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| Name: | Great Gable |
| Hill number: | 2367 |
| Height: | 899m / 2949ft |
| RHB Section: | 34B: Lake District - Central & Western Fells |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Lake District - Western Fells |
| County/UA: | Cumberland |
| Catchment: | Catchment Boundaries, Calder & Ehen, Triples, Derwent (Workington), Irt |
| Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Simm, Hewitt, Nuttall, Wainwright, Birkett, High Hills of Britain, Synge, Fellranger, Buxton & Lewis, Bridge, Clem, Trail 100 (Ma,Hu,Tu,Sim,Hew,N,W,B,HHB,Sy,Fel,BL,Bg,Cm,T100) |
| Grid ref: | NY 21101 10320 |
| Summit feature: | rock |
| Drop: | 426m |
| Col: | 473.2m NY 2196 0947  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 89 90 (1:25k) OL4S OL6N |
| Survey: | obvious summit |
| Comments: | col surveyed by Leica RX1250 |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 2107 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| GuyF | 04/04/2367 | |
| Andrews | 07/01/2367 | |
| Day 6/38 of my Wainwright Challenge linking all 214 Wainwrights in one walk taking 38 days to mark my 70th Birthday. Today, solo, a circular hike from Honister Pass, traversing Honister Crag, Fleetwith Pike, Kirk Fell, Kirk Fell (E Top), Great Gable, Green Gable, Base Brown, Brandreth, Grey Knotts. A drier but cooler day, with good distant views. 19km with 1600m ascent taking 9 hours. | Alan_70+ | 17/04/2024 |
| Dawn walk up Latrigg. Followed by hike from Seathwaite via Gable Climbers Traverse and Napes Needle to Kirkfell, Great Gable, Green Gable and Base Brown. Stunning weather, light and hike. | mavero10 | 15/10/2023 |
| T&J | 15/10/2023 | |
| Honister, Grey Knotts, Brandreth, Base Brown, Green Gable, Windy Gap, Great Gable, Kirk Fell, Windy Gap, Seathwaite Fell, Honister over Seatoller Fell. | AvidSockWearer | 09/09/2023 |
| From Honister Mine. Grey Knotts, Brandreth, Base Brown, Green Gable, Windy Gap, Great Gable, Kirk Fell, Windy Gap, Seathwaite Fell, return to Honister over Seatoller Fell. 13.5 miles/2200m ascent. With AvidSockWearer. /D | meltdiceburg | 09/09/2023 |
| Pete R | 30/08/2023 | |
| RichardG | 18/08/2023 | |
| English Nuttall Walk 3.1: Great Gable from Honister Pass. Visiting Honister Crag, Fleetwith Pike, Kirk Fell, Kirk Fell East Top, Great Gable, Green Gable, Base Brown, Brandreth, Grey Knotts. A perfect day in the Lakes with great views, although the amount of scree on Gable's steep slopes is rather tiring. 20km with 1600m ascent, taking 9 hours. | silverwolf_alan | 16/08/2023 |
| From National Trust Car park, Honister Pass NY 2254 1353 Via Green Gable, then on to Brandreth & Grey Knotts, Via Green Gable. Returned to start. | Westdenewalker | 11/08/2023 |
| From Honister pass to Green Gable > Great Gable > back over Green Gable > Brandreth > Grey Knotts. accompanied by WestdeneWalker. | Kwalkway | 11/08/2023 |
| Katbus 27 | 08/08/2023 | |
| Amelie806 | 23/06/2023 | |
| From Wasdale Head, Lingmell Beck to Sty Head via the Bursting Knott, climbers traverse Scrambling along threaded through Napes Needle, the flake under arrowhead ridge and Sphinx rock. Scramble down little hells gate to climbers traverse, hit Gavel Neese and scrambled over White Napes & on to Great Gable. Amazing clear 360 views all around the Lakes. Down to Windy Gap, up to Green Gable. Quick there and back to Base Brown to almost the top of GG, to Brandeth and Grey Knotts then back towards Beck Head and last slog up Kirk Fell. We were Rewarded with the alt view of GG and amazing vistas over the Scafell Massif. Heading NW off the back of KF, through gully of Kirkfell crags, Black Sail Pass into Wasdale Head. | ByronHaywood | 22/06/2023 |
