Walk 1306 - Base Brown & Great Gable from Seathwaite

This Lake District walk starts from Seathwaite in Borrowdale and takes the route over Base Brown to Great Gable. The Gable is an iconoic Lakeland mountain and this approach offers an interesting way to its summit. Remember parking at Seathwaite can be hard to find in good weather so an early start is a good idea.

Suggested Maps

It is recommended you take a map with you when following a walk route. The preferred scale is 1:25000 used by the Explorer series.

	OS Explorer	Sheet OL4
	OS Landranger	Sheet 90

Note : If two maps are listed at the same scale then either (a) both are required for full coverage of the route or (b) the route is covered on both maps.

Walks from the same start

Walk 1114
Scafell Pike from Seathwaite, Borrowdale
Grade - hard
Length - 9.5 miles / 15.4 km

Walk 1236
Styhead Tarn and Seathwaite Fell
Grade - moderate
Length - 7.0 miles / 11.4 km

Walk 2046
Great End via the north west face from Seathwaite
Grade - very hard
Length - 7.0 miles / 11.4 km

Other walks nearby

Walk 1112 - 1.1 miles / 1.7 km away
Great Gable from Honister Pass
Grade - hard
Length - 7.3 miles / 11.8 km

Walk 1065 - 1.1 miles / 1.7 km away
Haystacks from Honister Pass
Grade - moderate
Length - 5.5 miles / 8.9 km

Walk 1245 - 1.2 miles / 1.9 km away
Castle Crag & Grange from Seatoller
Grade - easy/moderate
Length - 6.0 miles / 9.8 km

Walk 1175 - 1.3 miles / 2.1 km away
A Combe Gill circuit from Seatoller
Grade - moderate
Length - 5.5 miles / 8.9 km

Walk 3328 - 2.0 miles / 3.1 km away
Eagle Crag & Seargeant's Crag from Stonethwaite
Grade - moderate
Length - 7.0 miles / 11.4 km

Walk 1444 - 2.3 miles / 3.6 km away
Great Gable from Borrowdale Youth Hostel
Grade - hard
Length - 12.0 miles / 19.5 km

Walk 1289 - 3.1 miles / 5.0 km away
Fleetwith Pike & Haystacks from Gatescarth
Grade - moderate
Length - 5.5 miles / 8.9 km

Walk 1153 - 3.1 miles / 5.0 km away
The High Stile Ridge from Gatescarth, Buttermere
Grade - hard
Length - 10.0 miles / 16.3 km

Walk 1268 - 3.5 miles / 5.6 km away
Cat Bells & High Spy from Grange
Grade - moderate
Length - 8.0 miles / 13 km

Walk 2526 - 3.7 miles / 5.9 km away
Standing Crag, Ullscarf & Borrowdale
Grade - moderate/hard
Length - 10.0 miles / 16.3 km

Note : The distances quoted to other walks in the vicinity are measured in a straight line. The distance by road may be further.