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Mickle Fell, a good bank holiday walk.

By Hugh Stewart May 5, 2014 Leave a Comment

That is if it is a non shooting day, as was the case this May day Saturday. Check the next dates on Googling “Warcop Access Times”. Strictly speaking a permit is required from Warcop training Area Office.
From Hilton this makes a shorter day than Walk 24 in my book, but still traverses the atmospheric and interesting Scordale, and bags the two Nuttalls of Mickle and Little Fells. Go up the Scordale track, and up Swindale via the path, turning north just before the gorge of Siss Gill. A quad track takes you half the way to Little Fell summit, which is not marked. On the north edge another quad track leads all the way round the obvious bogs to the summit plateau of Mickle Fell (although the bogs are of some interest, note the cylindrical stream blockers to create upland pools). Retrace your steps till a splitting of the track near the north ridge of Little Fell and follow this to the watershed of Scordale, then down, rough to start but a good track for the last three miles. Violets and alpine scurvy grass line the way, but no shells seen at all. the warnings are just to scare you off. About 1.5 miles walking off paths only, and 12.5 miles total. Lovely, and quiet.

On Little Fell, Roman Fell beyond.
Towards Mickle Fell.
The summit cairn.
Alpine Scurvy Grass.
The rough upper Scordale.
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24 walks into the hills surrounding the historic and iconic Settle to Carlisle railway, based on the stations between Settle and Appleby. The area has some of the finest walking of the north Pennines: the Craven district around Settle; the Three Peaks area; Dentdale, and Mallerstang and the upper Eden valley.

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