Grey Knotts seen across Gillercomb
Grey Knotts
Height697m (2,287ft)
Prominence15m (49ft)
RegionWestern Fells
Climbed3 Times
"Grey Knotts has an interesting situation, rising as a long narrow wedge between upper Borrowdale and an entrant valley half-concealed on the west. The ridge of Grey Knotts climbs roughly among crags to a broad summit decorated with rock-turrets and tarns."
— A. Wainwright
Situated one kilometre south of Honister Pass, Grey Knotts forms the northern terminus of the elevated ridge extending south-west towards Great Gable. Prominently visible from mid-Borrowdale above Seatoller, the name strictly applies to the rocky summit outcrops, though it is used for the entirety of the high ground historically referred to as Seatoller Fell.
The summit looking towards Ennerdale
The top is scattered with grey rock tors, two of which form twin summits of equal height. The higher, stone-cairned tor provides broad perspectives down the Buttermere valley to the north-west and directly across to the Scafell massif in the south.
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