Kirk Fell at the end of Mosedale

Kirk Fell

Height802m (2,631ft)

Prominence181m (594ft)

RegionWestern Fells

Climbed1 Time

"Kirk Fell is the patron fell of Wasdale Head, a distinction little recognised. To most visitors in this grandest of all daleheads, Great Gable so catches the eye that Kirk Fell, next to it, is hardly looked at. Kirk Fell is plain and unattractive, a vast wall of bracken and grass, every yard of it much like the rest." — A. Wainwright

Positioned directly between Great Gable and Pillar, Kirk Fell anchors the high rim surrounding Ennerdale while towering over Wasdale Head to the south. The direct ascent up its south-western flank from Wasdale Head is notoriously relentless, rising over grass and screen-covered slopes.

A cloudy summit shelter

The high point features a broad, stony plateau containing two distinct summits separated by Kirkfell Tarn. The main western summit holds a stone shelter cairn, while the lower eastern summit features a smaller cairn perched on a rocky outcrop directly facing Gable Crag and the Napes.

Trip Reports

The Mosedale Horseshoe24/05/2015

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