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| Name: | Green Gable |
| Hill number: | 2384 |
| Height: | 801m / 2628ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2367 Great Gable |
| RHB Section: | 34B: Lake District - Central & Western Fells |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Lake District - Western Fells |
| County/UA: | Cumbria (CoU) |
| Catchment: | Derwent (Workington), Catchment Boundaries, Calder & Ehen |
| Watershed: | St Bees Head to Ravenscar |
| Class: | Simm, Hewitt, Nuttall, Wainwright, Birkett, Synge, Fellranger, Buxton & Lewis, Bridge (Tu,Sim,Hew,N,W,B,Sy,Fel,BL,Bg) |
| Grid ref: | NY 21466 10716 |
| Summit feature: | cairn |
| Drop: | 50m |
| Col: | 751m NY214105  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 89 90 (1:25k) OL4S OL6N |
| Survey: | obvious summit |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 1421 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Started from Seathwaite with scramble up by Taylorgill Force and on to Sty Tarn. Then Great Gable via Climbers Traverse. Decended to Honister Pass via Brandreth. | PeakyPete | 02/11/2019 |
| with Andrew Gardner | Dave Sargent | 31/10/2019 |
| With Jules ,Kev, Wendy & Jill on a clear dry day | Grey Hare | 31/10/2019 |
| 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 |
| With NB, MVW from Farm via Hanging Stone to Base Brown, Green Gable and Great Gable. Return Sty Head and Sty Head Gill. | Frank | 20/08/2019 |
| Round of Wainrights with eldest son (16) from YHA Honister Hause - Grey Knotts, Brandreth, Green Gable, Great Gable, Fleetwith Pike (and also the Nuttall Honister Crag). Unexpectedly sunny all day, forecast afternoon thunderstorm only arrived in the evening. Would not recommend descending the western scree slope of Great Gable. | clyoung | 12/08/2019 |
| Base Brown, Green Gable, Kirk Fell, Great Gable | keithouk | 23/06/2019 |
| Started from Seathwaite. | billames | 06/06/2019 |
| After Great Gable this was a breeze, but lovely peak with great views. | Altheus | 25/05/2019 |
| Billy Bland recce with Marsden Racers | tsar.nathan | 18/05/2019 |
| 13.8 miles, 4551ft Great Gable and Kirk Fell walk. | stephenbuda | 15/05/2019 |
| With J | GCW | 30/04/2019 |
| 801m | The Grouse | 10/04/2019 |
| A weekend camp at Seatoller Farm. Did 5 fells altogether with Colin in the campervan. Did this one, Great Gable & Base Brown. | jonesj2 | 30/03/2019 |
| From seathwaithe to base brown onto green/great gable, scarfell pike and back on easy path to seathwaithe. Base brown was 9:11 | axoree | 21/02/2019 |
| Seathwaite - Base Brown (direct route up ridge) - Green Gable - Great Gable - Sty Head - Seathwaite | Mark Jackson | 24/12/2018 |
| With Richie from Honister Pass - Grey Knotts, Brandreth, Base Brown, Green Gable, Great Gable and both Kirk Fells. Lovely day with snow on the highest peaks. Head torches required from the top of Loft Beck so abandoned the final few planned hills. | Herbert Anchovy | 24/11/2018 |
| With J | GCW | 20/11/2018 |
| Up from Base Brown. | bevandy114 | 18/11/2018 |
| For the Remembrance Sunday Centenary. Shocking weather. Solo. 3/5 | Tom D | 11/11/2018 |
| Headed up from Honistor slate mine to ascend Great Gable for the remembrance service. weather was cold wet and not the best visability. good paths to follow. no issues. with Richie. | Zoe Little | 11/11/2018 |
| me and ste | Paul Beard | 04/11/2018 |
| With Paul beard | stephenhughes | 04/11/2018 |
| Seathwaite -> Base Brown -> Green Gable -> Great Gable -> Sprinkling Tarn -> Seathwaite Fell -> Seathwaite | briandiggle | 15/10/2018 |
| Solo hike very windy | Kaz973 | 10/10/2018 |
| From Honister. | red_jibber | 28/08/2018 |
| Ascent 29 | IWC | 14/08/2018 |
| Jonathan, Nic & Ned | Nicola & Stuart | 13/08/2018 |
| With Simon Smith & John Bancroft | simonlt01 | 11/08/2018 |
