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Yewbarrow

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Yewbarrow

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Hikes up Yewbarrow are a fantastic challenge with steep trails, rocky terrain and descents that’ll have you using your hands too. It might sound tough, but this fell looks so …

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Location: Wasdale, Copeland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom

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Trail Magazine

December 13, 2019

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This is the fourth Wasdale peak on our Trail 100 list, but despite being the lowest, Yewbarrow is more than a match for its neighbours. Taking the form of an upturned ship’s hull, the mountain is steep sided, intricately craggy at either end, with a long, drawn out summit that opens up some of the best scenery in the Lakes.

Adventurer Nic

May 10, 2021

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Despite not being the biggest of fells (at 627m) and the summit being less than a mile from the nearest road - many say this is one of the toughest …

David Howells

July 12, 2021

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Great fell alongside Wast Water and very accessible from the car park at Overbeck Bridge. I went up on a drizzly day but still had a great scramble going up via the gullies between Dropping Crag and Bell Rib. Didn't get the blue sky views but at least I had some and it was good scramble outing. Not wanting to down climb Stirrup Crag in the wet I took a side track just back from North Top coming off the Western side.

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Black Sail Pass – Yewbarrow loop from Wasdale

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Yewbarrow – Red Pike (Wasdale) loop from Wasdale

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Bell Rib Scramble – Yewbarrow loop from Wasdale

7.54km

03:28

550m

Hard hike. Good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required.

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Elevation 620 m

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Location: Wasdale, Copeland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom

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Black Sail Pass – Yewbarrow loop from Wasdale

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