Height: 868m/2,847ft
Grid Reference: NY323277
Lists: FRCC (017) Wainwright (N.02)
Ascents: 30
Blencathra is also know as Saddleback
Gategill Fell Top from Hallsfell Top, Blencathra's summit
Blencathra from above Rakefoot
Gategill Fell Top
Blencathra Centre, Threlkeld - Blease Fell - Knowe Crags - Gategill Fell Top - Blencathra - Gategill Fell Top - Knowe Crags - Blease Fell - Blencathra Centre [4.50 miles 2,000ft ascent]
Sat 5 Jun 2021 - Blencathra from Scales
Scales - Scales Fell - Blencathra - Atkinson Pike - Blue Screes - the valley of the River Glenderamackin - Mousthwaite Comb - Scales [6.25 miles 2,250ft ascent]
Thu 26 Nov 2020 - Blencathra and Mungrisdale Common
Blencathra Centre, Threlkeld - Blease Fell - Knowe Crags - Gategill Fell Top - Blencathra - Atkinson Pike - Mungrisdale Common - Glenderterra - Blencathra Centre [6.75 miles 2,050ft ascent]
Tue 23 May 2017 - Blencathra and Mungrisdale Common
Blencathra Centre, Threlkeld - Blease Fell - Knowe Crags - Gategill Fell Top - Blencathra - Atkinson Pike - Mungrisdale Common - Glenderterra - Blencathra Centre [6.75 miles 2,050ft ascent]
Sun 18 Sep 2016 - Blencathra and Mungrisdale Common
Blencathra Centre, Threlkeld - Blease Fell - Knowe Crags - Gategill Fell Top - Blencathra - Atkinson Pike - Mungrisdale Common - Glenderterra - Blencathra Centre [6.75 miles 2,050ft ascent]
Fri 8 Jul 2016 - Blencathra from Scales
Scales - Scales Fell - Blencathra - Atkinson Pike - Blue Screes - the valley of the River Glenderamackin - Mousthwaite Comb - Scales [6.25 miles 2,250ft ascent]
Sun 15 Feb 2015 - Blencathra and Mungrisdale Common
Blencathra Centre, Threlkeld - Blease Fell - Knowe Crags - Gategill Fell Top - Blencathra - Atkinson Pike - Mungrisdale Common - Glenderterra - Blencathra Centre [6.75 miles 2,050ft ascent]
Blencathra Centre, Threlkeld - Blease Fell - Knowe Crags - Gategill Fell Top - Blencathra - Gategill Fell Top - Knowe Crags - Blease Fell - Blencathra Centre [4.75 miles 2,100ft ascent]
Sun 2 Mar 2014 - Blencathra from Scales
Scales - Scales Fell - Blencathra - Atkinson Pike - Blue Screes - the valley of the River Glenderamackin - Mousthwaite Comb - Scales [6.25 miles 2,250ft ascent]
Blencathra Centre, Threlkeld - Blease Fell - Knowe Crags - Gategill Fell Top - Blencathra - Gategill Fell Top - Knowe Crags - Blease Fell - Blencathra Centre [4.75 miles 2,100ft ascent]
Sun 13 Jan 2013 - Blencathra and Mungrisdale Common
Blencathra Centre, Threlkeld - Blease Fell - Knowe Crags - Gategill Fell Top - Blencathra - Atkinson Pike - Mungrisdale Common - Glenderterra - Blencathra Centre [6.75 miles 2,050ft ascent]
Blencathra Centre, Threlkeld - Blease Fell - Knowe Crags - Gategill Fell Top - Blencathra - Gategill Fell Top - Knowe Crags - Blease Fell - Blencathra Centre [4.75 miles 2,100ft ascent]
Sun 6 Nov 2011 - Blencathra and Mungrisdale Common
Blencathra Centre, Threlkeld - Blease Fell - Knowe Crags - Gategill Fell Top - Blencathra - Atkinson Pike - Mungrisdale Common - Glenderterra - Blencathra Centre [6.75 miles 2,050ft ascent]
Tue 7 Dec 2010 - Blencathra from Scales
Scales - Scales Fell - Blencathra - Atkinson Pike - Blue Screes - the valley of the River Glenderamackin - Mousthwaite Comb - Scales [6.25 miles 2,250ft ascent]
Sat 13 Feb 2010 - Blencathra and Mungrisdale Common
