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Pillar Summit – Mosedale Valley loop from Wasdale

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Pillar Summit – Mosedale Valley loop from Wasdale

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Pillar Summit – Mosedale Valley loop from Wasdale

02:52

15.7km

910m

Running

Hard run. Very good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: July 16, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment that may be dangerous

A part of this route comprises technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience may be required.

After 7.22 km for 33 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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657 m

View of Wast Water from Bell Rib

Highlight • Lake

Excellent views up and down Wast Water, Sca fell pike to the left was my route

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7.13 km

Pillar Summit

Highlight • Viewpoint

This broad, flat summit is wonderfully situated above the increasingly wild valley of Ennerdale to the north and Mosedale, the remote offshoot of Wasdale, to the south. As such the …

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10.5 km

Mosedale Valley

Highlight • Viewpoint

A wild side valley that branches off to the northwest of Upper Wasdale, Mosedale is a beautiful place to explore. It is ringed by some of the Lake District's most …

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11.8 km

Ritson's Force Waterfall

Highlight • Natural Monument

Lovely waterfall that is well worth visiting, would be a good spot for wild swimming too.

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12.3 km

Packhorse Bridge Over Mosedale Beck

Highlight • Historical Site

Quirky little bridge at the start of the Black Sail Pass route.

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12.5 km

Wasdale Head Inn

Highlight • Pub

The Wasdale Head Inn is known to be the spiritual home of British climbing. From here the first pivotal climbing expeditions into the Lakes crags took place during the 'golden …

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12.8 km

Wasdale Head Car Park

Highlight • Parking

Great place to start your adventure. Get there early as gets full quick. This is FREE car park. Please remember to put some coins in the collection boxes.

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15.5 km

View of Wast Water and Yewbarrow

Highlight • Viewpoint

Yewbarrow is steep but worth the effort. Brilliant views of Wast Water and the surrounding fells. I ascended Yewbarrow via Bell Rib which is a grade 1 scramble. I then …

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15.7 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.36 km

2.85 km

2.70 km

734 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

7.85 km

2.86 km

2.08 km

1.54 km

774 m

518 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (880 m)

Lowest point (60 m)

Weather

Tuesday 21 July

22°C

9°C

0 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 13.0 km/h

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Comments

October 3, 2022,(Almost) Mosdale Horseshoe

Wind, time and a(nother) fat ankle stopped play a little

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Pillar Summit – Mosedale Valley loop from Wasdale

View of Wast Water from Bell Rib

Pillar Summit

Mosedale Valley

Ritson's Force Waterfall

Packhorse Bridge Over Mosedale Beck

Wasdale Head Inn

Wasdale Head Car Park

View of Wast Water and Yewbarrow

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