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| Name: | Wansfell [Baystones] |
| Hill number: | 3838 |
| Height: | 486.1m / 1595ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2540 Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor] |
| RHB Section: | 34C: Lake District - Eastern Fells |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Lake District - Far Eastern Fells |
| County/UA: | Westmorland and Furness |
| Catchment: | Leven (Ulverston) |
| Class: | Birkett, Synge, Clem (B,Sy,Cm) |
| Grid ref: | NY 40356 05275 |
| Summit feature: | no feature: mound |
| Drop: | 6m |
| Col: | 480m NY403051  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 90 (1:25k) OL7N |
| Observations: | this is the 487m spot height on the 1:50000 map and 0.83m lower than Hill 2607 at NY 40315 05144 |
| Survey: | Leica NA730 |
| Comments: | Wainwright and Submarilyn summit is hill 2607 which is 0.83m higher |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 590 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| After Wasdale Fell and Baystones (wansfell) from Ambleside. | Peterb | 18/03/2024 |
| Parked at Church Bridge below Troutbeck, then straight up to Sour Howes, north along the ridge to Sallows, and back down to Church Bridge along the Garburn Road. Then up the other side through Troutbeck and along Nanny Lane to Wansfell Pike - busy. North along the ridge to both summits at Baystones. Continued north down to the A592, then across tough ground to Troutbeck Tongue, before dropping steeply down into the valley and back to Troutbeck. All the ground is saturated - especially the section from Wansfell to Troutbeck Tongue! 22km with nearly 1200m ascent, taking me 8 hours, just in the daylight throughout! | silverwolf_alan | 01/01/2024 |
| A Five and a quarter mile walk from a pull in south of the pub in Troutbeck - Town end using Nanny lane to reach the Birkett tops of Wansfell pike, Baystones(Birkett's top) and the Synge top of Dod hill, returning via a tricky decent to the road due East all in Two and half hours. | WAYNE ROWLETT | 12/12/2023 |
| Another gorgeous sunny morning after a sharp overnight freeze - bogs mostly frozen and ice around. with L up from Troutbeck. Along the ridge to Wansfell Pike - 25 people crowded on summit at 11am on a sparking Saturday . We passed another 57 (!) on our Nanny Lane descent back for lunch | Chris Pearson | 25/11/2023 |
| 3pm solo ascent after the rain stopped and having just arrived back at Troutbeck for 4 days. For a change I carried along Nanny lane to the end where a waterlogged path led up to Baystones (did both tops as usual with fenced gap in wall between). Dry and breezy under grey skies for a gentle jog along the switchback ridge to Wansfell Pike. 8 days until the OMM in N Wales so sort of tapering. Jogged down a new route for me -the lovely Jenkin Wood path with glimmering views over Windermere as a shy sun came out and back around to Troutbeck with wet feet in my fell shoes but dry otherwise. | Chris Pearson | 19/10/2023 |
| From YHA Windermere, up road then Nanny Lane to Baystones/Wansfell then along ridge to Wansfell Pike, down towards nanny Lane then NT permissive path to join Hundreds Road then Robin Lane & road back to YHA, some Sun, dry & cold breeze across tops.. | apricorum | 17/10/2023 |
| From Troutbeck Bridge: Sour Howes, Sallows, Yoke, Ill Bell, Froswick, Troutbeck Tongue, then a rather rough and tiresome fight across to Baystones before dropping back to Troutbeck. 21km, 5h 50. Stunningly clear and cold. | Rockdoctor | 15/10/2023 |
| jogging circuit from Troutbeck - OMM training - solo. | Chris Pearson | 26/09/2023 |
| Family wainwright with all the Lilly's including Rupert, Bassett's, Chris, Nathan and Rachel. Parked up Troutbeck and walked over Nanny Lane up to Baystones - very wet and cloudy, particularly on top. G,D&R went back down to their car, and we continued on top Wansfell pike. The weather cleared and we got some decent views over Windermere. Dropped down into Ambleside, had a quick dip under Stockgill force before heading to the Inn for a pint and chippies. | ByronHaywood | 01/08/2023 |
| Wansfell Pike, Baystones, Wansfell | keithouk | 09/07/2023 |
| Up from Troutbeck, parking in the village for a couple of cars, up along Nanny Lane. Baystones summit first, then the Birkett, then over to Wansfell Pike. | matty1971b | 01/07/2023 |
| Lovely run over Wansfell Pike, Wansfell and Baystones. | quadbarrel | 27/06/2023 |
| Identified and visited the location off the main path of this original spot height quoted summit of 487m (even though its 486.1m) which is now listed on hb separately from the true summit - which is south over the nearby wall and with the main path to it. Up boggily once off Nanny Lane from Troutbeck with L where we are house-sitting for 5 days. | Chris Pearson | 22/10/2022 |
| Bit of a pull up from Ambleside with Jim, Cat & Jus on a day of high winds and brutal squally showers. Did all three summits on the ridge. This one seems a bit pointless being so close to the slightly higher Baystones - although having said that, the views from here were possibly the best ones on this unremarkable ridge, and no-one else was here! | wheresthepath | 01/10/2022 |
