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maps. Great Slack being the name of the broad rake on the SW of the fell. Point 632 stands near the centre of the fell and is listed as a
Nuttall and a Hewitt, but not of course as a Wainwright. The situation is further complicated by a third top to the south 2,070 feet (630 m). This has been of
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pike and you know why tradition has ordained this to be the summit. The view down
Borrowdale is peerless. A new generation of fellwalkers may arrive seeking to overthrow the traditional perception and feeling no compunction at adopting the highest ground as a
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Provisionally, the 24-hour total rainfall at
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Stockley Bridge has two tiers of crag, with Aaron Crags standing above Black Waugh. A long line of crags also stands above Grains Gill on the eastern side, looming above the popular path from
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is very rugged with several small tops along the summit of the ridge. At the northern end is a peaked summit at 1,971 feet (601 m), very prominent from the valley below.
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Styhead Gill. In addition to a number of rocky knolls, the summit ridge also carries numerous small
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384:Position of the summit
1241:Muncaster Castle Hill
838:Harter Fell (Eskdale)
596:(2003). "Great End".
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78:Parent peak
1256:Categories
1172:Hard Knott
1082:Round Scar
1062:Black Crag
987:Broad Crag
843:Holme Fell
833:Hard Knott
828:Grey Friar
823:Green Crag
768:Black Fell
575:References
481:Seathwaite
455:Topography
445:prominence
426:(northern)
408:hill lists
378:Borrowdale
121:54°28′41″N
103:Wainwright
68:Prominence
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18:Seathwaite
1277:Allerdale
1206:Side Pike
1136:Whin Rigg
1102:Hodge How
1087:Goat Crag
1072:Great How
1067:Bessyboot
1042:Cold Pike
1032:Glaramara
992:Great End
908:Whin Rigg
903:Wetherlam
898:Swirl How
818:Great End
808:Glaramara
783:Cold Pike
778:Brim Fell
507:sandstone
461:Great End
297:Explorers
219:Allerdale
149:Geography
124:3°11′31″W
83:Great End
58:Elevation
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1181:Yew Bank
1141:Boat How
1022:Lingmell
1002:Esk Pike
997:Bow Fell
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803:Esk Pike
798:Dow Crag
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511:andesite
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341:Nuttall
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285:Topo map
277:NY227097
238:Location
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374:Cumbria
323:Status
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