| Name: | Great Yarlside |
| Hill number: | 3661 |
| Height: | 597m / 1959ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2559 Tarn Crag (Sleddale) |
| County/UA: | Westmorland and Furness |
| Topographical area: | EL06 Highstreet-arnside |
| SMC/RHB section: | 34C: Lake District - Eastern Fells |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Lake District - Far Eastern Fells |
| Catchment: | Catchment Boundaries, Eden (Carlisle), Lune |
| Watershed: | Morecambe Bay, St Bees Head to Ravenscar, Solway Firth |
| Class: | Synge, Subdodd (Sy,s5) |
| Grid ref: | NY 52045 07956 |
| Summit feature: | no feature: grass |
| Drop: | 28.1m |
| Col: | 569m NY 51678 07920  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 90 (1:25k) OL7N |
| Observations: | 2cm higher than point 45m SW at NY 52005 07940 |
| Survey: | Leica NA730 Survey of Great Yarlside ( Final).doc |
| Comments: | Deleted Dewey following line survey. Wainwright summit is hill 2575. See Database Notes |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 203 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Up from A6 summit on a cool day, started cloudy but sun came out, a tad wet underfoot. Whatshaw Common East Top, Whatshaw Common, Little Yarlside, Great Yarlside(sub5).Great Yarlside(Wainwright), easy path to follow along wall/fence line. | matty1971b | 24/02/2024 |
| Interesting circuit from the A6 parking area of High House Bank, Robin Hood, Lord's Seat, Great Yarlside (Sy), Ulthwaite Rigg, Great Saddle Crag, Sleddale Pike, Wasdale Pike, Great Yarlside, little Yarlside, Whatshaw Common & Whatshaw Common East Top | oldbagger27 | 21/11/2023 |
| Wolf Howe, Lamb Pasture SE Top, Lamb Pasture, The Forest, White Howe, Bannisdale Fell, Nameless, Harrop Pike, Great Yarlside, Wasdale Pike, Sleddale Pike | keithouk | 15/10/2023 |
| From A6 Shap summit. 12.5 km, 530 m asc. W over Whatshaw Common and Little and Great Yarlside. S to cross Crookdale Beck and Bleaberry Gill and up to Lord's Seat. SE to Robin Hood and High House Bank. Back by Hazel Bank and Crookdale Bridge. Wet wet and windy, a two coat day. https://www.flickr.com/photos/samandjo/albums/72177720309870844 | SalmonJoe | 15/07/2023 |
| R | Richard Tait | 18/04/2023 |
| Selside Pike, Branstree, Tarn Crag, Grey Crag, Harrop Pike, Great Yarlside, Great Saddle Crag, Tongue Rigg, Glede Howe | keithouk | 26/02/2023 |
| A6 layby - High House Bank - Robin Hood - Lord's Seat - Grey Crag - Harrop Pike - Ulthwaite Rigg - Great Saddle Crag - Wasdale Pike - Great Yarlside - Little Yarlside - Whatshaw Common (both tops) - A6 layby | Gary Heath | 29/04/2022 |
| 5 of 9 starting on a6 car park. Not sure why this top is named the same as the WO | The-Z-Man | 17/04/2022 |
| See route to Harrop Pike. | smocks and denims | 10/12/2021 |
| From lay-by on A6 walked around the sleddale horse shoe | LaurieIson21 | 21/07/2021 |
| Parked off Shap Road. Whatshaw Common, Little & Great Yarlside on to Harrop Pike then out and back to Grey Crag. Slog over to the path that leads to Lord's Seat then lovely going to Robin Hood then High House Bank. Descent tough going. Sunny, 18 degrees. Amazing day. With trimarc2 & GFE | Fionalevey | 06/06/2021 |
| as described by Fiona | trimarc2 | 06/06/2021 |
| A6 summit > Hause Foot > High House Bank > Robin Hood > Lord’s Seat > Grey Crag > Harrop Pike > Great Yarlside > Little Yarlside > Whatshaw Common > A6 summit. Warm blue sky day with hazy views, Ground still very wet in places so was a bit of a slog at times. Just me and H and not another soul seen all day. | johnkaysleftleg | 30/05/2021 |
