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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
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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.mavero1015/10/2023
Honister, Grey Knotts, Brandreth, Base Brown, Green Gable, Windy Gap, Great Gable, Kirk Fell, Windy Gap, Seathwaite Fell, Honister over Seatoller Fell.AvidSockWearer09/09/2023
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. /Dmeltdiceburg09/09/2023
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_alan16/08/2023
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.Westdenewalker11/08/2023
From Honister pass to Green Gable > Great Gable > back over Green Gable > Brandreth > Grey Knotts. accompanied by WestdeneWalker.Kwalkway11/08/2023
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.ByronHaywood22/06/2023
With BenGothicGeo06/06/2023
Boss sunny day with GarethKenny Morris29/05/2023
Seathwaite -Base Brown-Green Gable-Great Gable-Kirk Fellbenarbia no 327/05/2023
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/72177720308686780SalmonJoe24/05/2023
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.nukeboy118/05/2023
R K Superb Richard Tait25/04/2023
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.Victor03/04/2023
Company: SCiandesbottes02/04/2023
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.Sedge01/03/2023
R great day Westmorland Cairn lunch with Raven Richard Tait26/01/2023
Wainwright Walk 24: (Great Gable & Kirk Fell)DavidHiner01/12/2022
Remembrance Day Service. A beautiful day. With Rob, Gill, Bryher and Rick.jenx13/11/2022
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 GablesWinter Round08/11/2022
MFMcLjohn steel11/10/2022
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 FellIan Baines23/08/2022
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
Headed off to Kirk Fell after this.munkyennui18/06/2022
From Seatoller. 13 km, 1000 m asc. Up the old toll road to Honister Hause and up by the fence to Grey Knotts summit, on to Brandreth summit cairns and S to Green Gable summit. Drop to Windy Gap and up to Great Gable summit. Back down to Windy Gap, over Green Gable and down the NE ridge to Base Brown summit. Continue NE down the nose and mess about finding a good route NW below the Hanging Stone to join the stony Gillercomb path to Seathwaite by Sourmilk Gill waterfalls and Seathwaite Slabs. To Seatoller by the road. Dry, mild, unusually quiet - where is everyone? Platinum Jubilee! https://www.flickr.com/photos/samandjo/albums/72177720299661696SalmonJoe05/06/2022
67km hike over 3 days with GFE from Keswick inc 2 nights camping. Eagle Crag, Sergeant's Crag, Rosthwaite Fell - Bessyboot, Rosthwaite Fell, Base Brown, Green Gable, Great Gable, Newlands Pass, Knott Rigg, Ill Crag (Newlands), Ard Crags, Aikin Knott. So horribly wet. Descended down the scree. Horrible. Good thing the pub was at the bottom.Fionalevey03/06/2022
After Kirk Fell and on to Green Gablebenarbia again27/05/2022
From Seathwaite Farm via Sour Milk Gill, Gillercomb, Green Gable and Windy Gap. Descent via Styhead and Stockley Bridge.afoster15/05/2022
Wedding anniversary walk with Becks.DaveT30/04/2022
with FayJamesJolly30/04/2022
Completed as part of route from Keswick to buttermere on the great Lakeland 3 dayeremily30/04/2022
Veryhappybunny29/04/2022
Base Brown and The Gables from Seathwaite. Base Brown - Green Gable - Great Gablesms.3719/03/2022
My seventh Remembrance on Gable. Met Lindsey at Countess on Sat. Left Burton in Kendal TL 6.15am Sun, paid to park in Seathwaite Farm field at 7.45am, started walking approx 8am, summit at 10.45am. Mild, light breeze, patchy sun, very little cloud on hills. Route was Sour Milk Gill, Gillercombe, Blackmore Pols, Green Gable, Windy Gap then summit. Descent straight down to Styhead stretcher box then lazy walk out on main Styhead Gill path via Stockley Bridge. Cuppa at Borrowdale YHASkip14/11/2021
12km circuit from Seathwaite in 5.5hrs. Base brown, green gable, great gable, brandreth, grey knottsNicky C12/10/2021
Alone. Along ridge from Grey Knotts, Brandreth and Green Gable. Mild & dry but misty on summits. Descent via Moses’ Trod. Very stony & hard on the feet!Gazza195111/10/2021
Enjoyable scramble up from Windy Gaptrimarc208/10/2021
Assent along Spouthead Gill to dry Tarn. Do wet and grey to go to Green Gable. So took the descent down the west side. Almost skated down the rocksNCurtis26/09/2021
with Tony after Sphinx Ridge etc HardenC16/09/2021
Climbed from Borrowdale, great views all around. Climbed with PDTor worth it01/09/2021
Approach from Honister pass, followed Moses Trod, fresh breeze at times, good weather, blue skies, little cloud. Just a couple of other walkers at the summit, made the short detour to Westmorland cairn before descent to Windy gap.Marksalop26/08/2021
Long uphill slog from Wasdale Head to Beck Head pass in hot dry conditions. Final section up the the summit was steep and in parts tricky due to loose scree. Summit white rocky moon-like with amazing 360 views over Scafell Massif and Lakeland Fells.philip_firth21/07/2021
Ennerdale wild camp day 2MrChris198013/07/2021
Great day out. Did the Ennerdale round, anticlockwise.siholden02/07/2021
With Alfie. Came up from Green Gable. Down via Windy Gap and Aaron Slack. A warm sunny day but very quiet. We only met 5 people all the way back to Seathwaite Farm! W138 Rnd6.Dangerous Dave20/06/2021
11.1 mile walk from Honister Pass. Followed good path towards Green Gable with a brief diversion onto Brandreth's Summit then followed path onto Green Gable, then followed horrible scree-covered path down to Windy Gap col. From here ascending Great Gable over rocks and boulders to summit. Had the top to ourselves, it was only about 9.30am though. From Great Gable we descended path back to Windy Gap and followed Moses's Trod towards Haystacks following trail near Seavey Knott to summit. From summit we followed main path by Little Round How and then followed hard-to-find trail onto Fleetwith Pike, descending back to Honister and car. 1186m ascent. Clear with high cloud cover, amazing views. Saw quite a lot of people on Haystacks, not many others elsewhere!DanTrig15/06/2021
Parked at Wasdale Head, up past the church, Beck Head, Great Gable, Beck Head, Rib end, Kirk Fell and straight back down to car park.Chipstertrain14/05/2021
A long ridge-walking day: Scafell Pike, Great End, Great Gable, Kirk Fell, Pillar, Red Pike, Yewbarrow. 25km in 11h, 2400m total ascentytropek01/05/2021
R via Gt Napes and Lt Hellgate v loose Richard Tait28/04/2021
Solo, running fr Seathwaite, cloudless morning but sunshine somehow ruddy, all hills look parched and golden, like Arizona not Cumbria. Still a great place to be - not too windy, too cold or too hot! Stunning pictures.NorfolkPT2115/04/2021