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| Name: | Bluecaster |
| Hill number: | 16401 |
| Height: | 345m / 1132ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2730 Baugh Fell - Tarn Rigg Hill |
| RHB Section: | 35A: The Northern Pennines |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Yorkshire Dales - Northern Fells |
| County/UA: | Westmorland and Furness |
| Catchment: | Lune |
| Class: | Tump (300-399m) (Tu,3) |
| Grid ref: | SD 71172 96892 |
| Summit feature: | cairn |
| Drop: | 43m |
| Col: | 302m SD715967  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 98 (1:25k) OL19S |
| Survey: | obvious summit |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 63 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Solo from the parking area by Rawthey Bridge. Rawthey Bridge - Bluecaster summit - Cross Keys - Cautley Spout - Narthwaite - Rawthey Bridge. Perfect weather. | ADT | 25/02/2024 |
| Andy West | 07/02/2024 | |
| Well definitely no prizes for picking locations weatherwise this weekend. Driving wind in the Wainwrights on Friday and driving rain in the Howgills. Boo and I off for a dry towel and a cup of hot chocolate. | Alphaville199 | 04/02/2024 |
| TK | 30/09/2023 | |
| From Rawthey Bridge, avoiding the quagmire at the start of the track. Otherwise, a lovely evening stroll | Colin Crawford | 27/07/2023 |
| From Rawthey Bridge along good track to finger post then followed bridleway to where a faint path follows ridge over top. Down to Cross Keys and up Yarlside | trimarc2 | 30/05/2023 |
| 1/2 Bluecaster from near the Cross Keys, then down to the road, cross over and up onto Harter Fell, then back via the side valley to Cross Keys. Four hours, walking with Alan Jones from our group. | nickywood1 | 19/02/2023 |
| From layby on A683 after climbing Wandale Hill | Galltywenallt | 14/12/2022 |
| Howgills rearing so steeply & magnificently close by around Cautley Spout -memories of going straight up for 500m on the OMM. Complete opposite here for an imperceptible mile incline of rough grass - take something to eat, do, think about or just keep looking back at the Howgills. Friendly farmer advised me t' park agin barrn -such a great Cumbrian accent I wanted to ask him more to hear more. No path just rough ground from optimistic finger post to SW although ATV track lies teasingly 100m north of Bluecaster Cottages and goes much of the way you want to go once / if you stumble across it. | Chris Pearson | 25/03/2022 |
| as per Jim Bloomer | George Gradwell | 23/03/2022 |
| David Gradwell | 23/03/2022 | |
| Edwin Gradwell | 23/03/2022 | |
| dickiewren | 13/03/2022 | |
| A W Bryan | 08/03/2022 | |
| Took path from Rawthey Bridge and then the right fork. Ascended cross country from a post. | JohnW | 06/03/2022 |
| From large parking area about 100m from Rawthey Bridge in Sedbergh direction. Old road, then bridleway to its crest then a direct line to top- rough to start but easy pasture soon after. A nice surprise was a grassy path going NE from the HP as this was our planned way back, regaining the bw by an intriguing line of shake holes (usually=drier going). A pleasanter than expected short walk, with brother, Pete. | pwheeler | 15/06/2021 |
| Anton | 01/06/2021 | |
| From Rawthey Bridge. Cut straight down to road to avoid bog on return | conanharrod | 31/03/2021 |
| softsquare | 06/09/2020 | |
| DC11main | 11/07/2020 | |
| W/Wright WotHF no.28. | Sedge | 29/06/2020 |
| From Rawthey Bridge after bagging both Baugh Fell summits. Good views of the Howgills | Gary Heath | 25/05/2020 |
| Ruth | 25/05/2020 | |
| 07.45 wander up from SW | vegibagger | 17/03/2020 |
| From north in late afternoon sunshine. | Wycombe Wanderer | 06/02/2020 |
| m0untain_n0mad | 27/08/2019 | |
| On a Gargrave station to Sedbergh walk via Holmes Moss and this top, followed by Fawcett Bank. For a small hill, it certainly packs a punch with the exquisite views across to the Howgills. | JOHNS | 23/06/2019 |
| From RAWTHEY BRIDGE | cjo | 18/05/2019 |
| From SW on ATV track right to the top well described by Martin R. Very pleasant, gentle walk all the way | carole engel | 24/02/2019 |
| From a large parking area 110m W of Rawthey Bridge. Good track for the first half (to SD 7093 9742) then a direct route over the rough from there. Nice little cairn at the top. | jonglew | 16/12/2018 |
| From Rawthey Bridge. Access Land. Dogs permitted. Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 02/07/2018 |
| Kendall | 21/05/2018 | |
| Bluecaster from GR: SD 71213 97903 | ronaldo333 | 18/03/2018 |
| Alan Moore | 25/10/2017 | |
| AlanD | 01/06/2017 | |
| From Bluecaster Side. Ignore the bridleway sign and carry on to SD70153 96406 pick up at track most of way to summit. Part of a bid for all traditional Yorkshire P30, including those stolen by Cumbria. | Martin R | 07/03/2017 |
| Parked at Rawthey Bridge, crossed road and through gate to follow byway to where it meets bridleway, then tracks right to summit. | Fisky Boy | 08/05/2016 |
| With Fisky Boy | Brenda Cloke | 08/05/2016 |
| With Catman. | oscarrosie | 14/04/2016 |
| Parked near Rawthey Bridge.Followed Bridleway to marker,then followed trod which eventually petered out.Easy ground thereafter.Fine views of the Howgills.With Oscar. | catman | 14/04/2016 |
| mae | 10/02/2016 | |
| hughbagger | 17/10/2015 | |
| With Jo, from Cross Keys: fp past High House, then across moor onto Bluecaster. Weather, cloudy, cool breeze, moderate visibility. | amblerbob | 11/10/2015 |
| Alan Caine | 15/08/2015 | |
| Large parking area just SW of Rawthey bridge (alt 702ft). Follow the old county road as far as a waymark post on the crossing bridleway then pick up an easy direct line to the summit. | moorsman | 19/06/2015 |
| From road end to SW (beyond gate). Good parking. Head NNE up main track for 100m then turn R on atv track - all the way to the top. | jimbloomer | 18/04/2015 |
| From N, large layby W of bridge. Gorgeous afternoon. | RHW | 22/03/2015 |
| maknipe | 10/02/2015 | |
| Lucky | 10/02/2015 | |
| From road bridge to North, follow BW and cut up hill. Good view to Howgills. | nordicstar | 05/12/2014 |