Mountains

2
Wainwrights

5
English
Nuttalls

0
English
Deweys

0
Wainwright
Outlying Fells

0
Marilyns

0
Bridgets

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is Allen Crags at 785m (2576ft). Allen Crags is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (51st highest in England, 90th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 42).

Allen Crags is also known as an English Nuttall (60th highest in England, 109th highest in England & Wales).

Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Glaramara at 783m (2569ft). Glaramara is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (53rd highest in England, 93rd highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 45).

Glaramara is also known as an English Nuttall (63rd highest in England, 113th highest in England & Wales).

You will also reach the summit of Looking Steads (Glaramara) at 775m (2545ft). Looking Steads (Glaramara) is also known as an English Nuttall (69th highest in England, 121st highest in England & Wales).

Along the way you will also bag:

Red Beck Top at 721m (2366ft). Red Beck Top is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (85th England, 146th Eng & Wal) and an English Nuttall (107th highest in England, 182nd highest in England & Wales).

High House Tarn Top at 684m (2245ft). High House Tarn Top is known as an English Nuttall (148th highest in England, 249th highest in England & Wales).

National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:

Part of this walk follows a section of The Allerdale Ramble, an 87km (54 miles) linear footpath connecting Seathwaite in Cumbria, with Grune Point in Cumbria, England. The Allerdale Ramble is waymarked by named posts. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Allerdale Ramble.

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The Lake District National Park

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

OL4 The English Lakes - North Western area

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

Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c301 Glaramara and Allen Crags from Seatoller (Borrowdale)

In no particular order . . .

Looking Steads (Glaramara) summit

Photo: John Antrobus (21)

Walk c301 Glaramara and Allen Crags from Seatoller (Borrowdale) - Looking down Styhead Gill from Sty Head to a sunlit Borrowdale with Bleaberry Fell the high point in the distance

Looking down Styhead Gill from Sty Head to a sunlit Borrowdale with Bleaberry Fell the high point in the distance

Photo: Andy Malcolm (231)

Walk c301 Glaramara and Allen Crags from Seatoller (Borrowdale) - A grand view overlooking the valley of upper Wasdale from Esk Hause with Pillar, Kirk Fell, Great Gable and Green Gable taking centre stage

A grand view overlooking the valley of upper Wasdale from Esk Hause with Pillar, Kirk Fell, Great Gable and Green Gable taking centre stage

Photo: Andy Malcolm (228)

Walk c301 Glaramara and Allen Crags from Seatoller (Borrowdale) - Kirk Fell and the shoulder of Great Gable (right) with the lower slopes of Great End (left) and Red Pike (Wasdale) in the distance from Sty Head

Kirk Fell and the shoulder of Great Gable (right) with the lower slopes of Great End (left) and Red Pike (Wasdale) in the distance from Sty Head

Photo: John Carney (1)

Snow on Great Napes from Sty Head

Photo: Bob Ferguson (78)

Sprinkling Tarn in the snow

Photo: Bob Ferguson (76)

Derwent Water and Borrowdale from Glaramara

Photo: Alan Sturges (4)

Walk c301 Glaramara and Allen Crags from Seatoller (Borrowdale) - The Langdale Pikes (left), Rossett Pike (foreground left) and Esk Pike (right) from Esk Hause

The Langdale Pikes (left), Rossett Pike (foreground left) and Esk Pike (right) from Esk Hause

Photo: John Senior (1)

High House Tarn Top summit

Photo: John Antrobus (23)

On Glaramara summit

Photo: John Antrobus (18)

Snow on Great Napes from Sty Head

Photo: Bob Ferguson (80)

Derwent Water and Borrowdale from Glaramara

Photo: Alan Sturges (3)

Styhead Tarn, Great Gable and Green Gable from the path below Sprinkling Tarn

Photo: David Swales (4)

Allen Crags summit cairn

Photo: John Antrobus (24)

Bow Fell (Bowfell) (North Top) and Esk Pike from the shelter on Esk Hause

Photo: Alan Wainwright (188)

Checking the GPS on Sty Head in the snow

Photo: Bob Ferguson (75)

*Great Gable (left) and Skiddaw (far distance) from Esk Hause

Photo: Wayne Hill (17)

Below Great End near Sprinkling Tarn

Photo: Mike Jennings (6)

Glaramara summit cairn

Photo: John Antrobus (17)

Approaching High House Tarn Top

Photo: John Antrobus (22)

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