Fell Information

fell location map

Height: 868m / 2,847ft

Grid Ref: NY323277

Lists: FRCC (017) Wainwright (N.02)

Blencathra is also know as Saddleback

Photos

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Sharp Edge from Foule Crag Looking back along Sharp Edge 'Slab Ramp' and 'Pillar-box', Sharp Edge Sharp Edge and Foule Crag Sharp Edge and Foule Crag, Blencathra Looking up Blease Gill Looking back to Gatesgill Fell Top Atkinson Pike and Hallsfell Top (Blencathra's summit) from Gatesgill Fell Top Knowe Crags and the north western fells from Gatesgill Fell Top Looking back to Knowe Crags Gatesgill Fell Top from Knowe Crags Blencathra from above Rakefoot Blencathra Blencathra from Castlerigg Stone Circle Blencathra from Tewet Tarn Blencathra from Tewet Tarn Blencathra from above Burns Farm Blencathra from Skiddaw's summit Blencathra from above Rakefoot Blencathra Blencathra from Tewet Tarn Blencathra Blencathra from above Rakefoot Blencathra from Bowscale Fell's summit Blencathra from the descent to the church Looking back to Gategill Fell Top from Blease Fell Knowe Crags Looking across to Sharp Edge Blencathra's summit briefly out of cloud Blencathra from above Rakefoot Blease Gill and Gategill Fell on the right Gategill Fell Top from Blease Fell Hall's Fell Ridge Gategill Fell Top Looking back to Blencathra's summit and Hall's Fell Ridge Gategill Fell and the view south Gategill Fell Top from Blencathra's summit Skiddaw from Blencathra's summit Hall's Fell Ridge Hall's Fell Ridge Hall's Fell Ridge leads directly to the summit of Blencathra Gates Gill and Hall's Fell Blencathra seen across Derwent Water Blencathra from the Old Coach Road Blencathra from Bowscale Fell Blencathra from Castlerigg Stone Circle Blencathra Blencathra from Great Mell Fell's summit Scales Fell and Blencathra from the path up Souther Fell Blencathra with the curving Sharp Edge from Bannerdale Crags Leaving Bowscale Fell with Blencathra ahead Blencathra from Castlerigg Stone Circle Looking down onto Sharp Edge Skiddaw from the White Cross in the saddle between Hallsfell Top and Atkinson Pike Sharp Edge and Scales Tarn Skiddaw and Great Calva from Blencathra's summit Gatesgill Fell Top from Hallsfell Top Gatesgill Fell Top from Knowe Crags Blencathra from the Old Coach Road Blencathra from Threlkeld Knotts

Summit Panoramas

180 Westerly panorama from Blencathra's summit

360 Panorama from Blencathra's summit

360 Panorama from Hallsfell Top, Blencathra's summit

Walk   Distance Ascent
photos
map 		Sat 13 Feb 2010 - Blencathra
Blencathra Centre, Threlkeld - Blease Fell - Knowe Crags - Gategill Fell Top - Blencathra - Atkinson Pike - Mungrisdale Common - Glenderterra - Blencathra Centre, Threlkeld		6.75 miles2,050ft
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map 		Sat 9 Jan 2010 - Blencathra plus
Scales - Scales Fell - Blencathra - Atkinson Pike - Mungrisdale Common - Glenderamackin Col - Bannerdale Crags - White Horse Bent - Mousthwaite Comb - Scales		7.50 miles2,550ft
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map 		Sat 23 Aug 2008 - Blencathra
Blencathra Centre, Threlkeld - Blease Fell - Gategill Fell Top - Blencathra - Scales Fell - Scales - above Threlkeld on the under Blencathra path - Blencathra Centre, Threlkeld		7.00 miles2,300ft
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map 		Sat 24 May 2008 - The Old Crown Round
Hesket Newmarket - Carrock Beck Ford - Carrock Fell - Mosedale - Bowscale Fell - Blencathra - Mungrisdale Common - The Stake - Skiddaw House - Sale How - Skiddaw - Bakestall - Dash Beck - Brockle Crag - Great Cockup - Longlands - Green Head - Fell Side - Nether Row - Hesket Newmarket		25.75 miles7,355ft
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map 		Sun 23 Mar 2008 - Snowy Blencathra
Scales - Scales Fell - Blencathra - Atkinson Pike - Blue Screes - the valley of the River Glenderamackin - Mousthwaite Comb - Scales		6.25 miles2,250ft
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map 		Sat 9 Feb 2008 - Blencathra from Bowscale
Bowscale - Bowscale Tarn - Bowscale Fell - Blencathra - Mungrisdale Common - River Caldew - Cumbria Way - Mosedale - Bowscale		11.00 miles2,600ft
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map 		Sat 26 May 2007 - Scales to Keswick
Scales - above Mousthwaite Comb - Scales Tarn - Sharp Edge - Blencathra - Hall's Fell Ridge - Gategill - Threlkeld - Keswick Railway footpath - Keswick, Moot Hall		8.25 miles2,250ft
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map 		Tue 26 Dec 2006 - Blencathra
Blencathra Centre, Threlkeld - Blease Fell - Knowe Crags - Gategill Fell Top - Blencathra - Atkinson Pike - Mungrisdale Common - Glenderterra - Blencathra Centre, Threlkeld		6.50 miles2,000ft
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map 		Sat 8 Jul 2006 - Double Blencathra
Threlkeld - Hall's Fell Ridge - Blencathra - Atkinson Pike - Foule Crag - Sharp Edge - Scales Tarn - Lower slopes of Scales Fell - Scales - Doddick Fell - Upper part of Scales Fell - Blencathra - Gategill Fell Top - Knowe Crags - Blease Fell - Threlkeld		9.00 miles4,500ft
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map 		Sun 29 Jan 2006 - Blencathra from Mungrisdale
Mungrisdale - Souther Fell - Scales Fell - Blencathra - Atkinson Pike - Mungrisdale Common - Glenderamackin Col - Bannerdale Crags - Bowscale Fell - east ridge - Mungrisdale		10.75 miles2,900ft
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map 		Sun 26 Dec 2004 - Blencathra
Threlkeld - Blease Fell - Knowe Crags - Gategill Fell Top - Blencathra - Atkinson Pike - Mungrisdale Common - Glenderaterra - Threlkeld		8.50 miles2,400ft
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map 		Sat 17 Jan 2004 - Blencathra
Scales - Scale Fell - Blencathra - Gategill Fell Top - Knowe Crags - Blease Fell - above Threlkeld - Scales		6.00 miles2,250ft
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map 		Fri 5 Dec 2003 - Blencathra via Hall's Fell Ridge
Threlkeld - Hall's Fell Ridge - Blencathra - Gategill Fell Top - Knowe Crags - Blease Fell - Threlkeld		4.50 miles2,300ft
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map 		Sat 1 Jun 2002 - Blencathra
Blencathra Centre, Threlkeld - Blease Fell - Knowe Crags - Gategill Fell Top - Blencathra - Atkinson Pike - Mungrisdale Common - Glenderaterra - Blencathra Centre, Threlkeld		6.50 miles2,000ft
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no photos 		Sun 30 Aug 1998 - Around Blencathra
Mungrisdale - Souther Fell - Scales Fell - Blencathra - Mungrisdale Common - Bannerdale Crags - Bowscale Fell - Mungrisdale		10.75 miles2,890ft
no photos
no photos 		Sun 25 Jan 1987 - Blencathra
Scales - Hall's Fell Ridge - Blencathra - Sharp Edge - Scales Fell - Scales		  
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