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Walk 1444 - Great Gable from Borrowdale Youth Hostel
| Nat Park | Lake District | | County/Area | Cumbria | | Author | Stephen Starkey | | Length | 12.0 miles / 19.5 km | | Ascent | 3850 feet / 1167 metres | | Grade | hard |
This Lake District walk ascends Great Gable via Napes Needle. The route starts from Borrowdale Youth Hostel and also includes Seathwaite, Styhead Tarn and the summits of Green Gable, Brandreth and Grey Knotts.This is not a walk for the inexperienced as some scrambling in exposed positions is required. 
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. Other walks nearby Walk 1175 - 1.0 miles / 1.6 km away
A Combe Gill circuit from Seatoller
Grade - moderate
Length - 5.5 miles / 8.9 km Walk 3328 - 1.1 miles / 1.7 km away
Eagle Crag & Seargeant's Crag from Stonethwaite
Grade - moderate
Length - 7.0 miles / 11.4 km Walk 1245 - 1.1 miles / 1.7 km away
Castle Crag & Grange from Seatoller
Grade - easy/moderate
Length - 6.0 miles / 9.8 km Walk 1268 - 1.4 miles / 2.2 km away
Cat Bells & High Spy from Grange
Grade - moderate
Length - 8.0 miles / 13 km Walk 2525 - 1.5 miles / 2.5 km away
Standing Crag & Dock Tarn from Watendlath
Grade - moderate
Length - 7.0 miles / 11.4 km Walk 2526 - 1.5 miles / 2.5 km away
Standing Crag, Ullscarf & Borrowdale
Grade - moderate/hard
Length - 10.0 miles / 16.3 km Walk 1065 - 2.1 miles / 3.4 km away
Haystacks from Honister Pass
Grade - moderate
Length - 5.5 miles / 8.9 km Walk 1112 - 2.1 miles / 3.4 km away
Great Gable from Honister Pass
Grade - hard
Length - 7.3 miles / 11.8 km Walk 2046 - 2.3 miles / 3.6 km away
Great End via the north west face from Seathwaite
Grade - very hard
Length - 7.0 miles / 11.4 km Walk 1236 - 2.3 miles / 3.6 km away
Styhead Tarn and Seathwaite Fell
Grade - moderate
Length - 7.0 miles / 11.4 km Note : The distances quoted to other walks in the vicinity are measured in a straight line. The distance by road may be further.
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