Lake District: Great Gable, Green Gable, Base Brown, Brandreth, Grey Knotts from Honister Slate Mine
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
- This is a fantastic walk in The Lake District that picks up 5 Wainwrights in around 12km or 4 Wainwrights in the circular route of 9.2km.
Starting at Honister Slate Mine we head up the first climb to Grey Knotts. From there we head over on a relatively flat and grassy walk to Brandreth giving ample time for recovery. From this point the ascent to Green Gable is made. There are fantastic views to be had and if you are walking all the Wainwright's there is an opportunity to nip off the route and pick up Base Brown. Walking back over the same ground to the circular route we complete the climb to Green Gables. At this point Great Gable towers above us.
Taking the short down to Windy Gap we then start the scramble up Great Gable. The climb is steady and affords us great views when looking back. On the top of Great Gable there is a walk over to the war memorial at the summit before admiring the surrounding mountain ranges.
A walk that offers scrambles, views and Wainwrights a plenty this is something for everyone. I hope you enjoy it!
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Great Gable is one of my favourites and in my view, much more rewarding than nearby Scafell Pike, I hope you enjoy it😃. More info in the description. Thanks for watching ⛰👍🙏
Looks like a fantastic trek through the Lake District! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching mate, it was a great wander and can’t believe I had Great Gable to myself ⛰️🥾😁
Another great video Tony
Thanks Mark, it is a great route. enjoy it out there mate ⛰
Great video. We are doing that route starting from Seathwaite for our next walk. Great Gable will be our 100th Wainwright.
Great scenery and drone footage there.
Excellent, it is a great walk and a big up from Seathwaite. It will be awesome, enjoy it mate 😃⛰
Great video Tony - nice to see what the scramble up from Windy Gap is actually like because most content creators skirt over that 👍 Thanks for sharing
Thanks Paul, yes it's quite a dodgy down. I'm really hoping to get the reality across rather than the 'instagram' version of hiking. Thanks for watching mate and enjoy it out there!
Good one that must be 45 years since I was last up Great Gable in my scouting days.
The same for me mate. Really glad to revisit. It’s a cracker ⛰️🥾👍
Great video. I love the detail. Subscribed.
Awesome, thank you mate, welcome aboard. Much appreciated!
Hi Tony, Hi Alison, a cracking route there. I did all those starting at Gatescarth Farm and doing Fleetwith Pike first. Then came down Windy gap and in to Ennerdale past Black Sail hut. Although I didn’t go up to Great Gable because I’d already ticked that off. You got to love Great Gable, the views from the summit are just amazing.
All the best guys
Dave 😀⛰🥾
Nice one Dave, I’m heading to Fleetwith Pike next weekend hopefully picking up Black Sail and Haystacks so I’ll look forward to picking them up then. I’ll check your route out. Can’t believe there was nobody else there 😁. Enjoy it out there mate ⛰️
@@trekkingwithtony Preparing for our big one a week on Monday. We start the Cumbria Way. 😃
@@DAoutdoors Nice one Dave, I’ve looked at it this week. It’s going to be a summer trip for me. Good luck with it mate 👍
@@trekkingwithtony We’ll be able to tell you where we went wrong! 🤣
I'm doing this route this year excellent. I did wonder about base brown but may bag how you did it .Yes great gable one of the most I want to do. Cracking video thank-you and for the information xx
Nice one Louise 😁. The only other way to get base brown is from Seathwaite which is a serious up and down😅. Thanks for watching, I hope you get a great day for it ☀️⛰️🥾
Hi Tony, Ive just subscribed after seeing a couple of your fabulous videos. Love the amount of route information which goes with them too. Very helpful for my future hikes. I did do Grey Knotts with my wife about 2 months ago but we went up a grassy path which runs parallel and right of the fence you went up. Its meets the fence at the stile which you cross over to do the final push. We intended doing Brandreth and Green Gable too but the wind and rain got too much for my other half so we came back down the way you ascended. Looking forward to catching up with some of your other vids when I get chance. Cheers ATB
Hi Tony, Welcome aboard! I know the way you mentioned. Best to get down sometimes rather than push on. I’ve exited a couple early this year mainly due to high winds.
The videos are in folders for each of the 7 Wainwright fells if you have a particular area in mind. I’m just getting ready to release day 3 of the Cumbria Way so if you fancy a look at 1 and 2 they are also in their own folder.
Enjoy it out there and thanks for the support mate 🥾😁⛰️
Fantastic video mate. Great insight into a route I’m yet to do
Thanks mate, it’s a great one to look forward to. I’m sure you’ll enjoy it⛰️🥾😁
Fantastic video. Well done and thanks for sharing.
Thanks John, It's a great walk, enjoy it out there mate⛰
Good work that was a really good watch and informative 👍
Thanks, it is a great walk. I hope your get to do it😁
You missed a treat there Tony. The route up to Base Brown from Seathwaite via the “Hanging Stone” is brilliant and you would have had fantastic views. Back down to Styhead Tarn from Great Gable.
Keep up the good work.
Sounds great Tony. I’ll be over there again soon so I’ll look forward to it. Thanks mate👍🥾⛰️
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@@TonysTrails I’ll look forward to doing that. It looks steep on the map but seems ok on your video 👍
@@trekkingwithtony it is a bit steep in places, but the path works it’s way up OK
Great video buddy iv done this one but never done bass brown so will have to do it agen 😂
Nice one Gary😃. It's a great walk. Base Brown is a tricky one to collect but this is definitely the best way to get it IMHO. Enjoy it mate!⛰
@trekkingwithtony thanks buddy you are right I'll go back up the same way just to bass brown and back to the slat mine 👍 😀 thanks again for the video
It was memorise Sunday last year we got there a 11 omg every man ang dog was out 😂
It is a busy one usually. I can’t believe I had the top to myself 😁⛰️🥾
I agree wiv all of v Positives here.. u got anuvva Sub..can u come n do sum TABS around Derby Peaks..🤘
I’ve one mate👍. Sounds like a plan, I love it over there. Thanks for watching and for the encouragement💪🥾⛰️
I see a lot of people/sites recommending to do this route anti-clockwise, any thoughts on this from anyone??
Hi mate, you can go but the reason I don't is that Great Gable is done first, which to me is like having your pudding first. I'd rather build up to it. It is great walk either way but that is why I go this way around.
Thanks Tony, that makes sense to me. The route you took also seems to have the steadier descent which is preferable. Thanks for the video, subbed
@@gardnerfamilytravels Yes, Allison’s knees prefer a steady descent so that’s so my walks always try and factor that in. Welcome board 😁🥾⛰️
One final question mate regarding your initial descent off the Great Gable summit. How did you find the north west route coming down? I see some routes that descend the way you came up, and then walk across (west) to the smugglers path from windy gap? Thanks
I definitely wouldn’t recommend coming down the way I came up. The way I went down does require a bit of clambering but not as much as if you went down to windy gap. The routes I do tend to favour steeper up and gentle down mate. Safer that way in my view ⛰️😁🥾