| Lakes with Wife | visionset | 18/09/2022 |
| With dad | Daisy Dee | 11/09/2022 |
| From Ambleside. Wansfell Pike, Baystones (Wainwright and Birkett). | forsterfamily7 | 10/08/2022 |
| Went over Wansfell and Wansfell Pike on Lakes, Meres and Waters backpack between Windermere and Skegggles Water. | BURGESS | 04/08/2022 |
| With Mike, from Troutbeck/Nanny Lane, then to Wansfell Pike | jd16 | 01/08/2022 |
| All the Wansfells | PhilipChaston | 27/07/2022 |
| Afternoon walk with Lindsey on my second round of Wainwrights. Parked in Ambleside and walked from town centre via Stockghyl Force lane then up the pitched path to Wansfell Pike. We then followed the wall for just over 1 mile to Baystones Wainwright summit. Lindsey waited there while I bagged Baystones Birkett summit. Cloudy at first, cleared during the walk. Great misty views over Ambleside and along Windermere. | Skip | 16/05/2022 |
| Up to Wansfell Pike and Wansfell (Baystones) then down to Troutbeck and following the tracks to Ambleside. Part of a sunny few days in Lakes | benwloudon | 25/03/2022 |
| Circular route from Troutbeck. Through Limefitt Park to join bridleway on E side of Trout Beck. Crossed bridge below Troutbeck Tongue and climbed directly to summit. Continued N along ridge then up valley to col between Thornthwaite Crag and Stoney Cove Pike. Climbed Stoney Cove Pike (summit and Wainright), then Caudale Moor. Continued to Pike How, Hart Crag, St Ravens Edge, crossed main road and continued on path to Wansfell, Baystones, and Wansfell Pike. Descended on good path back to Troutbeck. | RobertP | 18/01/2022 |
| A circular walk from Troutbeck visiting Wansfell Pike, Wansfell (both summits), and Troutbeck Tongue, as part of my 3rd round of Wainwrights. Yet more wind and rain, ground saturated, streams in spate! 13km with 670m ascent in 4h 20m. (S) | silveracorn_alan | 31/10/2021 |
| With E. Heavy rain throughout the walk and low cloud so no views. From Troutbeck > Wansfell (Baystones) > Baystones (Wansfell) > Wansfell Pike > Stockghyll Force > Ambleside > Skelghyll Woods > Jenkin Crag > Higher Skelghyll Farm > Robin Lane > Troutbeck. | Beeliner | 07/10/2021 |
| G | Idris | 04/10/2021 |
| Lovely family walk with Hannah, Megan, Sammy and Niamh and Matilda. Nice pint in the Mortal Man Pub afterwards too 🍺 | benji_willy | 26/06/2021 |
| Family walk 16k, Ambleside, wansfell, bays tones, skelghyll | AvidSockWearer | 20/06/2021 |
| With Keith | christine99 | 03/01/2021 |
| A Christmas Day exploration of Wansfell taking in all the summits of Dod Hill, Wansfell and Wansfell Pike. Light snow gave it a real Christmas feel. Summiting Wansfell has completed my second complete round of the Wainwrights. 10.3km with 530m ascent in just under 4 hours. (S) | silveracorn_alan | 25/12/2020 |
| Wet and windy, didn't do the whole planned walk but picked up a few more hills. | atreides7887 | 23/12/2020 |
| Summit reached from ambleside as part of circular walk via troutbeck | freethehilltops | 21/12/2020 |
| GFE extremely unimpressed at being forced to stomp through more bog to leave the ‘top’ with a cairn for the ‘other top’. | Fionalevey | 09/11/2020 |
| From Ambleside to Wansfell Pike, along the ridge to Baystones. Down Nanny Lane to Troutbeck and back to Ambleside via Robin Lane...Solo. | Dave | 10/09/2020 |
| Waterhead - Wansfell Pike - Wansfell (both summits), returning same way. | Mark Jackson | 23/07/2020 |
| With Sail & Alfie. Back down to Troutbeck via Nanny Lane. Drove home afterwards. | Dangerous Dave | 21/07/2020 |
| All the way from the Wainwright summit. | Andrew Pearson | 18/06/2020 |
| REPEAT | Steve Q | 20/03/2020 |
| With boys | winterwalker | 02/11/2019 |
| The Good Samaritan | gavopeo | 09/09/2019 |
| Solo. Parked car just off A592 on the lane between Church Bridge and Church. Public footpath to Troutbeck, then Nanny Lane. Wansfell Pike, Baystones Wainwright and Baystones summit. | ADT | 29/03/2019 |
| With Sue from Ambleside. Wansfell Pike via road at Waterhead and Skelghyll woods direct to summit then Baystones tops. Some very deep snow around making it interesting. Return via green lane and Mortal Man then main path to Jenkins Crag and path to Waterhead in dark. | Frank | 31/01/2019 |
| Ambleside via Stockghyll Wansfell Pike,Baystones return by Robin Lane 8 and a bit. | jocks1 | 04/01/2019 |
| NB & FR | Vin | 27/11/2018 |
| From Church Bridge with MVW and FR Walked up through Troutbeck, Up Nanny Lane cross the Hundreds to Dod Hill then the 2 Baystones tops and on to Wansfell Pike. Returned via Ambleside, Jenkins Crag and Robin Lane. | Bheinn | 27/11/2018 |
| With MVW and NB from Church Bridge to Dod Hill, Baystones tops and on to Wansfell Pike. Returned via Ambleside, Jenkins Crag and Robin Lane. Windy and very wet. | Frank | 27/11/2018 |
| With J | GCW | 06/11/2018 |
| Ran along to wansfell once I reached the top of wansfell pike. Then ran back and down wansfell pike. | willow | 10/07/2018 |
| With Mary | Chet1962 | 16/04/2018 |
| Up to Wansfell Pike from Ambleside, then across Wansfell North to the Wainwright summit and the second Birkett summit. Misty to start but cloud lifting during walk. | Fell_wanderer | 09/03/2018 |