Loading...
Name: | Bowscale Fell |
Hill number: | 2329 |
Height: | 702m / 2303ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2320 Blencathra - Hallsfell Top |
RHB Section: | 34A: Lake District - Northern Fells |
Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Lake District - Northern Fells |
County/UA: | Westmorland and Furness |
Catchment: | Derwent (Workington), Catchment Boundaries, Eden (Carlisle) |
Watershed: | Solway Firth |
Class: | Simm, Hewitt, Nuttall, Wainwright, Birkett, Synge, Fellranger, Buxton & Lewis, Bridge (Tu,Sim,Hew,N,W,B,Sy,Fel,BL,Bg) |
Grid ref: | NY 33339 30541 |
Summit feature: | stone shelter |
Drop: | 87m |
Col: | 615m NY327291 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 90 (1:25k) OL5N OL5S |
Observations: | cairn 50m NE at NY 33382 30609 is c 2m lower |
Survey: | Abney level |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
N.B. Some hill summits are on private property or on land where there is no public right of way. Permission should be sought from the landowner where access to a hill summit is through private land.
Please report via the contact page any logs you see below which describe or encourage acts of trespass. Please quote the hill number and hill name.
Logged Descriptions (logged by 1430 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
Solo circuit of the Blencathra group of fells from road-head car park near Blencathra Field Centre. Lovely sunny day, with a bitter wind at times. | alistairpooler | 30/03/2024 |
Mungrisdale � Souther Fell � Scales Tarn � Sharp Edge � Blencathra � Mungrisdale common � Bannerdale Crags � Bowscale Fell � east top on bowscale fell� Mungrisdale First Sharp Edge! never decent bowscale! | BB8_Mountains | 16/03/2024 |
With Izzy and Margo. From East Top. All easy but no views sadly. Didn't linger long at the summit. Onto Bannerdale Crags. | James McKnight | 04/11/2023 |
From mungrisdale to souther fell - Blencathra- mungrisdale common - bannerdale crags - bowscale crag and down to mungrisdale. | matthewthomas16 | 04/09/2023 |
With Matt and Anna. Sheep rescue incident! | djc36 | 14/06/2023 |
Walked from Mungrisdale. | Wandelaar | 07/06/2023 |
3/7 Blencathra Mungrisedale Common Bowscale Fell Bannerdale Crags Souther Fell Carrock Fell High Pike on Ian's Wainwright Wander | nickywood1 | 13/05/2023 |
all the Birketts and Synges in the group, namely: Souther Fell, Souther Fell South Top, Scales Fell, Doddick Fell, Blencathra, Gategill Fell Top, Knowe Crags, Atkinson Pike, Mungrisedale Common, Bannerdale Crags, Bowscale Fell, Bowscale Fell East Top, Bowscale Fell Far East Top, and The Tongue. Altogether 25km with 1200m ascent taking 7h 40m. | silverwolf_alan | 19/03/2023 |
Loop up Blencathra from Mungrisdale (19/02/2023 Blencathra, Bowscale Fell, Bannerdale Crags, Souther Fell) | nat571 | 19/02/2023 |
R Superb conds | Richard Tait | 13/02/2023 |
Bowscale / Blencathra / Souter fell 9 mile loop | richoakes | 20/01/2023 |
Bannerdale / Bowscale Fell loop (6 miles) because we couldn't park anywhere else!! | richoakes | 02/01/2023 |
TC,EC.From Mungrisedale via bridle path on the side of the tongue. Showery weather | TopCat1959 | 31/10/2022 |
From Mungrisdale | holtsd | 22/10/2022 |
Wainwright Walk 12: Spider (Blencathra, Bowscale Fell, Bannerdale Crags & Mungrisdale Common) | DavidHiner | 18/10/2022 |
Solo from Mungrisedale. Carrock Fell, Milton Hill, High Pike (Caldbeck) Hare Stones, Bowscale Fell, Tarn Crags top, Bowscale FellFar East top. Good day sunny - rainy - sunny. 13.3 miles 3534 ft elevation | nell1583 | 15/10/2022 |
Wild camped by the tarn and swam with the immortal fish before ascending to the fell peak in a howling gale | Alphaville199 | 20/08/2022 |
Birthday walk. First peak of the day. Up from Mungrisdale. Very hot. Wasps on the summit shelter! | huwthomas | 10/08/2022 |
Old Crown Round Fell Race. Bright initially but very claggy as the day went on. 38km, 2380vm, 6.5 hours. Carrock Fell, Bowscale Fell, Atkinson Pike, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Mungrisdale Common, Sale How, Skiddaw South Top, Skiddaw Middle Top, Skiddaw, Skiddaw North Top, Hare Crag, Great Calva, Knott, Hare Stones, High Pike (Caldbeck) | Fionalevey | 23/07/2022 |
Birkett 3 with Gill,Paul,Andy & Fudge | Dave Geere | 16/07/2022 |
Circuit via Souther Fell, Blencathra (Sharp Edge), Mungrisdale Common and Bannerdale Crags | MrD | 09/07/2022 |
Blencathra Fell Race | paulcook2809 | 01/06/2022 |
The Bannerdale Round. Bowscale Fell – Bannerdale Crags – Souther Fell | sms.37 | 14/05/2022 |
Veryhappybunny | 07/05/2022 | |
Easy 10 miles from Mungrisde for 4 wainwrights. | atreides7887 | 01/05/2022 |
Start from Mungrisdale 364306 at Raven Crags. Climb up through Gorse steep climb on loose terrain for 10 minutes then on to easier ground. Steady ascent then along the ridge to summit. Head towards Bannerdale Crags then turn left down side of The Tongue. | Ulysses | 29/03/2022 |
Easy ascent from Mungrisdale Common | thecoopers | 21/03/2022 |
Circuit of Souther Fell, Blencathra, Mungrisdale Common, Bannerdale Crags & Bowscale Fell from Mungrisdale village. | thekirkie pirate | 15/03/2022 |
Bob & Duke | DukeNukem | 06/03/2022 |
From Mungrisedale. 
