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Name:Great Shunner Fell
Hill number:2716
Height:716m / 2349ft
RHB Section:35A: The Northern Pennines
Nuttall/Wainwright area:Yorkshire Dales - Northern Fells
County/UA:North Yorkshire
Catchment:Ouse (York)
Class:Marilyn, Hump, Simm, Hewitt, Nuttall,
Buxton & Lewis, Bridge, Clem
(Ma,Hu,Tu,Sim,Hew,N,BL,Bg,Cm)
Grid ref:SD 84862 97289
Summit feature:windshelter
Drop:297m
Col:419m  NY880126  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 98
(1:25k) OL19S OL30N
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 754 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all)ByDate of Ascent
jofaire19/05/2716
GuyF04/04/2716
from cattle grid easy parking, hood rigg, little shunner fell fence line shelter has been built against trig point 7.2 ks 2 hrsunderhill16/03/2024
From cattle grid top of road. Just follow fence, an atv vehicle has, makes it even easier. Interesting seat shelter at top.hils25/02/2024
Carrie 03/02/2024
In the snowBugglePopples04/12/2023
Great Shunner Fell and Lovely Seat from the HP of the minor road, ground frozen quad tracks to both.robertphillips25/11/2023
TK29/09/2023
ketzster19/09/2023
Nuttall Walk EN 11.6. Great Shunner Fell up the Pennine Way from Hardraw, then across country to Lovely Seat, and back via Sedbusk. 21km with 700m ascent, taking just under 6 hours.silverwolf_alan17/09/2023
OLIVERS13/08/2023
Ringouzel13/08/2023
Hawes - Lovely Seat - Little Shunner Fell - Great Shunner Fell - HawesAJWSmith09/08/2023
On ldwa A Foot in 2 Dalesdaviemore15/07/2023
Martyn109/07/2023
oliversalmon08/07/2023
With Lovely Seat, from parking at Cattle Grid.mazz19/06/2023
Adrian218/06/2023
Been a rather depressing week for me and the Boo. We both needed cheering up and GSF was a good antidote. Not overtaxing but just looked a very long way away until you stood on the top from the Hardraw direction.Alphaville19918/05/2023
From Hardraw via the Pennine Way. Fine whale-back with extensive views.GWR Chris16/05/2023
David S02/05/2023
From Thwaite via Pennine Way. Wintery showers, patchy snow towards summit.steve_a12/04/2023
haylesb08/04/2023
haylesb07/04/2023
wainwrighteer26/03/2023
granitegirl15/01/2023
willc999901/01/2023
Hawes - Great Shunner FellJHes10/12/2022
On the Pennine Way from Hardraw on a gloriously sunny day, returning via the old mine workings on Jinglemea Bog and Cotterdale.milimana13/10/2022
Wayne Morris10/10/2022
irobbo17/09/2022
RowanC630/08/2022
Emma 27/08/2022
With Tony & John. Dales 30 no 24.LANGDALE18/08/2022
ScaSey19/07/2022
Bagged as part of the Afoot In Two Dales Challenge hikedazedemon16/07/2022
From cattle grid, as others, followed the boundary fence most times.iangalbraith01/07/2022
Smog17/06/2022
Buttertubs pass cattle grid -> Great Shunner Fell -> Buttertubs -> Lovely Seat -> Buttertubs pass cattle gridbriandiggle14/06/2022
SalHP29/05/2022
ian_hodgepig29/05/2022
SallyHodgepig29/05/2022
Top in mist and rain - cleared up as we descended into Swaledale. Met Kate Durran on the way down.nevillehargreaves06/05/2022
With Sue and NB from Thwaite, PW to Stoney Band and Shunner Fell, drop to Little SF and follow fence to road and cattle grid and up to Lovely Seat. Descend by Greenseat Beck and lanes and paths to start. Sunny and cold wind.Frank19/04/2022
On Pennine Way.PGCE14/04/2022
From Sedbusk, adaptation of Nuttall walk 11.6. Path to Hardraw , Pennine Way thencontrary to book and maps, the fence goes all the way to cattle grid on Buttertops pass road, followed fence to summit of Lovely Seat. Descended roughly parallel to road to pick u good bridleway back to Sedbusk.Lazylizzie02/04/2022
Ascent from YHA Hawes, following the Pennine Way. Then directly across to Lovely Seat crossing the Buttertubs Pass road.OM1227/03/2022
Joekemp23/03/2022
PhilD9605/03/2022
mylesm1309/01/2022