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Name: | Base Brown |
Hill number: | 2439 |
Height: | 646m / 2119ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2367 Great Gable |
RHB Section: | 34B: Lake District - Central & Western Fells |
Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Lake District - Western Fells |
County/UA: | Cumberland |
Catchment: | Derwent (Workington) |
Class: | Simm, Hewitt, Nuttall, Wainwright, Birkett, Synge, Fellranger, Buxton & Lewis, Bridge (Tu,Sim,Hew,N,W,B,Sy,Fel,BL,Bg) |
Grid ref: | NY 22516 11464 |
Summit feature: | cairn |
Drop: | 38m |
Col: | 608m NY221111 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 89 90 (1:25k) OL4S |
Survey: | Abney level |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 1129 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
Enjoyed the last walk of the holiday | ejjohnstone | 14/12/2023 |
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 |
12.1 miles 3757ft walk,start at Honister Pass NT carpark to Honister Crag, Fleetwith Pike, Haystacks, Base Brown, Brandreth, Grey Knotts and Green Gable. | stephenbuda | 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 |
Gillercomb Round from Seathwaite, Base Brown via Sourmilk Gill, Green Gable, Brandreth, Grey Knotts and back down via the old plumbago mines. Super hot. | MountainTerrier | 06/09/2023 |
From Seathwaite camp site via sourmilk gill. Nice gill | electricratman | 17/08/2023 |
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 |
Walked with Anna, Steve Wood, John and Ruth Noonan. Stayed at Annas for the weekend, following few days in Shepherds Hut in Scales. Weather really changeable. Completed with Seathwaite Fell and came down a different way than I did a few days earlier. | River-Girl | 08/07/2023 |
Walked solo after staying overnight in Shepherds Hut near Scales. Weather drizzly but visibility okay. Parked at Seathwaite. Walked up waterfalls from Sourmilk Gill to pick up Base Brown. Then walked to Green Gable, bypassed Great Gable and did a there and back to Kirk Fell. I walked back directly under the crags of Great Gable, to miss the horrible scree path up to Windy Gap. | River-Girl | 06/07/2023 |
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 |
/7661858307 | ravioli7938 | 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 |
Company: SC | iandesbottes | 02/04/2023 |
Wainwright Walk 49: (Green Gable, Brandreth, Grey Knotts & Base Brown) | DavidHiner | 15/03/2023 |
Big loop up from Seathawaite Farm, 6 new Ws (9 total). | atreides7887 | 25/02/2023 |
From seathwaite - great route direct. | emily | 11/01/2023 |
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 |
MFMcL | john steel | 11/10/2022 |
Wasdale Round with Miles, one I hadn't done | visionset | 09/08/2022 |
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. Failed to find the Green gable North face traverse in the mist. Short diversion up towards Green Gable summit. | Peter_W_Mitchell | 22/07/2022 |
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/72177720299661696 | SalmonJoe | 05/06/2022 |
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. Wet. | Fionalevey | 03/06/2022 |
Kirk Fell- Great Gable - Green Gable -Base Brown from Wasdale Head. Last one of my second round! | benarbia again | 27/05/2022 |
From Seatoller. Base Brown, Brandreth, Grey Knotts, Fleetwith Pike and Honister Pike. 16k 3000ft elevation. Lovely warm day. | nell1583 | 14/05/2022 |
Wedding anniversary walk with Becks. | DaveT | 30/04/2022 |
with Fay | JamesJolly | 30/04/2022 |
R K | Richard Tait | 19/04/2022 |
Path up the side of sour milk ghyll from Seathwaite farm. Followed the path at the base of the fell through the valley and then ascent at the end. Double back towards the left along the ridge to reach the summit. Snow capped and icy ground | keenwalker | 31/03/2022 |
Bob & Duke Wednesday 23rd/3/2022 Z 1448 hrs. | DukeNukem | 23/03/2022 |
Base Brown and The Gables from Seathwaite. Base Brown - Green Gable - Great Gable | sms.37 | 19/03/2022 |
4 of 5 on 6 mile hike starting at honister slate mine car park. Easy enough to get to from green gable. It was the descent after the summit that found to be quite tricky ended up taking a couple of wrong turns then had to reascend a couple of times. All good fun. Wainwright no. 76 | The-Z-Man | 24/02/2022 |
RRDPTH up scrambling route | Richard Tait | 25/10/2021 |
12km circuit from Seathwaite in 5.5hrs. Base brown, green gable, great gable, brandreth, grey knotts | Nicky C | 12/10/2021 |
Ascent from Borrowdale, done with PD | Tor worth it | 01/09/2021 |
Seathwaite Fell and Base Brown with Bassy. Stayed at Buttermere YHA. | robba_wag | 11/07/2021 |
Walked from Seatoller. Up by Sour Milk Gill then the path under the Hanging Stone onto the north ridge. A lovely sunny day out with Alfie. W136 Rnd6. | Dangerous Dave | 20/06/2021 |
Honister Hause > Grey Knotts > Brandreth > Base Brown > Green Gable > Windy Gap > Moses' Trod > Old Tramway > Honister Hause. Just me and H and not many others seen. Dry Day with quite a bit of high cloud, cold wind on the higher ground but feeling warm when sheltered lower down. Ground really quite dry. | johnkaysleftleg | 21/04/2021 |
Birthday walk with Emma C and Betty, onto Brandreth and Grey Knott | ESkelton | 01/12/2020 |
Base Brown, Green Gable, and Great Gable from Seathwaite. Visibility and weather poor. Was going to go a longer route, but cut short. | peterforeman | 28/09/2020 |
Wed 26/08/2020: Seathwaite - Base Brown (scramble) - Green Gable - Great Gable - Styhead - cloud and drizzle on tops | mnph | 26/08/2020 |
2nd visit here. Starting again from Seathwaite up to Gillercomb to the col between Base Brown and Green Gable. Up to Base Brown then backtracked to the col and onto the 2 gables. Down to Styhead and the path back to Seathwaite | Wayne Mac | 11/07/2020 |
Decent from green gable with Lucy and kay | Lauralj84 | 24/06/2020 |
date estimated | fellstoby | 01/01/2020 |
With Jules ,Kev ,Wendy & Jill on a clear dry day | Grey Hare | 31/10/2019 |
Parked near the farm at seathwaite and headed over to the foot of sour milk gill and followed the path up alongside. Stone paths with the odd scrambling section nothing technical. Descended down from the summit on a path which weaved down to the wall. With Richie. | Zoe Little | 27/10/2019 |
Start Seathwaite. Ascent via Sourmilk Ghyll | Paul_142_uk | 10/09/2019 |
From Seathwaite, Base Brown, Green Gable, Great Gable, Return via Sty Head. MVW and FR | Bheinn | 20/08/2019 |