Great Gable from Borrowdale Youth Hostel
Introduction to Walk 1444
Nat Park - Lake District - Western Fells
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.
Walk Description Map showing start
Maps 
| Ordnance Survey Explorer OL4 | Sheet Map | 1:25k | BUY MAP |
| Anquet OS Explorer OL4 | Digital Map | 1:25k | BUY MAP |
| Ordnance Survey Landranger 90 | Sheet Map | 1:50k | BUY MAP |
| Anquet OS Landranger 90 | Digital Map | 1:50k | BUY MAP |
It is recommended you take a map. The preferred scale is 1:25k.
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Note : The distances quoted to other walks in the vicinity are measured in a straight line. The distance by road may be further.
Recommended Reading
Short Walks in Lakeland Book 3: West Lakeland
This guidebook contains 50 short half to full-day walks in the western Lake District. Walking areas include Duddon Valley and the Coast, Eskdale, Wasdale, Ennerdale, Lorton Vale, Buttermere and the north-west lakes. Part of a three-volume series focusing on low-level walks (with the occasional peak) between 4 and 8 miles, graded for difficulty.
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