⛰️ Froswick

720 m · Wainwright — Far Eastern Fells · Birketts to bag nearby, parking, buses, my hikes and live summit weather.

720 mWainwright — Far Eastern Fells✓ summit is also a Birkett+2 bonus Birketts within 3 km

📖 Key Information

Froswick at 720m (2,362ft) is the middle summit of the Ill Bell ridge above Troutbeck, a pointed peak with a surprisingly shapely profile when viewed from the Troutbeck valley below. Wainwright noted its fine views of the full Ill Bell ridge and the dramatic drop to the Troutbeck valley. Most walkers include it as part of the Kentmere Horseshoe traverse between Ill Bell and Thornthwaite Crag. The views south to Windermere and north to Thornthwaite Crag's distinctive beacon are a highlight of the ridge.

Free mapping: OpenTopoMap / OpenStreetMap (switch layers top-right). Parking positions are approximate.

🎯 Bonus Birketts within 3 km

These Birkett tops are not Wainwright summits — detour to them on this walk and they are pure profit. Distances are straight-line; allow extra for terrain.

2.7 km NWCaudale Moor - John Bell's Banner755 m · Far Eastern
2.9 km WSt Raven's Edge593 m · Far Eastern

⚠️ Hazard & Incident Information

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🦶 My hikes over Froswick (Strava)

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🅿️ Potential parking

Kirkstone Pass (laybys / inn) — 3.5 km from summit (straight line)
High start for Red Screes (30 min!), Caudale Moor and Middle Dodd.
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Mardale Head, Haweswater (free) — 3.7 km from summit (straight line)
Free but small and fills very early — High Street, Harter Fell, Kidsty Pike, Branstree.
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Positions are approximate — zoom the map to confirm. Lakeland car parks fill before 9am on fine weekends.

🚌 Buses from Penrith / Ambleside / Windermere

Stagecoach 508 “Ullswater Bus”
Penrith – Pooley Bridge – Aira Force – Glenridding – Patterdale (summer services continue over Kirkstone Pass to Troutbeck and Windermere)
Catch it from: Penrith · Windermere (summer only)
The key route from Penrith for the Eastern and Far Eastern fells: Helvellyn from Glenridding, Place Fell, the Hartsop fells. The summer Kirkstone extension drops you at the pass for Red Screes and Caudale Moor.

Rural routes change seasonally — confirm on stagecoachbus.com or Traveline before relying on a last bus.

🌦️ 7-day summit forecast

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