Caw Fell

Overview
Height: 2,288 Feet - 697 Metres
Grid Ref: NY 132 109
Area: Western
Ordnance Survey: OL4
Wainwright Guidebook: Seven

Mountain gives way to moorland, and the slow in descent from the tops and therefore more amiable in gradient; the streams follow long and gentle courses but thread their way through gathering grounds so vast that they quickly assume the proportions of rivers.


 

Map and Photo Gallery

 

Caw Fell seen over Bown Band.

Caw Fell.

Caw Fell from Iron Crag.

Caw Fell from Iron Crag.

Haycock, Little Gowder Crag, Scoat Fell and Steeple from Caw Fell summit cairn.

 

There are 9 walks to choose from including Caw Fell

Caw Fell from Cold Fell Road

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13th May 2023
ASCENT: 2,883 Feet - 878 Metres
MILES: 12.6
WAINWRIGHTS: 4, Grike - Crag Fell - Caw Fell - Lank Rigg
ROUTE: Cold Fell Road - Blakeley Moss - Red Moss - Grike - Crag Fell - Black Pots - Iron Crag (Ennerdale Fell) - Caw Fell - Iron Crag (Ennerdale Fell) - Whoap - Lank Rigg - Whoap Beck - Cold Fell Road
 

Seatallan & Outliers

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1st June 2021
ASCENT: 3,760 Feet - 1,147 Metres
MILES: 11.5
WAINWRIGHTS: 4, Middle Fell - Seatallan - Caw Fell - Haycock
ROUTE: Wast Water - Greendale - Greendale Gill - Middle Fell - Seatallan - Potts of Ashness - Brown Band - Caw Fell - Little Gowder Crag - Haycock -Nether Beck - Netherbeck Bridge - Wast Water
 

The Ennerdale Horseshoe

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3rd June 2019
ASCENT: 7,700 Feet - 2,348 Metres
MILES: 24
WAINWRIGHTS: 14, Great Borne - Starling Dodd - Red Pike (Buttermere) - High Stile - High Crag - Haystacks - Brandreth - Green Gable - Kirk Fell - Pillar - Scoat Fell - Haycock - Caw Fell - Crag Fell
ROUTE: Bleach Green - Ennerdale Water - Bowness - Herdus - Great Borne - Starling Dodd - Red Pike (Buttermere) - High Stile - High Crag - Gamlin End - Seat - Top of Scarth Gap - Haystacks - Innominate Tarn - Moses trod - Brandreth - Gillercomb Head - Green Gable - Windy Gap - Beck Head - Kirk Fell North Top - Kirk Fell - Baysour Slack - Top of Black Sail Pass - Looking Stead - Pillar - Wind Gap - Black Crag - Scoat Fell - Haycock - Caw Fell - Iron Crag - Crag Fell - Ben Gill - Crag Fell Farm - Bleach Green
 

Steeple via the Long Crag Ridge from Bleach Green

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17th June 2017
ASCENT: 3,883 Feet - 1,184 Metres
MILES: 14
WAINWRIGHTS: 5, Steeple - Scoat Fell - Haycock - Caw Fell - Crag Fell
ROUTE: Bleach Green – Bowness – Low Gillerthwaite – High Gillerthwaite – Ennerdale Forest - Low Beck - Long Crag - Steeple - Scoat Fell - Haycock - Little Gowder Crag - Caw Fell - Iron Crag - Crag Fell - Top of Revelin Crag - Ben Gill - Bleech Green
 

Walking the Wainwrights in 30 Walks Walk 11 - Caw Fell to Grike from Monks Bridge

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30the April 2016
ASCENT: 3,200 Feet - 975 Meters
MILES: 14.7
WAINWRIGHTS: 4, Caw Fell - Lank Rigg - Crag Fell - Grike
ROUTE: Monks Bridge - Tongue How - Worm Gill - Caw Fell - Iron Crag - Whoap - Lank Rigg - Whoap - Crag Fell - Grike - Blakeley Moss - Kinniside Stone Circle
 

The Harry Griffin 2,000 footers Walk 4 -Seatallan and Outliers

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21st March 2015
ASCENT: 4,425 Feet - 1,359 Meters
MILES: 13.5
SUMMITS OVER 2,000 Ft: Seatallan - Caw Fell - Iron Crag - Haycock - Scoat Fell
ROUTE: Wast Water - Greendale - Greendale Gill - Middle Fell - Seatallan - Potts of Ashness - Stockdale Head - Caw Fell - Iron Crag - Caw Fell - Little Gowder Crag - Haycock - Scoat Fell - Scoat Tarn - Nether Beck - Netherbeck Bridge - Wast Water
 

Pillar via Pillar Cove


4th August 2014
ASCENT: 3,865 Feet – 1,178 Meters
MILES: 16.2
WAINWRIGHTS: 5, Pillar – Scoat Fell – Steeple – Haycock – Caw Fell
ROUTE:

Bleach Green – Bowness – Low Gillerthwaite – High Gillerthwaite – Ennerdale Forest – Pillar Cove – Robinson’s Cairn – High Level Route – Shamrock Traverse – Pillar – Wind Gap – Black Crag (Pillar) – Scoat Fell – Steeple – Haycock – Little Gowder Crag – Caw Fell – Iron Crag – Boathow Crag – Anglers Crag – Bleach Green

 

The Blengdale Horseshoe

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20th January 2013
ASCENT: 3,772 Feet. 1,150 Metres
MILES: 12
WAINWRIGHTS: 4, Middle Fell – Seatallan – Haycock – Caw Fell
ROUTE: Greendale – Middle Fell – Seatallan – Pots of Ashes – High Pike How – Haycock – Little Gowder Crag – Caw Fell – Hause – Stockdale Moor – Sampson’s Bratfull – Blengdale Forest – Greendale
 

A Greendale Round

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22nd April 2011
ASCENT: 2,500 Feet, 747 Meters
MILES: 10.7
WAINWRIGHTS: 5, Buckbarrow, Seatallan, Haycock, Caw Fell & Middle Fell
ROUTE:  
 

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