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Fusedale Round - Steel Knotts, Loadpot Hill, Bonscale Pike

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Fusedale Round - Steel Knotts, Loadpot Hill, Bonscale Pike

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Fusedale Round - Steel Knotts, Loadpot Hill, Bonscale Pike

03:32

13.3km

600m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: July 24, 2024

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Lake District National Park

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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1.33 km

Pikeawassa (Steel Knotts summit)

Highlight • Viewpoint

The tor of rock protruding from Steel Knotts (known as Pikeawassa) is the Wainwright summit of this Lake District fell. The views to Ullswater in one direction and down the valley towards the Nab in the other are outstanding. Alfred Wainwright wrote 'Steel Knotts may well claim to have the sharpest summit in Lakeland, for the rock tor (Pikeawassa) that crowns the top is so acute that only very agile walkers will be able to stand upon it.' I would argue that the Howitzer of Helm Crag rivals this one though.

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5.09 km

Wether Hill

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Wether Hill is a 2,211-foot (671 m) Wainwright fell in the Far Eastern Lake District National Park. Whilst it can be hiked on it's own or with its neighbour Loadpot Hill, Wether Hill is commonly walked as part of the Fusedale Round or as part of a longer walk - the Martindale Horseshoe. The Helvellyn range looks impressive from here but you can even see as far as Scafell and the Old Man of Coniston from the summit of Wether Hill.

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6.52 km

Loadpot Hill Trig Point

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Loadpot Hill is a 2,205-foot (672 m) Wainwright fell in the Lake District National Park. The summit is a broad, grassy plateau and there is a trig point present. The Wainwright summit of the fell does not appear to be the trig pillar itself though so purist Wainwright baggers will have to walk 260 feet (80 m) SW of the trig point to find that. The majority of people however will tap the trig pillar, admire the views and continue along the ridge to Wether Hill.

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9.22 km

Arthur's Pike summit

Highlight • Viewpoint

Arthur's Pike is a 1,749-foot (533 m) Wainwright fell in the Far Eastern Lake District. Being on the very eastern edge of the group of 214 Wainwright fells you'd think that anything worth looking at would be to the west of the summit but that's not true. You can see many of Wainwright's Outlying Fells of Lakeland from here (like Dunmallet, Heughscar Hill and Knipescar Common), plus on a good day the mountains of the North Pennines including Cross Fell.

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10.5 km

View of Ullswater from Bonscale Pike

Highlight • Summit

If you’re doing the Wainwrights don’t get drawn in by the trig pillars on the slope sides and be sure to bag the true summit marked by a small cairn

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13.3 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

11.6 km

873 m

827 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

10.8 km

1.84 km

637 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (670 m)

Lowest point (180 m)

Weather

Sunday 23 August

19°C

4°C

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Max wind speed: 17.0 km/h

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Comments

June 17, 2025,The Fusedale Round & Hallin Fell ⛰️

Really enjoyed this hike, even with a bit of rain and fog, and also some strong winds, but that was actually nice to cool me down after some of the killer uphill sections lol. Didn't see a single person all day until I got back to the car park, had the whole place to myself which was perfect 👌🤣

May 1, 2026,East Martindale loop from Hallin Fell

Day 5: East Martindale Loop from Hallin Fell

A beautiful outing from Hallin Fell, taking in Hallin Fell itself, then onwards to the edge of beautiful Ullswater just before the brutal pull-up to Bonscale Pike and onto Arthur’s Pike, where you get gorgeous views overlooking Ullswater. On a sky blue morning it was then over the back of Loadpot Hill …