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Mellbreak Summit – Starling Dodd Summit Cairns loop from Loweswater

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Mellbreak Summit – Starling Dodd Summit Cairns loop from Loweswater

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Mellbreak Summit – Starling Dodd Summit Cairns loop from Loweswater

06:45

16.7km

1,100m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 15, 2026

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Your route passes through a protected area

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Lake District National Park

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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185 m

Kirkstile Inn

Highlight • Restaurant

The best pub in the world. Get a pint of Loweswater Gold whilst sitting in the beer garden with views of Melbreak. Can't beat it!

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1.41 km

Start of the Melbreak Scree Ascent

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While the scree can be tackled head-on, I would recommend turning left to follow the scree path as it climbs left around the hillside, with great views back across Loweswater. …

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2.19 km

Mellbreak North Top (509m) offers the best views of the surrounding area and is submitted by tackling the steep scree. It’s not the summit or official Wainwright location, which is an additional
3m in height and further along the trail

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3.39 km

Mellbreak Summit

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As Mellbreak stands apart from the other Loweswater fells, from a distance its appearance reminds me of a sleeping dinosaur. You can just imagine it rising up from its slumber …

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3.43 km

View of Crummock Water and Buttermere

Highlight • Lake

7.47 km

Little Dodd

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Little Dodd (590m) is between Starling Dodd and Red Pike

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8.22 km

Starling Dodd Summit Cairns

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Starling Dodd is a 2,087-foot (636 m) mountain in the western Lake District. This fell can be hiked either from Ennerdale or Loweswater. It's often paired with Great Borne. Views …

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13.0 km

Hen Comb Summit

Highlight • Natural Monument

I hiked this as a group of five Wainwrights (Burnbank Fell 475m, Blake Fell 573m, Gavel Fell 526m, Hen Comb 509m and Mellbreak 512m). It was a loop from Stuart …

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16.7 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.63 km

5.91 km

3.80 km

414 m

Surfaces

6.40 km

4.82 km

3.80 km

1.30 km

344 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (610 m)

Lowest point (120 m)

Weather

Friday 22 May

16°C

11°C

11 %

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Max wind speed: 19.0 km/h

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Mellbreak Summit – Starling Dodd Summit Cairns loop from Loweswater

Kirkstile Inn

Start of the Melbreak Scree Ascent

View from Mellbreak North Top

Mellbreak Summit

View of Crummock Water and Buttermere

Little Dodd

Starling Dodd Summit Cairns

Hen Comb Summit

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