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Name: | Sale How |
Hill number: | 2334 |
Height: | 666m / 2185ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2319 Skiddaw |
RHB Section: | 34A: Lake District - Northern Fells |
Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Lake District - Northern Fells |
County/UA: | Cumberland |
Catchment: | Eden (Carlisle) |
Class: | Nuttall, Birkett, Synge, Buxton & Lewis, Bridge (N,B,Sy,BL,Bg) |
Grid ref: | NY 27619 28625 |
Summit feature: | rock outcrop |
Drop: | 18m |
Col: | 648m NY273286 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 89 90 (1:25k) OL4S |
Observations: | no cairn on summit; grassy mound 5m W is 5cm lower |
Survey: | Abney level |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 558 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
A superb circular of Skiddaw's eastern tops, the cloud obviously finally lifting as I was descending. 
Lonscale Fell & Pike, Jenkin Hill, Lesser Man, Little Man, Sale How and return via Skiddaw House and the excellent Cumbria Way. Finished off with a run up to Latrigg-pound for pound the best WW to date, for the effort required vs reward.. | Alfa1M | 21/11/2023 |
12.2 miles 4252ft walk ,start at Under Skiddaw NT carpark to Dodd, Carl Side, Skiddaw, Sale How, Burnt Horse and Lonscale Fell. | stephenbuda | 16/10/2023 |
Parked above Blencathra Field Centre for a circuit of Knowe Crags, Sale How and Burnt Horse. | PGCE | 05/09/2023 |
Loop from Threkeld | holtsd | 18/06/2023 |
Shorter day just picking up two missed Ws and a Nuttal. | atreides7887 | 05/02/2023 |
Bob & Duke. | DukeNukem | 28/08/2022 |
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 |
From Keswick. 
20 km, 1000 m asc. 
Up by Spooney Lane and the tourist route. Over Lesser and Little Man, South and Middle Tops to Skiddaw summit trig. Back by Sale How, Skiddaw House and the Cumbria Way. 
Proper cold wind on the summit ridge! Wondered who might buy Skiddaw House. | SalmonJoe | 23/01/2022 |
Classic circular walk up Skiddaw (+ LM) and Sale How from the Latrigg/ Skiddaw car park/ just after Underskiddaw. A completion of a route started last year that was foiled by bad weather. A beautiful circular walk with Sasha returning via Skiddaw House etc. | hjb68 | 24/08/2021 |
I can’t believe it’s nearly 14 years ago I was last here! A lovely warm sunny day with Alfie. Walked up from the car park by Blencathra Field Centre. On a very leisurely 2nd round of Birketts. | Dangerous Dave | 19/04/2021 |
Fairly substantial circular walk of 19km with ~800m of elevation gain starting from the Latrigg/ Underskiddaw car park with Sasha. A failed attempt to do Skiddaw in low cloud and all round foul weather conditions. Ascent via the North/ East face and looping round the back via Skiddaw House and the Cumbria Way with a reconciliatory ascent of Latrigg. | hjb68 | 03/09/2020 |
Gale Road - Cumbria Way - North East ridge of Lonscale Fell (never again) - Lonscale Fell East Top - Lonscale Fell - Jenkin Hill - Lesser Man - Little Man - Skiddaw - Sale How - Skiddaw. House - Cumbria Way - Gale Road | MountainTerrier | 24/06/2020 |
Blencathra - Mungrisdale Common - Skiddaw. Picked up this one on the way up Skiddaw | Gary Heath | 08/06/2020 |
From Great Calva. A good descent to Skiddaw House then an easy up and down. A long six miles on tired feet back to the car at Mosedale Bridge. | James McKnight | 16/05/2020 |
Date estimated | fellstoby | 01/01/2020 |
ENGLISH 3000's Started 03:00 Wasdale Head CP with GAVIN SIMPSON > SCAFELL (3162) > SYMONDS KNOTT (3147) > (Lord's Rake) > SCAFELL PIKE (3209) > BROAD CRAG (3069) > ILL CRAG (3054) > Blunt Top > High Raise [High Raise (High White Stones)] > Low White Stones > STEEL FELL [DEAD PIKE - STEEL FELL] > (Dunmail Raise) > HELVELLYN (3117) > HELVELLYN LOWER MAN (3035) >White Side > Raise > Little Dodd (St John's Common) > Calfhow Pike > Clough Head > White Pike > (Threlkeld) > Sale How > SKIDDAW SOUTH TOP (3035) > SKIDDAW MIDDLE TOP (3045) > SKIDDAW (3054) > SKIDDAW NORTH TOP ( 3025) > Broad End > Bakestall finished 23:00 Peter House Farm 36 Miles - 11,721ft ascent (20 hours) | Mark A Hartry | 18/05/2019 |
From Lonscale Fell | Fell_wanderer | 17/04/2019 |
From the path of Skiddaw you will see a faint path down to the left which will take you over sale how and down to Skiddaw house | Aristotle Chip | 14/02/2019 |
Jenx and Bryher's first ascent, dropping down then to Skiddaw Ho | nordicstar | 15/10/2018 |
Latrigg car park - Gategill Fell via Knott Halloo - Blencathra summit - Roughten Gill - Sale How - Skiddaw - car park.8 hours. 
