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Height: 1,494 Feet - 455 Metres
Grid Ref: NY 227 218
Area: North Western
Ordnance Survey: OL4
Wainwright Guidebook: Six

In shape a long narrow ridge, rooted in Braithwaite, it rises to present a broad flank to the valley of Newlands before curving west, bounded by Stonycroft Gill, to join the mass of Outerside across the gap of Barrow Door.
 

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Barrow seen over Barrow Door.

Skiddaw and Blencathra from Barrow summit.

 

There are 6 walks to choose from including Barrow

The Coledale Horseshoe

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11th August 2022
ASCENT: 4,538 Feet - 1,384 Metres
MILES: 11
WAINWRIGHTS: 9, Grisedale Pike - Hopegill Head - Wandope - Eel Crag (Crag Hill) - Sail - Scar Crags - Causey Pike - Outerside - Barrow
ROUTE: Whinlatter Pass - Kinn - Sleet How - Grisedale Pike - Hobcarton Head - Hopegill Head - Sand Hill - Coledale Hause - Wandope Moss - Wandope - Eel Crag (Crag Hill) - The Scar - Sail - Scar Crags - Causey Pike - High Moss - Outerside - Barrow Door - Barrow - Braithwaite Lodge - Braithwaite - Whinlatter Pass
 

Ard Crags to Barrow via Rigg Beck

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18th November 2017
ASCENT: 2,980 Feet - 884 Metres
MILES: 8.4
WAINWRIGHTS: 5, Ard Crags - Scar Crags - Causey Pike - Outerside - Barrow
ROUTE: Newlands Valley - Rigg Beck - Birk Rigg - Ard Crags - Rigg Beck - Scar Crags - Causey Pike - High Moss - Outerside - Low Moss - Stile End - Barrow Door - Barrow - Newlands Valley
 

Walking the Wainwrights in 30 Walks - Walk 29 Rannerdale Knotts to Barrow

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27th August 2016
ASCENT: 5,898 Feet - 1,798 Meters
MILES: 15.9
WAINWRIGHTS: 13, Rannerdale Knotts - Whiteless Pike - Wandope - Grasmoor - Whiteside - Hopegill Head - Grisedale Pike - Eel Crag (Crag Hill) - Sail - Scar Crags - Causey Pike - Outerside - Barrow
ROUTE: Rannerdale Farm - Rannerdale Knotts - Whiteless Breast - Whiteless Pike - Whiteless Edge - Wandope - Grasmoor - Coledale Hause - Sand Hill - Whiteside - Hopegill Head - Grisedale Pike - Coledale Hause - Eel Crag (Crag Hill) - Sail - Scar Crags - Causey Pike - High Moss - Outerside - Barrow Door - Barrow - Braithwaite
 

Blown away on Barrow and Outerside

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19th December 2015
ASCENT: 1,890 Feet - 577 Meters
MILES: 6.5
WAINWRIGHTS: 2, Barrow - Outerside
ROUTE: Braithwaite - Braithwaite Lodge - Barrow - Barrow Door - Low Moss - Outerside - High Moss - Stonycroft Gill - Newlands Pass - Stair - Uzzicar - Braithwaite
 

Grisedale Pike & Eel Crag via the north ridge

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24th November 2013
ASCENT: 3,622 Feet, 1,104 Meters
MILES: 8.1
WAINWRIGHTS: 4, Grisedale Pike – Crag Hill (Eel Crag) – Sail – Barrow
ROUTE: Whinlatter Pass – Kinn – Sleet How – Grisedale Pike – Coledale Hause – Eel Crag North Ridge – Crag Hill (Eel Crag) – The Scar – Sail – Sail Pass – High Moss – Barrow Door – Barrow – Braithwaite Lodge – Braithwaite – Whinlatter Pass
 

The Coledale Horseshoe

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17th July 2010
ASCENT: 1,449 Mtrs 4,100 Ft
MILES: 10.25
WAINWRIGHTS: 7 Grisdale Pike, Hopegill Head, Crag Hill (Eel Crag) Sail, Scar Crags, Outerside, Barrow
ROUTE:  
 

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