Height: 628m or 2058 feet

Grid ref: NY173084

Character: A rugged fell standing an its own in the Wasdale valley. Named after its characteristic "Barrow " shaped nature an the past prevalence of yew trees, this fell commands a great view of the valley and the lake and is the only fell where it is possible to get uninterrupted views of Sca Fell, Scafell Pike, Great Gable, Kirkfell and Pillar all in one frame.

WasdaleWeb's opinion: It is not a simple walk with most approaches involving some scrambling or at least a head for heights; but it is simply the VERY best fell in the whole of the Wasdale valley (In my humble opinion!)

Approaches: Yewbarrow is most commonly climbed from Overbeck car park, up the ridge to Great Door, from the Overbeck path to Dore Head and then up Stirrup Crag, or as part of the Mosedale Horseshoe. Each end of the fell is scrambly but the summit is like a football pitch. The scrambles can be avoided by walking from Overbeck towards Dore Hhead and branching up right through the grass and ling to the summit path before you reach Stirrup crag. There is no path as such but consultation with a map should reveal when to branch off.

Yewbarrow photo thanks to David Mycroft

The Yewbarrow Wall of fame:

Please feel free to join by sending me your photo on the fell and I will include it below

hi ,my name is luc porte and here are some pictures we took in the area
of wasdale this year,it was in the first two weeks of july this summer
when we had temparatures of more than 30 degrees.
there is a scan of a view towards great gable taken from the road from
santon bridge towards nether wasdale
the second scan is from bear paddington at the start of climbing yewbarrow.
the tirth one is my dauther(Gaye) and myself (luc) on top of bell rib.
the next shot is my wife trying to grab great gable on the topcairn of
yewbarrow.
the fifth is my dauther again on the weird fence crossing when enterring
nether wasdale coming from stangends.
and the final photo is one from an overheated dad who had two splendid
weeks in the wasdale area and is allready looking out for september 2006
to do it all over again on the same weatherconditions
hope to see some pictures on your site

Mike Bell's mate Phil Dare by the summit carin

Dave Johnsons Photo: