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Ulthwaite Rigg

Height: 502 metres / 1647 feet Grid reference: NY 51483 09363 Category: The Outlying Fells

Looking along Sleddale Beck to the reservoir from Ulthwaite Rigg

Looking along Sleddale Beck to the reservoir from Ulthwaite Rigg

Wet Sleddale Horseshoe

Walked on 10/10/2005

Start point: Wet Sleddale Reservoir dam (NY 555 114)

Wet Sleddale Dam – Lunch House – Gray Bull – Sleddale Pike (422) (OF) – Great Saddle Crag (423) (OF) – Ulthwaite Rigg (424) (OF) – Sleddale Hall – Wet Sleddale Dam

Distance: 8.8 miles     Total Ascent: 708 metres     Time Taken: 3 hours 15 minutes

Weather: Grey, rain shower at the end. 15°C.

A return to the Shap Fells again today for a remote and boggy walk around the aptly named Wet Sleddale Horseshoe. If anything, this seemed even more remote than the previous walks I have done in this area so there was no chance of bumping into anyone on this grey Monday morning!

The Wet Sleddale Horseshoe

Wet Sleddale Horseshoe route map.

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Wet Sleddale Reservoir dam.

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Looking back to the reservoir from an orange field.

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One of the many Grouse Butts in the area - they can be seen following the path as far as the eye can see.

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The Lunch House - a resting place for people using the Grouse Butts.

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Gray Bull - a 9 foot cube of pink granite marked on the OS map - and Grey Dog - a 3 foot Bearded Collie!

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Angus on a windswept Sleddale Pike.

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Great Saddle Crag - a mini-Blencathra!

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On the summit of Great Saddle Crag looking along the Wet Sleddale Valley.

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Peat Hags on the way to Ulthwaite Rigg. We encountered a lone stag on here and there were eerie stag calls echoing around the valley for the rest of the walk.

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Looking along Sleddale Beck to the reservoir from Ulthwaite Rigg.

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The now defunct Sleddale Hall.

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Looking back along the valley.

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The stepping stones crossing Sleddale Beck - I got a boot full here on the slippery, wet stones.

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A vibrant Wet Sleddale valley.

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