| Saz | 21/06/2023 | |
| With Ben | GothicGeo | 06/06/2023 |
| daveydubs81 | 06/06/2023 | |
| Boss sunny day with Gareth | Kenny Morris | 29/05/2023 |
| Seathwaite -Base Brown-Green Gable-Great Gable-Kirk Fell | benarbia no 3 | 27/05/2023 |
| From Seatoller. 13 km, 1000 m asc. To Seathwaite and Sourmilk Gill, leaving the Gillercomb path to climb SE to join the Big Rock and Hanging Stone traverse path and climbing up to Base Brown summit. SW to Green Gable, down to Wind Gap and up to the memorial and summit of Great Gable. Back over Green Gable and N to Brandreth and Grey Knotts summits. NE down the fence to Honister Hause and back by the old toll road. Dry, sunny. https://www.flickr.com/photos/samandjo/albums/72177720308686780 | SalmonJoe | 24/05/2023 |
| ALHEJ Wilkins | 21/05/2023 | |
| HillBaggerIan | 20/05/2023 | |
| granitegirl | 20/05/2023 | |
| TheWanderer27 | 20/05/2023 | |
| Bruckner7 | 19/05/2023 | |
| With DW from the top of the lake. Clear to 700m then claggy, then grotty on the top. Typically it all cleared out twenty mins after we'd started our descent. | nukeboy1 | 18/05/2023 |
| JackMoss98 | 17/05/2023 | |
| paul wilson | 16/05/2023 | |
| jaizinho | 27/04/2023 | |
| R K Superb | Richard Tait | 25/04/2023 |
| Vatsmith | 18/04/2023 | |
| From Honister Slate Mine, over Grey Knotts, Brandreth, Green Gable and Great Gable, Back by lower path to Honister Mine. Great views particularly down Ennerdale and Buttermere. With Ben. | Victor | 03/04/2023 |
| Company: SC | iandesbottes | 02/04/2023 |
| From Honister Pass. W/TH & Teddy. The warning in Wainwright is correct re the descent to Beck Head (Great Gable 22) - avoid the scree runs on the west side if possible, but the path down the angle of the west & north faces is difficult to locate in mist. We ended up on the worn out scree runs, so not sure what the other path is like. | Sedge | 01/03/2023 |
| Jane Tinning | 06/02/2023 | |
| Hootsjimmie | 05/02/2023 | |
| R great day Westmorland Cairn lunch with Raven | Richard Tait | 26/01/2023 |
| Wainwright Walk 24: (Great Gable & Kirk Fell) | DavidHiner | 01/12/2022 |
| Remembrance Day Service. A beautiful day. With Rob, Gill, Bryher and Rick. | jenx | 13/11/2022 |
| EKilburn | 13/11/2022 | |
| Challenging weather solo day (hail, horiz rain, 60mph+ wind). Boggy in places and most paths raging torrents by the end of the day. Parked at Honister slate mine and did Grey Knotts, Brandreth, Green Gable, Great Gable and Base Brown. Very, very windy over both Gables | Winter Round | 08/11/2022 |
| outlawcatcher | 18/10/2022 | |
| MFMcL | john steel | 11/10/2022 |
| daveyf2001 | 27/09/2022 | |
| AllorNothing1981 | 10/09/2022 | |
| Brianh909 | 26/08/2022 | |
| With: hb sb; From Sprinkling Tarn down to Styhead then via breast route up to Great Gable. Descended steeply down to Beck Head then after injury I descended to Wasdale Head with hb. SB did Kirk Fell | Ian Baines | 23/08/2022 |
| hollisclan | 17/08/2022 | |
| Parked at Honister Pass NT car park. SIMMS on Nuttall 3.1. Brandreth -> Base Brown -> Green Gable -> Great Gable -> Kirk Fell East Top -> Kirk Fell ->Fleetwith Pike. Struggled to find the way down NW in mist. If in doubt, keep N. | Peter_W_Mitchell | 22/07/2022 |