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Yoke (Lake District)

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151: 158: 31: 429: 394:, although this view is better from a cairn 100 metres (330 feet) to the south. There is also a good view of the higher fells to the west around Coniston, Langdale and beyond. The view north is obstructed by the higher fell of Ill Bell although the summit of High Street can just be seen. 353:. At the top of the pass the walker turns northwards following a wall over initial boggy ground to reach the summit of the fell. Some repair work has been done on these southern slopes of Yoke to address the problem of footpath erosion 312:
writers as one of the most attractive fells but it is climbed frequently as part of the Kentmere Horseshoe, a 19-kilometre (12-mile) walk with 1,100 metres (3,600 foot) of ascent that starts and finishes in the village of
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Yoke’s most interesting topographic feature is Rainsborrow Crag on the Kentmere side of the fell. This is a 300-metre (980-foot) precipice which falls away to the valley floor; the crags have attracted top
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came over the slopes of Yoke: old maps have shown short stretches marked “roman road” on the fell. Yoke shows signs of former
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can be viewed by walking 150 metres (490 feet) north-east of the summit to the top of Star Crag.
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A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, The Far Eastern Fells, Alfred Wainwright
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the approach from Troutbeck. The Troutbeck valley is to the left.
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Windermere seen from the southern cairn on the summit plaeau.
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The view from the top of the fell takes in good views of
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Elevation
Prominence
Parent peak
Ill Bell
Listing
Hewitt
Nuttall
Wainwright
Coordinates
54°27′04″N 2°52′08″W / 54.451°N 2.869°W / 54.451; -2.869
Yoke is located in the Lake District
Cumbria
England
Parent range
Lake District
Far Eastern Fells
OS grid
NY437067
Topo map
OS
Lake District
Cumbria
England
far eastern sector
Ambleside
High Street
Old English language
German
Lake District

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