| Name: | Gategill Fell Top |
| Hill number: | 2322 |
| Height: | 852.2m / 2796ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2320 Blencathra - Hallsfell Top |
| County/UA: | Westmorland and Furness |
| Topographical area: | EL01 Skiddaw-knott |
| SMC/RHB section: | 34A: Lake District - Northern Fells |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Lake District - Northern Fells |
| Catchment: | Derwent (Workington) |
| Class: | Nuttall, Birkett, Synge (N,B,Sy) |
| Grid ref: | NY 31782 27354 |
| Summit feature: | overhanging rock 5m E of cairn |
| Drop: | 18.1m |
| Col: | 834.1m NY 3196 2751  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 90 (1:25k) OL5S |
| Survey: | Abney level/Leica RX1250 |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 975 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| From Blease Fell Road car park, straight up and down . Beutiful day, first of a weekend in the Lakes to bag Nuttalls we've missed. | Lazylizzie | 10/05/2024 |
| Nuttall walk 1.1 with couple of extrasrom Scales, ascent up Hallsfell to Blencathra then onto Gategill Fell Top, Atkinson Pike, out and back to Mungrisdale common, Bowscale Fell, Bannerdale Crags, then added Souther Fell before descent back to Scales. Great day, lovely weather. | Longwojo | 10/05/2024 |
| Claimed from car park near Blencathra centre at top of road out if Threlkeld - plenty of parking. Good path all the way | Stevebrownie | 14/04/2024 |
| Circuit of the Blencathra group of fells from road-head car park near Blencathra Field Centre. Lovely sunny day, with a bitter wind at times. | alistairpooler | 30/03/2024 |
| Martyn, Jill, Scruffy, Bob & Duke Tuesday 19th/3/2024 Z 13:28 hrs. | DukeNukem | 19/03/2024 |
| Bus from Keswick to Threlkeld, path up Doddick Fell, over Blencathra and down Blease Fell, then over Latrigg, finishing in Keswick. | welshe | 26/02/2024 |
| With Izzy and Margo. From Blencathra. Very easy walking and some great views now. Onto Knowe Crags. | James McKnight | 04/11/2023 |
| Repeat ascent. Circuit from Threlkeld - up Gategill, down Doddick. | vuirich | 09/09/2023 |
| Hike up Blencathra from Blencathra Field Centre. | Tisteln | 26/08/2023 |
| WBMC | DARRENG | 08/07/2023 |
| After Blease Fell. | Andrew Pearson | 01/06/2023 |
| With Izzy and Margo. From Blencathra. Just a quick visit to collect the Nuttall and get a better view of Derwent Water, which we'd walked a lap of the day before. Then back to Blencathra's summit for an enjoyable descent to Scales down Hall's Fell Ridge, then east past Doddick Farm. Had a much deserved and highly recommended Sunday roast in the White Horse Inn then back home. Brilliant birthday weekend. | James McKnight | 26/03/2023 |
| all the Birketts and Synges in the group, namely: Souther Fell, Souther Fell South Top, Scales Fell, Doddick Fell, Blencathra, Gategill Fell Top, Knowe Crags, Atkinson Pike, Mungrisedale Common, Bannerdale Crags, Bowscale Fell, Bowscale Fell East Top, Bowscale Fell Far East Top, and The Tongue. Altogether 25km with 1200m ascent taking 7h 40m. | silverwolf_alan | 19/03/2023 |
| on way to blencathra | gbeniston | 18/03/2023 |
| R | Richard Tait | 13/02/2023 |
| Winter route over Blencathra group, climbing Scales Fell, Blenacathra (Hallsfell Top), Gategill Fell Top, Knowe Crags, then traversing to Mungrisdale Common, back up to ridge just S of Atkinson Pike and descent to Doddick Fell, then descent to Scales tarn and return to parking spot on A66. Good snow from around 600m. | RobertP | 17/12/2022 |
| Blencathra via Doddick Fell ridge from Threlkeld | Ajm0310 | 15/12/2022 |
| 3/5 Scales Fell, Doddick Fell, then three revisits to Hallsfell Top, Gategill Top and Blease Fell. A lovely day for November, misty on the top but almost T shirt weather lower down. Beautiful and busy!! | nickywood1 | 12/11/2022 |
| Bob & Duke. | DukeNukem | 29/08/2022 |
| Accompanied by Granddaughter Kristy (age 11) From Scales village via Mousthwaite Comb, Sharp Edge, Atkinson Pike and Blencatra. Returned to Threlkeld Village via Blease Fell. | Westdenewalker | 14/08/2022 |
| Accompanied by Grandpa. From Scales village via Mousthwaite Comb, Sharp Edge, Atkinson Pike and Blencatra. Returned to Threlkeld Village via Blease Fell. | Kwalkway | 14/08/2022 |
| 5th summit of the day. Out and back from main peak; possibly better views from here. Then descended via Hall's Fell Ridge (brilliant), then ice cream at pub in Threlkled. | huwthomas | 10/08/2022 |
| From Threlkeld Blease Road CP. 13 km, 750 m asc. Up the lane alongside Kilnhow Beck and contour above Blease Farm to join the Blease Fell ridge. Over Knowe Crags (Blease Fell) and Gategill Fell Top to the summit of Blencathra (Hallsfell Top). N toAlkinson Pike and the NW down the Blue Screes ridge to Mungrisdale Common. SW by the Cloven Stone and S to the Sinen Gill footbridges and then by the BW to Blencathra Centre. Breezy, showery and cold. https://www.flickr.com/photos/samandjo/albums/72177720300813589 | SalmonJoe | 14/07/2022 |
| Climbed via Souther Fell and Sharp Edge with Phoebe | MrD | 09/07/2022 |
| Blencathra via Scales Tarn. Lovely day. | mikethomas | 08/05/2022 |
| Circuit of Souther Fell, Blencathra, Mungrisdale Common, Bannerdale Crags & Bowscale Fell from Mungrisdale village. | thekirkie pirate | 15/03/2022 |
| Halls Fell Ridge to Blencathra summit, out and back to Knowe Crag, then down via footpath over Scales Fell. With R. | Dan Baddeley | 13/03/2022 |
| with Ruth may well have done it before as well | Dunlawyering | 15/10/2021 |
| 20210920 - Blencathra via Scales Fell, Atkinson Pike and Knowe Crags | fellowsa | 20/09/2021 |
| From Blease Road car park nr FSC Blencathra, with Dave: Knowe Crags - Gategill Fell Top - Blencathra - Atkinson Pike - Mungrisdale Common - Bannerdale Crags - The Tongue - Tarn Crags Top - Bowscale Fell. Dropped down to Cumbria Wa, stayed at Skiddaw House hostel with Bishop, Jago, Steve, Paul, Andy and Tim. | stevem76 | 17/09/2021 |
| 19.5 miles 3816ft walk. Start at Scales campsite Mungrisdale, to Souther Fell, Scales Fell, Doddick Fell, Blencatha, Knowe Crags, Atkinson Pike, Gategill Fell, Mungrisdale Common and Bannerdale Crags, back to Scales campsite. | stephenbuda | 19/07/2021 |
| 2nd top of the day from Blease fell | Symon1p | 18/07/2021 |
| Ascent from Mungrisdale with Jayne Whitaker via Bannerdale Crags East Ridge - Bannerdale Crags - Atkinson Pike - Halsfell Top (Blencathra Summit) - Gategill Fell Top - Mungrisdale Common. 11.49 miles and 854m of ascent in 8hr:44mins elapsed time with 5hrs:01 moving time. | pwhitaker_1966 | 17/07/2021 |
| With louise, man, John & Mizzi | 2510chris | 27/06/2021 |
| See Kamoot entry for full details/gpx download: https://www.komoot.com/tour/396883083 | outlawcatcher | 20/06/2021 |
| Blencathra ascent from SW. | peterforeman | 04/06/2021 |
| Blencathra. Not in JWS List. Climbed incidentally at some unrecorded date later than the main summit. | Peterdunscar | 17/05/2021 |
| From Field Centre with family, lovely day | mazz | 01/05/2021 |
| Run up Blencathra via Sharp Edge from Scales. | quadbarrel | 30/04/2021 |
| Birkett bagging, from the field centre | bardolph | 14/04/2021 |
| Veryhappybunny | 01/03/2021 | |
| From activity centre. Over the tops of Blencathra, down to Mungrisedale Common and back to start. Beautiful sun and windless day. With B and R. | jenx | 28/02/2021 |
| Lovely walk in the snow with amazing views | ejjohnstone | 24/12/2020 |
| W Cathy Ellott, fr Threlkeld, up Halls Fell Ridge into thick mist from 500m. Hail showers and spells of bitter wind up here. Continued W along exposed but easy ridge... | NorfolkPT21 | 20/12/2020 |
| From Bannerdale Crags via Blencathra | Jim T | 04/09/2020 |
| From: NY 3029 2563 via Knowe Crags with CB | RWG | 08/08/2020 |
| Solo ascent early morning before work. Thin layer of snow on the tops. | VirtualMountain | 17/01/2020 |
| Date estimated | fellstoby | 01/01/2020 |
| Dads&Lads - Up Hall's Fell Ridge to Blencathra, over to Middle Tongue and Blease Fell, back to Atkinson Pike and down Scales Fell. | ByronHaywood | 05/09/2019 |
| From Knowe Crags. Followed the ridge path up to the summit. Solo. Onwards to Blencathra summit. | Man of Kernow1 | 26/08/2019 |