13 km, 680 m asc. 
Out SW over the Souther Fell ridge to cross the R. Glenderamackin FB under White Horse Bent. Up the true LH side of the Glenderamackin (the old lead mine path) to the Blencathra col path junction. Up to Bannerdale Crags summit cairns and around to Bowscale Fell summit. A short backtrack to the slanting path above Bannerdale. | SalmonJoe | 12/01/2022 |
Fine afternoon. Souther, Bannerdale, Bowscale round from Mungrisdale. With dogs and Rick. | jenx | 11/01/2022 |
Parked by the village hall in Mungrisdale and took the lane opposite the Hutton roof turn off. Then veered right for an initial steep ascent before following the ridge line to the summit. Visibility closed in rapidly at this point so modified my plans for a longer circuit. | Gerry the Ranger | 29/11/2021 |
Mungrisdale -> Bowscale Fell Far East Top -> Bowscale Fell East Top -> Bowscale Fell -> Bannerdale Crags -> Atkinson Pike -> Blencathra -> Doddick Fell -> Scales Fell -> Souther Fell South Top -> Souther Fell -> Mungrisdale | briandiggle | 22/11/2021 |
Walked with Chewie, Wainwright 1 | Flip | 13/11/2021 |
with Ruth on Blencathra round from Mungrisedale 5 in total | Dunlawyering | 15/10/2021 |
With: hb sb; From Mungrisdale up path by The Tongue to col then right up to Bowscale Fell. Down to Glenderamackin col & across to Mungrisdale Common. Return to col, over Bannerdale Crags & Souther Fell back to car. | Ian Baines | 13/10/2021 |
11 of the Blencathra group summits from Mungrisdale Village Hall, with Jim, Jus & Cat. Thick clag with gusty showers - bog all visibility. Initial ascent up Raven Crags was steep and slippery but after that easy walking all day. Saw a yellow-bellied frog when ascending this one. | wheresthepath | 26/09/2021 |
Scales, Scales Tarn, Sharp edge, Mungrisdale, Blencathra, Bow scale, Bannerdale, Souther. | AvidSockWearer | 26/09/2021 |
Parked at Scales. Up to Scales Tarn, Sharp Edge, Mungrisdale, Blencathra. Down via Bowscale Fell, Bannerdale Crags and Souther Fell. With AvidSockWearer. | meltdiceburg | 26/09/2021 |
From Blease Road car park nr FSC Blencathra, with Dave: Knowe Crags - Gategill Fell Top - Blencathra - Atkinson Pike - Mungrisdale Common - Bannerdale Crags - The Tongue - Tarn Crags Top - Bowscale Fell. Dropped down to Cumbria Wa, stayed at Skiddaw House hostel with Bishop, Jago, Steve, Paul, Andy and Tim. 
No real path north to the Cumbria Way here, river crossing relies on rock hopping! | stevem76 | 17/09/2021 |
With Suzanne | dc96 | 23/08/2021 |
18.3 miles 2503ft walk. Start at Scales campsite Mungrisdale, to Greystoke Forest, Hutton Roof and Bowscale Fell, back to Scales campsite. | stephenbuda | 24/07/2021 |
12.8 miles 2486ft walk. Start at Scales campsite Mungrisdale, to Bowscale Fell, Tarn Crags and Bowscale Far East, back to Scales campsite. | stephenbuda | 20/07/2021 |
with bendy | hollisclan | 15/07/2021 |
just me | MandyBaldam | 04/07/2021 |
During the Blencathra Fell Race - wet and cloud set in. Hard! | Fionalevey | 03/07/2021 |
With louise,val,John and mizzi | 2510chris | 27/06/2021 |
From Mosedale to Bowscale Tarn then up to summit, then onto Bannerdale Crags and Blencathra | JulieB | 05/06/2021 |
Done as part of 18k loop, Blencathra > Bannerdale Crags > Bowscale Fell > The Tongue > Souther Fell. Parked up from White Horse Inn. | Gredwyar | 18/05/2021 |
Walk with Dad and Scott. | lizziej87 | 16/04/2021 |