Rock and moor during winter in the english lake district with snow on Coldbarrow Fell and Ullscarf mountain in the background
Vertical photo looking across rocks and moorland to the snow capped peaks of coldbarrow fell and ullscarf in the english lake district in England Great Britain UK Europe. Ullscarf is a fell in the English Lake District close to the geographical centre of the Cumbrian hills. It forms part of the watershed between the Derwentwater and Thirlmere catchments, a ridge running broadly north-south. The top of the fell is an upland plateau of about 4 square miles, predominantly clad in coarse grass and heather. Ullscarf is bordered on the west by the Greenup valley, with steep but mainly grassy slopes, the chief exception being Lining Crag. To the east lies Thirlmere and to the south-east its extension, Wythburndale. Steep ground again falls from the plateau, craggy above Wythburn and conifer-clad overlooking the reservoir. The ridge continues south from Ullscarf, across the wide depression of Greenup Edge, to High Raise (Langdale). To the north, the natural boundaries are unclear. Standing Crag provides a terminal to the summit plateau before the ridge continues across wet ground toward High Tove, the next Wainwright. Some guidebooks [1] however consider the intermediate Bell Crags (summit unnamed on Ordnance Survey maps) to be a separate fell. A second subsidiary ridge travels north north west from the summit to Great Crag, passing over the twin tops of Coldbarrow Fell. Drainage to the east (and Thirlmere) is provided by Ullscarf and Launchy Gills, the former flowing via the secluded Harrop Tarn within the Thirlmere Forest. This water is joined by the Wyth Burn from the south of the fell. Blea Tarn, the main feeder for Watendlath, lies between the north and north north west ridges. All water from the west of the fell reaches Greenup Gill via a number of feeders and flows to Derwentwater. There are few paths on the fell itself. One track follows the watershed, being marked in places by old iron fenceposts. Bridleways cross the ridge to the north and south of Ullscarf,
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