| Janey, David and Nic | AbiD | 11/08/2018 |
| With Jon Footitt and Nigel Cunliffe | MooseWire | 05/08/2018 |
| With Bryher. From Gt Gable to Cat Bells. Very quiet for most of the way. | jenx | 19/07/2018 |
| With brother and his wife. A little cooler and cloudier today. Still shorts and t shirt ( and trainers) all day and a leisurely chat about the World Cup with birthday group at the top of GReat Gable. From Honister Pass, bypassing Brandreth and the other one), over Green Gable, descent very loose and steep as were off track. Found path to Becks Head and back by Moses Trod. Perhaps the best views yet and certainly of Pillar, Ennerdale, Buttermere. 5 hours but should have been much shorter, | niallp | 06/07/2018 |
| Revisit, from Seathwaite via Sty Head summit and a few other prospective LaMPs around the Napes and Base Brown, hot sunny day | RHW | 24/06/2018 |
| From Honister Pass ascended Grey Knotts via Seatoller Fell and on to Brandreth. Ascend Green Gable via Gillercomb Head, descend to Windy Gap, and the ascended Great Gable. Descend to Beck Head and ascend Kirk Fell. Descend via Kirkfell Crags and up Pillar. Return to Beck Head on the same route. Contour around Kirk Fell to Boat How and return to Honister Pass via Moses' Trod path via Fleetwith, Drum House and the Dismantled Tramway. | raymooremanx | 03/06/2018 |
| Started in Honister pass YHA. Did Grey knotts, Brandeth, Base brown, Green gable, Great gable and Kirk fell. Finished in Wasdale YHA. | george_herbert_ | 29/05/2018 |
| With G. Wasdale Head > Kirk Fell via Black Sail Pass > East Top > Green Gable via Windy Gap > Great Gable > Wasdale Head via Sty Head. | RT1970 | 15/05/2018 |
| GL3D with Phil W and Dan | Littledave | 06/05/2018 |
| 4th ascent | thenomad | 05/04/2018 |
| With Mum; Green Gable and Great Gable from Honister | Mark Jackson | 04/04/2018 |
| With party from WBMC. Borrowdale meet | John Lee | 11/03/2018 |
| With SR, DM | Frank | 06/01/2018 |
| On the way to Act of Remembrance on Great Gable. Started from Seathwaite Farm at 08.10, up Sourmilk Gill, path north of Base Brown to Blackmore Pols, Green Gable, Windy Gap and summit of Great Gable at 10.40. Had lunch at Westmoreland Cairn then returned to Windy Gap and went down Aaron Slack. Followed the gill on north side and down beside Taylorgill Force to the farm. Weather better than forecast - dry, sunny, not much breeze. With D and L. | Skip | 12/11/2017 |
| Second round of Wainwrights. Remembrance Sunday from Seathwaite Farm. Up Sourmilk Gill, path to Blackmore Pols, Green Gable, Windy Gap and summit of Great Gable. Returned to Windy Gap and went down Aaron Slack. Followed the gill on north side and down beside Taylorgill Force to the farm. Weather dry, sunny, not much breeze. With D and L. | Skip2 | 12/11/2017 |
| From the service on Great gable we headed down into windy gap and back up to Green gable. stunning views of Buttermere and crummock water and the best views of Ennerdale Valley. | Scotty 2 Hotty | 12/11/2017 |
| path down to Windy Gap then straight up to Green Gable then back to windy Gap and down Aaron slack and returned to Wasdale. Cold day, misty on top, windy so significant chill factor. Aaron slack difficult - scree, needed poles. route to winding gap from Great Gable quite challenging. | karentracey | 30/10/2017 |
| Solo walk from Honister Slate Mine - Grey Knotts - Brandreth - Base Brown - GREEN GABLE - Great Gable - Kirk Fell - Wainwright 119 | Nutty | 17/09/2017 |
| Parked at Honister YHA and ascended via the tramway up to the drum heel then headed up the Gable path before bearing left up to Grey Knotts then onto Brandreth, Green Gable, Windy Gap, Great Gable back to Windy Gap, Moses Trod back to the slate mine. | Stu Percival | 01/09/2017 |
| ennerdale 2 day with wild camp | jwbellarby | 27/08/2017 |