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Name:Buckbarrow
Hill number:2497
Height:423m / 1388ft
Parent (Ma):2427  Seatallan
RHB Section:34B: Lake District - Central & Western Fells
Nuttall/Wainwright area:Lake District - Western Fells
County/UA:Cumberland
Catchment:Irt
Class:Wainwright, Birkett, Synge, Fellranger
(W,B,Sy,Fel)
Grid ref:NY 13570 06125
Summit feature:cairn
Drop:4m
Col:419m  NY135061  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 89
(1:25k) OL6N 303
Survey:obvious summit
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 894 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all)ByDate of Ascent
With ChristineKeith9904/11/2023
With Keithchristine9904/11/2023
on the descent from seatallenemily03/11/2023
With Janet.GordyH13/09/2023
A repeat for my 4th Wainwright Round: Middle Fell, Seatallan, and Buckbarrow from Greendale. 9km with 770m ascent in 3h 30m.silverwolf_alan25/08/2023
Parked at Greendale Cottages - up middle fell, round to Seatallan then back down via Buckbarrow. 5 miles 4 hoursMozzer16/08/2023
Parked at Greendale Cottages - up middle fell, round to Seatallan then back down via Buckbarrow. 5 miles 4 hoursSammy T16/08/2023
Climbed with Alex. Lovely sunny day. Went onto Seatallan and then Middle FellMrD06/08/2023
Greendale Round. Middle Fell - Seatallen - Cat Bields - Glade How - Buckbarrow. Hot. Clear. Great.MountainTerrier13/05/2023
From Greendale. 10.5 km, 750 m asc. Up N to Middle Fell and continuing N and NW down to the Greendale bog and Winscale Hows. Up Seatallan by the SW ridge and down to Cat bields and the Glade How and Buckbarrow summits. Back by Gill Beck. Warm and still. Coronation quiet. https://www.flickr.com/photos/samandjo/albums/72177720308113640SalmonJoe06/05/2023
From Greendale, as a fell run: Middle Fell, skirted to the N of Seatallan (boggy), Haycock, Seatallan, Buckbarrow. Some lovely running, hardly saw a soul and the weather stayed good. 15km, 2h 45Rockdoctor06/05/2023
Wainwright Walk 39: Spider (Seatallan, Middle Fell & Buckbarrow)DavidHiner14/02/2023
Final wainwright of the day. Cool cairn and also on descent came across Joss Naylor rebuilt cairn to Queen Mum. Company: SCiandesbottes12/02/2023
solo walk (with Jess).jonsutterby7108/01/2023
Gill Beck - Buckbarrow - Glade How - Seatallan - Middle Fell. Best views from Middle Fell so don't skip it.squeegs24/09/2022
From Greendale to Middle Fell then down to tarn and straight up to summit.NormanW29/08/2022
Path from opposite Gill Farm, up between wall and becktrimarc223/08/2022
5 of 6 and first day of a week in the lakes. Couldn’t find the path down so a difficult descent down tongues gill in high ferns. Wainwright no. 84The-Z-Man17/08/2022
Walked with Dad and Jennifer. meeting Mum and Rosie at the summit.AJScourfield08/08/2022
With AJ and Billy.DaveT27/07/2022
With Suzannedc9616/07/2022
3rd day minus the pack, left at camp. Buckbarrow, Seatallen, Haycock, Caw Fell, Middle Fell. 12.2 miles 3500ft elevation.nell158313/07/2022
119windybilly27/06/2022
R Richard Tait04/06/2022
Seat How, Bleatarn Hill, Illgill Head, Whin Rigg, Buckbarrow, Glade Howkeithouk03/06/2022
Ascent from Wasdale (Harrow Head)LewisMat09/03/2022
From Buckbarrow CP, Greendale. 10 km, 740 m asc. Up by Gill Beck, over Buckbarrow, Glade How, Cat Bields and on to the Seatallan trig. Descend NE and contour SE over Winscale Hows to the P465 bog and up to Middle Fell summit. Descend SW and S to Greendale. Misty doldrums: the calm between the storms.SalmonJoe30/01/2022
Came down from Seatallan again! Solo. Descended on grassy path to Greendale Gill then down to Greendale. W198 Rnd6.Dangerous Dave21/12/2021
With: hb sb; From Greendale up SW ridge to summit of Middle Fell. Then NNW past Seatallan & up SSW ridge of Haycock. Across and back to Caw Fell. Returned over Seatallan & Buckbarrow, descending to SW to road.Ian Baines10/10/2021
Quick out and back with Lucy. Cloud was at around 1,000 feet. Parked in layby at Harrow Head, walked along road to Gill Beck and followed the path from there. We never even saw Mark Richards' (“do not try to clamber up this unless you are a competent climber”) great wall of rock.Nab Scar30/09/2021
With Pete On 3rd day of holiday. Middle Fell, Seatallen and BuckbarrowRiver-Girl06/09/2021
With Mikejd1602/09/2021
Buckbarrow from the road below, and then on to Glade How. Good views of Wasdale. 4km with 360m ascent in 1h 30m. (S)silveracorn_alan29/08/2021
Quick circuit from GreendaleDinoF22/08/2021
Wainwright 199.LANGDALE04/08/2021
Quick ascent from church stile farm, looking at the isle of man lights while chuffing on a fag happy as pieLauralj8401/08/2021
See Kamoot entry for full details/gpx download: https://www.komoot.com/tour/408260287outlawcatcher03/07/2021
Tom & Xiaohuitomparkes01/07/2021
On the way to Seatallan in the mist as the path followed the topsPhilipChaston11/06/2021
Mat, Ian PomTheslayer01/06/2021
On my own after staying at the StrandsLonnies31/05/2021
Ascent with Jayne Whitaker from Harrow Head in 2hrs 05mins.pwhitaker_196616/05/2021
R K Richard Tait18/03/2021
Hikewcroasdell12/10/2020
Neil, Zoe & Jeff.neilblair35311/10/2020
Via the Buckbarrow Gr 2 scramble, hardly worth itDavid Bell16/09/2020
With Adam from BHMC, late walk up, wild camp near summit. Warm & dry.alwaysinshorts14/09/2020
Middle Fell - Seatallan - Glade How - Buckbarrow. Persistant rain and little visibilityGary Heath23/08/2020
From Greendale via Glade How. With SanchoAnduril20/08/2020
Possibly Wainwright completion, although may have done this and a few others beforehand in my 20s unrecorded. Did a poor scramble up one of central ribs which was more heather than rockNick Canute20/07/2020