Harter Fell (Howgills)
Harter Fell (Howgills) at 521m (1,709ft) is a HuMP and Dewey in the Howgill Fells, in the Yorkshire Dales National Park; it is neither of the two Harter Fells in the Lake District.
Summit conditions on Harter Fell (Howgills)
On the summit on Saturday 24 October: 9° to 2°C, gusts to 53 mph, 28.6 mm of rain forecast over the whole day, midnight to midnight.
The forecast figures are Open-Meteo’s, worked out for the summit’s height. How we check →
Routes up Harter Fell (Howgills)
Hand-mapped, with GPX to download — full maps further down.
Distance and climb are measured from the route’s GPX track, and the time from them by Naismith’s rule; the route page says what each grade rests on. How we check →
How hard is Harter Fell (Howgills)?
The shortest way up we hold is Northern Howgills from Ravenstonedale — 22.18 km, 762 m of ascent, ~5½–7¾ h. On our scale its hardest axis is distance — Severe.
All axes: length: Severe · navigation: Hard · steepness: Moderate · terrain: Not assessed · exposure: Not assessed.
These are the route page’s grades, set by the rules on how we grade: length and steepness measured from its GPX track, the others set on the ground, judged from the map or estimated from OpenStreetMap. The route page says which. How we check →
Conditions and 7-day summit forecast
Modelled for the 521 m summit (Open-Meteo). Check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.
Full 7-day forecast
Taken 24 Oct 2026, 20:18 UTC; the live forecast replaces it when it loads. Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (opens in new tab)
Parking & buses for Harter Fell (Howgills)
Best parking to hike Harter Fell (Howgills)
Positions are approximate.
Vehicles are left at their owner’s risk: we list places people park and cannot vouch for any of them. Take valuables with you and leave nothing on show.
Getting to Harter Fell (Howgills) by bus
We don’t know yet. We don’t have a measured bus answer for this fell: the bus stops we hold are the Lake District’s, and this hill is outside it. That’s a gap in our data, not a sign that no bus comes here.
Hazards on Harter Fell (Howgills)
We have not written a hazard card for this fell yet, and that is not a sign that it is low-hazard. Read the warnings on the route pages that climb it, check the forecast, carry a map and compass, and turn back in cloud if the ground is not what you expected. The Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority’s Take care while you’re here (opens in new tab) page covers walking in the Dales; AdventureSmart’s hill walking kit list and Mountain Rescue England and Wales’s safety page are linked from our what to carry guide.
Map and GPX
Skip mapFree mapping: OpenTopoMap / OpenStreetMap, with SRTM elevation data (switch layers top-right).
Parking, toilets and buses: Parking & buses ↑.
Routes over Harter Fell (Howgills)
Download GPX Planned route · not yet walked
Every line here is a guide, not a guarantee — conditions change. Navigate for yourself and carry a map and compass. How to use this guide.
On the hill: terrain and water on Harter Fell (Howgills)
Water & shelter on the way up
On the Northern Howgills from Ravenstonedale route:
On-route facilities © OpenStreetMap contributors, per route — an absent marker doesn’t mean none.
About Harter Fell (Howgills)
Classifications & hill data
Is Harter Fell (Howgills) a Wainwright?
No. The Wainwrights are the 214 fells of his seven Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells, and Harter Fell (Howgills) is not one of them. It is on the HuMP list.
Selected lists
Lists, height and summit position from the Database of British and Irish Hills; the feet are converted from its metres and the grid reference from that position. How we check →