Blencathra Centre, Threlkeld - Blease Fell - Knowe Crags - Gategill Fell Top - Blencathra - Atkinson Pike - Mungrisdale Common - Glenderterra - Blencathra Centre [6.75 miles 2,050ft ascent]
Sat 9 Jan 2010 - Blencathra plus
Scales - Scales Fell - Blencathra - Atkinson Pike - Mungrisdale Common - Glenderamackin Col - Bannerdale Crags - White Horse Bent - Mousthwaite Comb - Scales [7.50 miles 2,550ft ascent]
Blencathra Centre, Threlkeld - Blease Fell - Knowe Crags - Gategill Fell Top - Blencathra - Scales Fell - Scales - above Threlkeld on the under Blencathra path - Blencathra Centre [7.00 miles 2,300ft ascent]
Sat 24 May 2008 - The Old Crown Round
Hesket Newmarket - Carrock Beck Ford - Carrock Fell - Grainsgill Beck Bridge, Mosedale - Bowscale Fell - Blencathra - Mungrisdale Common - The Stake - Skiddaw House - Sale How - Skiddaw - Bakestall - Dash Beck - Brockle Crag - Great Cockup - Longlands - Green Head - Fell Side - Nether Row - Hesket Newmarket [25.75 miles 7,355ft ascent]
Sun 23 Mar 2008 - Snowy Blencathra
Scales - Scales Fell - Blencathra - Atkinson Pike - Blue Screes - the valley of the River Glenderamackin - Mousthwaite Comb - Scales [6.25 miles 2,250ft ascent]
Sat 9 Feb 2008 - Blencathra from Bowscale
Bowscale - Bowscale Tarn - Bowscale Fell - Glenderamackin Col - Blencathra - Mungrisdale Common - River Caldew - Cumbria Way - Grainsgill Beck Bridge, Mosedale - Bowscale [11.00 miles 2,600ft ascent]
Sat 26 May 2007 - Scales to Keswick
Scales - above Mousthwaite Comb - Scales Tarn - Sharp Edge - Blencathra - Hall's Fell Ridge - Gategill - Threlkeld - Keswick Railway footpath - Moot Hall, Keswick [8.25 miles 2,250ft ascent]
Tue 26 Dec 2006 - Blencathra and Mungrisdale Common
Blencathra Centre, Threlkeld - Blease Fell - Knowe Crags - Gategill Fell Top - Blencathra - Atkinson Pike - Mungrisdale Common - Glenderterra - Blencathra Centre [6.75 miles 2,050ft ascent]
Sat 8 Jul 2006 - Double Blencathra
Threlkeld - Hall's Fell Ridge - Blencathra - Atkinson Pike - Foule Crag - Sharp Edge - Scales Tarn - Lower slopes of Scales Fell - Scales - Doddick Fell - Upper part of Scales Fell - Blencathra - Gategill Fell Top - Knowe Crags - Blease Fell - Threlkeld [9.00 miles 4,500ft ascent]
Sun 29 Jan 2006 - Blencathra from Mungrisdale
Mungrisdale - Souther Fell - Scales Fell - Blencathra - Atkinson Pike - Mungrisdale Common - Glenderamackin Col - Bannerdale Crags - Bowscale Fell - east ridge - Mungrisdale [10.75 miles 2,900ft ascent]
Threlkeld - Blease Fell - Knowe Crags - Gategill Fell Top - Blencathra - Atkinson Pike - Mungrisdale Common - Glenderaterra - Threlkeld [8.50 miles 2,400ft ascent]
Fri 5 Dec 2003 - Blencathra via Hall's Fell Ridge
Threlkeld - Hall's Fell Ridge - Blencathra - Gategill Fell Top - Knowe Crags - Blease Fell - Threlkeld [4.50 miles 2,300ft ascent]
Blencathra Centre, Threlkeld - Blease Fell - Knowe Crags - Gategill Fell Top - Blencathra - Atkinson Pike - Mungrisdale Common - Glenderterra - Blencathra Centre [6.50 miles 2,000ft ascent]
Sun 30 Aug 1998 - Around Blencathra
Mungrisdale - Souther Fell - Scales Fell - Blencathra - Mungrisdale Common - Bannerdale Crags - Bowscale Fell - Mungrisdale [10.75 miles 2,890ft ascent]
Scales - Hall's Fell Ridge - Blencathra - Sharp Edge - Scales Fell - Scales