W2 · Western
Great Gable & the Honister Fells
17.4 km · 1399 m · OS time 07:08 h · with dogs 8-9 h · Hard Amber
This trip: 0/7 · Overall: 0 of 214
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Car park
Honister Pass car park (Slate Mine / YHA)
CA12 5XN · NY225135 · 54.51119, -3.19847
First hour free, then pay in the Slate Shop. 40 spaces. Starts at 350 m. Toilets.
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Sketch only — straight lines between summits. Follow the OS Maps route on the hill.
Fells
Route
Honister up the fence line to Grey Knotts, Brandreth and Green Gable, over Windy Gap to Great Gable. Back to Green Gable and out-and-back to Base Brown, then across Moses' Trod to Innominate Tarn and Haystacks, back to Dubs Quarry and Fleetwith Pike, down to Honister.
Dog hazards
Upper end of Amber. Great Gable from Windy Gap needs hands in places (more clamber than scramble) and you come back down it; Haystacks has hands-on bits that most active dogs manage; Fleetwith Pike's descent is steep loose gravel. Great Gable's summit is a rocky boulder dome.
Scrambles
None graded; hands-on clambering on Great Gable and Haystacks.
Water
Innominate Tarn, Blackbeck Tarn - excellent. Dry on Gable.
Livestock
Sheep; Herdwicks.
Notes
Starting at 350 m makes this much easier than it looks.
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