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Name:Great How
Hill number:16190
Height:211m / 692ft
Parent (Ma):2673  Holme Fell
RHB Section:34D: Southern Cumbria
Nuttall/Wainwright area:Lake District - Southern Fells
County/UA:Westmorland and Furness
Catchment:Leven (Ulverston)
Class:Tump (200-299m)
(Tu,2)
Grid ref:NY 32221 02592
Summit feature:large boulder on rock outcrop
Drop:57m
Col:154m  NY322021  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 90
(1:25k) OL7N
Observations:cairn on outcrop 65m SW at NY 32180 02539 is 1m lower
Survey:Abney level
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 73 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all)ByDate of Ascent
2nd visit. Storm Babet. 7 hrs on my feet covering 21 km linking 12 low hills (5 repeat tumps & 7 new sub-tumps) on a circuit from Knipe Fold. Took a battering from Storm Babet from the met office forecast of 'Gales or severe gales northeasterly winds, even at lower levels and stormy on the tops' munching my sandwiches on the go along the tarmac track. Gate from N into arduous deep dead bracken - between grassy bits, not far to summit but mighty tiring. Worse going down as bracken tangled itself around legs Had spied and conquered Tongue Intake Plantation a fun minor craggy top in the woods to NE thinking it may be P20+ but saw it was connected to Great How by a tongue (hence its name ) of higher land once on top. Onwards to Little Langdale -after retreating from row leading to underwater stepping stones (no OS map symbol for stepping stones!)Chris Pearson20/10/2023
Chris Pearson 220/10/2023
Hillsidenick25/05/2023
A loop from the Tarn Hows CP, taking in Tom Heights, Black Fell, Park Fell, Great How and Holme Fell, finishing with a climb up past the waterfalls in spate.summitter17/10/2022
A quiet, peaceful evening walk after watching HM The Queen's funeral. From Tilberthwaite to Little Langdale and back, visiting Great How and Fletcher's Wood. 11km with 300m ascent in 2.5 hours.silveracorn_alan19/09/2022
Parking at the road junction to the SE. The road up to Stang End is as public hard surfaced road. Despite notices warning that there are no parking places along it, there are in fact a couple just before the summit. Gate due east of the hill summit gives easy access, though there is a minor boggy area to crossmoorsman20/05/2022
Dawn Oldham13/03/2022
Parking just off A593 and then as others down the lane and over the gate.Alan Caine29/11/2021
DARRENG12/09/2021
Ascended this hill after Park Fell. A fine summit, although the mist came in whilst on top.JohnW17/03/2020
amblemark23/02/2020
Walked up from Skelwith Bridge with L past waterfall. Great views considering quite low.stever20/02/2020
conanharrod06/02/2020
Revisit with PeteDave Geere05/01/2020
pedro105/01/2020
5/6 From Pelter Bridge, Lanty Scar and Fox How, both on Loughrigg East Slopes, then Little Loughrigg, over to Cumbria Way to Park Fell, then back via Cumbria Way to Great How and Fletchers Wood, back via Loughrigg Terrace to Rydal. Nice winter walk, quite a bit of climbing, bit pooped!nickywood129/12/2019
From Coniston with Debs & Tali. Circuit to get the 2 local Wainwrights (Black Fell & Holme Fell) and anything else enroute. Via Skelwith Bridge for munchies then found a café at Elterwater Park farm we need to check out sometime.Mountain Goat03/11/2019
From swamp city RoW on W side. High-fenced walls are a problem but a green track starts into the open country from a gate reached by branching off SE from RoW at NY3199002755, then minor trods zig zap up through bracken.Isbjorn14/10/2019
From high point on lane to east. Excessively wet underfoot after weeks of high rainfall. Clambered through deep, midge-infested bracken (on the wane but still not nice) and up slippery, mossy rocks until I found a path leading nicely to the summit. Easy descent on path.Wycombe Wanderer06/10/2019
From gate at roadside to NE.PeteF30/03/2019
David8427/01/2019
Lucky24/01/2019
maknipe24/01/2019
Black Fell, Tom Heights, Holme Fell, Great How, Fletcher's Woodkeithouk06/01/2019
DC11main26/11/2018
AlanD16/08/2018
From NY 3293 0224, room for a few cars around this rd junc. Field gate NY 3240 0266, then track through deep bracken to top.jonglew02/08/2018
williamglew02/08/2018
Very overgrown. Pretty unpleasant after a wet night. Great How, Pike of Blisco, Great Knott, Crinkle Crags (all tops), Shelter Crags (both tops), Cold Pike (all tops). 34km running and fast hiking from Yewfield B&B. With GFE.Fionalevey02/06/2018
From Elterwater on my way to Hodge Close quarrybardolph31/05/2018
robmurray07/05/2018
Muzzinboots07/05/2018
Low level walking due to snow, Little Langdale valley from Elterwater returning via Colwith and Skelwith waterfallsPootlemum22/03/2018
Circular walk from Elterwater-Fletcher's Wood-Stang End-clear and easy path through access land to Great How(a fine little tump).With Oscar.catman21/02/2018
With Catman.oscarrosie21/02/2018
From Holme Fell with Maz and Cad. Very wet ground (fortunately mostly frozen) to cross before the hill was reached. A Red Deer hind was a surprising sight.The exit via a gate onto Stang End track offers a much easier access to the fell. A good advert for Tumps!Karmakarl07/01/2018
Park Fell, Black Crag and Great How from 329,022Crib Goch28/10/2017
Jim.Fothergill27/10/2017
Park Fell > Great How from GR: NY 32912 02223ronaldo33321/10/2017
phenderson4224/06/2017
A lovely little hill! With Eire, Evan, Sail, Danu, Coel & Alfie.Dangerous Dave01/01/2017
Pleasant amble from Thurston , surprising number of pathsDenise 29/12/2016
Good day out tumping on an overcast day with Tony G, McLellans, Graham B and Martin R from Thurston over Hill Fell, Black Fell, Park Fell, Great How (Little Fell).zoob29/12/2016
NE top is the highestRichardM29/12/2016
Martin R29/12/2016
On a round trip from Elterwater with family on a windy day, with a diversion to this top. Pile of stones not the highest point but a a rocky outcrop a little further south.PeterD24/12/2016
With Alf from High Cross large cairn obviously lower than several rocky outcrops and boulders. Great spot.mick02/12/2016
Ianto&Sue19/11/2016
GaryJones30/10/2016
Rambling Ray22/10/2016