Height: 1414 feet above sea level.
Volume: Book 2 (The Far Eastern Fells)
Date climbed: First visit: 18th August 2011 (walk 42).
Second visit: 1st April 2021 (walk 187).
Bagged as number: First round: 133 of 330. [ << Wether Hill (132) (134) Caw Fell >> ]
Second round: 269 of 330. [ << Hallin Fell (268) (270) Wether Hill >> ]
Route of ascent and descent: First visit: Approached on the ridge that comes down from Wether Hill. Descended to Howtown.
Second visit: Came up from Martindale Old Church. Carried on to Wether Hill.
What Mr Wainwright says (from page 3 of his chapter): “Steel Knotts may well claim to have the sharpest summit in Lakeland, for the rock tor (Pikeawassa) that crowns the top is so acute that only very agile walkers will be able to stand upon it, although, it will be noted, it is a popular perch for birds. There is no cairn.”
What I say: All the other fells on walk 42 were more like Pennine fells, being rolling moorlands rather than mountains. Steel Knotts, despite being lower than everything else around, was the one point at which that walk really took on Lakeland character. It’s a steep and pointy little bugger, in fact, and not really what my knees needed after a long and pretty rapid walk to reach it. However, it’s interesting, and from its summit I also grabbed one of my more pleasing pictures of the summer (the one at the head of the walk 42 page).
Joe and I also enjoyed our (or my, anyway) second visit. It provides a good experience of fellwalking without needing excessive height. Recommended.
The 214 Wainwright fells: without a car 
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