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Great Borne Summit – Scale Force Waterfall loop from Ennerdale Water

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North West England
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Ennerdale And Kinniside

Great Borne Summit – Scale Force Waterfall loop from Ennerdale Water

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4

hikers

Great Borne Summit – Scale Force Waterfall loop from Ennerdale Water

05:27

14.5km

850m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: April 16, 2026

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Your route passes through a protected area

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Lake District National Park

Waypoints

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Parking

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311 m

View of Ennerdale Water from Bowness Point

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A gorgeous viewpoint across Ennerdale Water. Directly opposite are the Wainwright summits of Crag Fell and Grike. As its name suggests, Crag Fell has a number of impressive clusters of …

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2.87 km

Great Borne Summit

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Great Borne is a 2,011-foot (616 m) mountain in the western Lake District. This fell can be hiked either from Ennerdale or Loweswater. Views are extensive across the western and …

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5.01 km

Starling Dodd Summit Cairns

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Starling Dodd is a 2,087-foot (636 m) mountain in the western Lake District. This fell can be hiked either from Ennerdale or Loweswater. It's often paired with Great Borne. Views …

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5.76 km

Little Dodd

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Little Dodd (590m) is between Starling Dodd and Red Pike

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8.13 km

Scale Force Waterfall

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Parking at National Trust- Buttermere car park.
If you want to spend a penny you’ll need to spend 49 more and the turnstile in the loo doesn’t accept £1 coins

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8.21 km

View of Crummock Water

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After a nice climb and this beautiful view, have a picnic at the waterfall

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14.5 km

End point

Parking

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.35 km

5.85 km

1.08 km

1.05 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

8.95 km

3.17 km

1.08 km

1.05 km

152 m

< 100 m

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Highest point (610 m)

Lowest point (130 m)

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Tuesday 2 June

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11°C

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