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Stone Arthur, Nab Scar & Alcock Tarn by Guest Fell Walker David Hall |
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11th November 2026 |
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Overview |
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| Ascent: |
2,500 Feet - 762 Metres |
| Wainwrights: |
4, Stone Arthur - Great Rigg - Heron Pike - Nab Scar |
| Visiting: |
Erne Crag |
| Parking: |
Parking Spaces, A591 Grasmere |
| Area: |
Eastern |
| Miles: |
7.3 |
| Walking With: |
On My Own |
| Ordnance Survey: |
OL5 |
| Route: |
A591 - Greenhead Gill - Stone Arthur - Great Rigg - Heron Pike - Erne Crag - Nab Scar - Alcock Tarn - Whitemoss Common - Grasmere - A591 |
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Parking Details and Map |
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| Nearest Post Code: |
LA22 9RF |
| Grid Reference: |
Layby A591 North of Grasmere - A591 Central Grasmere NY 337 408 & NY 341 079 |
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Map and Photo Gallery |
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| Shortly after sunrise I set off from Grasmere on a frosty November morning. Everything hinted that it was going to be a cold day which probably meant an extra layer and gloves would be needed higher up - - I was wrong. |
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| Above the woods now and the view opens up to show the Coniston fells in the far distance and Silver How on the opposite side of the valley. |
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| Just after taking this picture I passed the first of only four people I saw while on the actual fells. He was on the way back down and seemed to be on a mission to cover ground quickly. I can only assume he set off in the dark if on a longer walk or was going no further then Stone Arthur. We both said "hello" and as he carried on walking he added "it's no cooler up there, in fact it's probably warmer". |
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| Leaving Stone Arthur and heading to Great Rigg. Despite the frost on the ground the jacket came off here. The guy in a hurry was right. |
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| Fairfield seen from Great Rigg summit. Should I or shouldn't I,,,,,,,,,, as I quite fancied including Alcock Tan on the walk I turned away from Fairfield and headed down the ridge as far as Nab Scar instead. |
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| And looking in the opposite direction. |
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| On route to Heron Pike I look back up to Great Rigg. Fairfield and Hart Crag are on the right hand side of the picture. |
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| Lots of fells to see from here including Silver How, the Coniston fells, Crinkle Crags, Bow Fell, the Langdales and Lingmoor Fell. |
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| From Nab Scar I cut across to Alcock Tarn rather than continuing down the ridge to Rydal. |
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| Almost at Alcock Tarn. Last time I was here was in August, in the middle of the afternoon and it was so hot I thought the handles on the walking poles would melt. |
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| Peaceful. Behind the tarn is Stone Arthur showing the path I used earlier in the walk. Up on the right is Great Rigg. |
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| On the way to Grasmere from Alcock Tarn - - Blimey, what a day. I was on Walla Crag on Monday in the same conditions as this and was originally intending to do this walk yesterday (Tuesday) and a walk in Eskdale today. For no particular reason I swapped them round at the last minute. Sadly there was no sunshine on offer on the Eskdale walk so switching the days around turned out to be a good move. |
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| I'd carried food all the way around but not bothered eating any of it. So, as it was such a nice day, I sat in the park at Grasmere for dinner time with a view of Stone Arthur. |
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