Roughten Gill descent was rough and pathless | andy63 | 25/07/2018 |
Latrigg CP - Lonscale Fell - SALE HOW - Hare Crag - Skiddaw House YH. With David, pleasant day after a misty start. | citygent | 21/07/2018 |
Quick morning trip up Skiddaw, Sale How and back via Skiddaw House. From Latrigg car park. | Geoff Briggs | 15/07/2018 |
14th and penultimate hill on this walk solo much better weather than 1st time round solo | colinfielding | 30/04/2018 |
From Blencathra Field Centre to Skiddaw House for an overnight stop; started late afternoon, wet weather and low cloud, began ascent to Burnt Horse at 4pm, duration 3h 35m: Burnt Horse Ridge - Lonscale Pike - Lonscale Fell - Jenkin Hill - Lesser Man - Little Man - Sale How | stevem76 | 25/04/2018 |
21km trek from cp at top of Gale Gill up to Lonscale Fell, Lonscale Peak, Burnt Horse, Sale How, Great Calva (camped), Little Calva, Bakestall, Skiddaw (crampons), Little Man and Jenkin Hill. A great winter trek with Mart, minus 20C in the evening made for a cold camp!! | John Eley | 23/02/2018 |
2 day hike & wild camp. 22km with John. Day 1: Lonscale Fell, Lonscale Pike [Lonscale Fell East Top], Burnt Horse, Sale How, Great Calva. Wild camp on N edge between Great Calva & Litte Calva very cold -15 approx wind chill. Day 2: Little Calva, Bakestall, Broad End, Skiddaw Tops (Crampons), Skiddaw Little Man, Lesser Man, Jenkin Hill. 35-40mph winds. Parked at cp behind Latrigg (icy road on steep approach) | Rotorslap | 23/02/2018 |
Included as part of climb from A591 to Skiddaw summit in full winter conditions returning over Ullock Pike. | Frogreen | 04/02/2018 |
FR | Vin | 24/01/2018 |
with MVW | Frank | 24/01/2018 |
From Carl Side. Beautiful winter light. Back up and on to Lesser Man via Little Man. | Wycombe Wanderer | 10/12/2017 |
Walking leader for 16th Harrogate Scouts Mountaineering Weekend 
Routes changed on the fly due to forestry and flood alleviation works at Dodd fell, wood & car-park. Lead team of explorer scouts and adults to Skiddaw from Underskiddaw via Cumbria Way, Skiddaw House & Sale How. Weather mostly fine, odd shower, moderate NW wind, Some summit cloud. | higlett | 18/11/2017 |
Gale Road carpark, Cumbria Way to Skiddaw House then over Sale Howe to Skiddaw (all four tops); returned down direct path to the car park. Breezy, patchy sun, temperature around freezing. With D and L | Skip | 11/11/2017 |
On my own, part of round from Gale Road end car park. Lonscale Fell both tops, Burnt Horse, Skiddaw House, Great Calva, Hare Crag, Sale How & Jenkin Hill. Showery day but very enjoyable round (17.4km, 1206m ascent). | alwaysinshorts | 09/09/2017 |
Parked at Peter House Farm at 249323. The 5th of 10 tops on an anticlockwise circuit above the Dash Valley. From Skiddaw, S. & then SE down bridleway & then E. along good track to the summit outcrop. Continued to Hare Crag. (PM CM) | gerrybowes | 15/08/2017 |
CJM | 15/08/2017 | |
Parked at the Gale Road Car park then Lonscale Fell, Lonscale Pike, Jenkin Hill, Lesser Man, Little Man and then across and down to Sale How before heading back up to main path then down to Gale Road. | Dugswell2 | 18/07/2017 |
Cockup, Bakestall, Broad End, Skiddaw North Top, Skiddaw, Skiddaw Middle Top, Skiddaw South Top, Skiddaw Little Man, Sale How | keithouk | 02/07/2017 |
Cracking day part of a round of Lonscale,Jenkin Hill,Lesser Man,all the Birketts on Skiddaw,Broad End,Hare Crag,Sale How.From Latrigg Car park 9 miles,3,700 of climbing | jocks1 | 01/07/2017 |
On English 3000s walk (Keswick-Skiddaw-Hellvellyn-Seatoller). | aucuparia | 12/06/2017 |
Nuttall Walk EN 1.2 Skiddaw from Ravenstone, visiting Watches, Ullock Pike, Long Side, Carl Side, Skiddaw (all tops), Skiddaw Little Man, Skiddaw Lesser Man, Lonscale Fell, Jenkin Hill, Lonscale Pike, Sale How and Hare Crag. 21km with 1400m ascent in 8 hours. (S) | silveracorn_alan | 25/03/2017 |
bagged on way back from summiting Skiddaw | jmistry86 | 20/03/2017 |
w/ G, full round - day 2 | Tom D | 12/03/2017 |
SR, NB. | Frank | 08/02/2017 |
From Latrigg cp Lonscale, little man, sale how,Burnt Horse | Bheinn | 08/02/2017 |
dropped off Skiddaw and onwards to Skiddaw house ...a slog in deep snow | Havenchris | 23/11/2016 |
ghaley | 04/10/2016 | |
From main car park to the south. Over Little Man, Shiddaw Man, Longside and Carl Side. Over ridge again to Sale How. | mike.hoult | 23/09/2016 |
on a bright day with Dik, the North East ridge of Lonscale fell, then onto the summit, followed by Skiddaw Lower Man and a descent over Sale How with a cuppa at Skiddaw House | Lou | 10/09/2016 |
lonscale fell, lonscale fell east top, jenkin hill, lesser man, little man, carl side, long side, ullock pike, skiddaw south top, skiddaw middle top, skiddaw, skiddaw north top, broad end, bakestall, hare crag, sale how, burnt horse back along cumbria way to cp. | robertphillips | 08/05/2016 |
White Hause, Little and Great Calva, Sale How, Burnt Horse and Lonscale east top and summit from the X4 bus stop at High Side to Keswick. | Eddie | 02/05/2016 |