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Blencathra, also known as Saddleback, is one of the most northerly of the Mountains, in the Lake District.
It has six separate fell tops, of which the highest is the Hallsfell Top at 2,848 feet (868 metres).
For many years, Ordnance Survey listed Blencathra under the alternative name of 'Saddleback', which was coined in reference to the shape of the mountain when seen from the east.
The guidebook author Alfred Wainwright popularised using the older Cumbric name, which is now used almost exclusively.
Ordnance Survey currently marks the summit as ‘Saddleback or Blencathra’.
Blencathra is more of a small range than a single fell, a series of tops standing out on a curving ridge three miles long.
It has smooth, easy slopes to the north and west, whilst displaying a complex system of rocky spurs and scree slopes to the south and east.
When viewed from the southeast, particularly on the main Keswick to Penrith road, Blencathra appears almost symmetrical.
To left and right, the ends of the fell rise from the surrounding lowlands in smooth and sweeping curves, clad in rough grass.
Each rises gracefully to a ridge-top summit, Blease Fell on the west and Scales Fell to the east. Between these ‘book-ends’ are a further three tops, Gategill Fell, Hallsfell and Doddick Fell, giving a scalloped profile to the ridge.
From each of the three central tops, a spur runs out at right angles to the main ridge, beginning as a narrow, rocky arête and then widening into a broad buttress which falls 2,000 ft to the base of the fell.
Separating the five tops are four streams which run down the south-east face between the spurs. From the west these are Blease Gill, Gate Gill, Doddick Gill and Scaley Beck.
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