| Parked on the A6 at 55384 06219, went down the hill to cross the river at Hause Foot before doing a horseshoe of High House Bank, Robin Hood, Lords Seat, Great Yarlside, Great Saddle Crag, Wasdale Pike, Great Yarlside, Little Yarlside, Whatshaw Common and Whatshaw Common E.Top. 3h 50m 9.64 miles. | clivevilla | 11/10/2020 |
| Parking at NY552051. An extended version of Wainwright's Crookdale horeshoe. High House Bank, Robin Hood, Lord's Seat, Great Yarlside, Great Yarlside, Great Saddle Crag, back to Great Yarlside, Little Yarlside, Whatshaw Common, Whatshaw Common East Top, A6, back down to Hause Foot. Faint trods outbound, trackless waste around head of valley, excellent ATV track helped part way to Great Saddle Crag, otherwise lots of very wet boot wrecking tussock grass. | Isbjorn | 26/08/2020 |
| A6 Shap Summit, Hazel Bank, Shap Quarry Mast, Wasdale Pike, Great Sleddale Crag, Sleddale Pike, Tongue Rigg, Ulthwaite Rigg, Harrop Pike, Lawyers Brow, Great Yarlside, Little Yarlside, Whatshaw Common, A6. Great area for solitude & marsh plants! | Vin | 05/03/2020 |
| Whatshaw, Yarlside, Saddle Crag, Wasdale Pike, Hazel Bank. With FR from A6 in mist | Bheinn | 21/01/2020 |
| With NB from A6,Whatshaw E top and Common, Little and Great Yarlside, Lawyers Brow, Saddle Crag, Wasdale Pike, Hazel Bank on another misty damp day. | Frank | 21/01/2020 |
| A combination of Crookdale and Wasdale horseshoes from from the A6 layby. Taking the bridleway down to Crookdale Bridge then: High House Bank, Robin Hood, Lord's Seat, Harrop Pike, Wasdale Pike, Great Yarlside (both summits), Little Yarlside and Whatshaw Common. Winter solstice, a 12 mile walk on the shortest day. Terrible visibility, in cloud all day. Did last hour in the dark with head torches. | Lazylizzie | 21/12/2019 |
| From A6 monument, day deterioted to low visibility and heavy rain | cjo | 07/12/2019 |
| Bob & Duke Thursday 28th/3/2019 Z1321hrs! @Walked over this Top without knowing | DukeNukem | 28/03/2019 |
| From A6 memorial car park. High House Bank, Robin Hood, Lord's Seat, camped overnight at head of Crookdale. Continued to the two tops of Great Yarlside, then Little Yarlside, Whatshaw Common and Whatshaw Common E top. Pleasant hills, the ridge south of Crookdale much easier going underfoot. | RobertP | 17/02/2019 |
| From Crookdale Bridge. Seventh of 11 hills on a 17km round; from Great Saddle Crag and on to Great Yarlside (Birkett). | jonglew | 19/12/2018 |
| From A6 Memorial parking following tracks of varying quality to Whatshaw Common East Top, Whatshaw Common, Little Yarlside, Great Yarlside (Wainwright summit, and this. Intended to carry on further to Harrop Pike etc... but weather turned very wet with low cloud, so returned back the way I came! | Fisky Boy | 17/09/2018 |
| With Fisky Boy | Brenda Cloke | 17/09/2018 |
| A solo run of the Wasdale Horseshoe and the Crookdale grouping | Shutterlag | 25/06/2018 |
| added to wet sleddale walk solo | colinfielding | 19/05/2018 |
| From Little Yarlside, and the “other” Great Yarlside summit. Detour from AW’s Wasdsle Horseshoe. | rfoster | 30/04/2018 |
| The Wasdale Horseshoe visiting: Whatshaw Common, Little Yarlside, Great Yarlside, Harrop Pike, Grey Crag, and Wasdale Pike. 17km with 500m ascent taking just over 5 hours. | silveracorn_alan | 26/12/2017 |
| wrong summit Grommit.... With Pup & Poppy | Littledave | 15/10/2017 |
| Watershed bagging - from A6 summit. | jimbloomer | 17/08/2017 |
| Part of the Crookdale horse shoe. | BobHancock | 01/07/2017 |
| An anti clockwise circuit of the Crookdale summits | bardolph | 03/06/2017 |
| AW's Wasdale's Horseshoe route, slightly extended to the true summit of Great Yarlside. Whatshaw Common East Top - Whatshaw Common - Little Yarlside - Great Yarlside (Wainwright top) - Great Yarlside - Wasdale | Nick Down1 | 03/05/2017 |
| From Memorial lay-by on A6 (NY 55383 06193) - Whatshaw Common East Top - Whatshaw Common - Little Yarlside - Great Yarlside - Wasdale Pike - Great Yarlside - Harrop Pike - Grey Crag - Lord's Seat - Robin Hood - High House Bank. Grassy paths throughout although sometimes vague. Very wet underfoot, would only recommend after a prolonged dry period. | david230201 | 02/04/2017 |
| Parked in lay-by on top of Shap Fell (A6), Whatshaw Common East Top, Whatshaw Common, Little Yarlside, Great Yarlside 597, Harrop Pike, Grey Crag, Tarn Crag and back via Harrop Pike and Great Yarlside 591 down to car. | Chipstertrain | 24/09/2016 |
| Wind, rain, getting a bit cold and wet. Luckily mist not down helping navigation to Ulthwaite Rigg. | Wycombe Wanderer | 12/08/2016 |
| 11.1 Mile walk from top of A6, walked down to Crookdale Bridge and straight up to High House Bank summit (Small cairn), along ridge onto Robin Hood (small cairn)and onto Lords Seats very featureless summit, followed ridge across a few bogs to Grey Crag then across big bog to Tarn Crag, back across to Harrop Pike cairn and along easy ridge to Great Yarlside's featureless summit down over pathetic knoll of Little Yarlside and onto boggy Whatshaw Common (no cairn), back down to pass. Nice day, started sunny then high cloud spilt in. Couldn't believe we didn't see anybody on a Sunday in the lakes! | DanTrig | 17/07/2016 |
| Parked in large layby on A6 at NY552062 – Whatshaw Common East Top – Whatshaw Common – Little Yarlside – Great Yarlside - Harrop Pike - Grey Crag - Great Howe – Lord’s Seat – Robin Hood – High House Bank – Over Crookdale Beck & up track to car. Very cold windy day, snow on ground. Had a nice boiled egg. | mcbiydw2 | 16/02/2016 |
| Circuit of Sleddale Beck from Wet Sleddale Reservoir | davidpettit84 | 17/10/2015 |
| Parked in large layby on A6 at NY552062 – Whatshaw Common East Top – Whatshaw Common – Little Yarlside – Great Yarlside (Synge & Subdewey) – Lord’s Seat – Robin Hood – High House Bank – Over Crookdale Beck & up track to car. (PM) | gerrybowes | 07/08/2015 |
| 5th of the Crookdale round with GB. Descended south towards Lord's Seat. Plenty of red deer and a fox. | bolton | 07/08/2015 |
| With Clare, Eire, Evan, Sail, Danu, Coel & Alfie. | Dangerous Dave | 25/07/2015 |
| From Little Yarlside | rb | 28/11/2014 |
| Up from A6 summit on pleasant late summer's day.Whatshaw Common East Top,Whatshaw Common,Little Yarlside,Great Yarlside(sub5).Great Yarlside(Wainwright)and finally Wasdale Pike.Then problems-should have read previous posts about fence!With Oscar | catman | 08/09/2014 |
| With Catman. | oscarrosie | 08/09/2014 |
| Birkett's Crookdale round from Shap summit on A6 | citygent | 11/07/2014 |
| Crookdale horseshoe | briandiggle | 30/06/2014 |
| Whatshaw Common East Top, Whatshaw Common, Little Yarlside, Great Yarlside, Harrop Pike, Ancrow Brow, Swinklebank Crag, Capplebarrow, Todd Fell, Whiteside Pike | keithouk | 22/06/2014 |
| Parked at the top of the A6 > Whatshaw Common E Top > Whatshaw Common > Little Yarlside > GREAT YARLSIDE (s5) grassy area topped with a few stones > Wasdale Pike > Sleddale Pike > Tongue Rigg > Ulthwaite Rigg > Great Saddle Crag > Great Yarlside (W,B) > Lord's Seat > Robin Hood > High House Bank > NY 55371 06322 | Tony Hartry II | 10/03/2014 |