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Buttermere is the obvious starting point for climbing
Wandope, and several routes are available. Sail Beck and then Third Gill can be followed to give a toehold on the shorter eastern branch of the south west ridge. Alternatively Sail Beck can be followed further up the valley until Addacomb Beck is
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Wandope is not prominent in views from below and from most directions appears subservient to its higher neighbours. The connection to Crag Hill is the broad plateau of
Wandope Moss, sloping down easily to the west. On the opposite side is the striking feature of Addacomb Hole. This symmetrical
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Whiteless Pike into Buttermere village. Addacomb Beck and Third Gill are the tributaries which mark the northern and southern boundaries of Wandope on this flank. To the north and west of the fell is Rannerdale Beck, disgorging its flow direct into the centre section of the lake.
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The ridge south westward from
Wandope is divided into two by Third Gill. The eastern branch is a short blunt ended spur, but the western arm narrows to the fine airy ridge of Whiteless Edge. This makes straight for the summit of Whiteless Pike across the
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occupy the area between the rivers
Derwent and Cocker, a broadly oval swathe of hilly country, elongated on a north–south axis. Two roads cross from east to west, dividing the fells into three convenient groups. The central sector, rising between
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marks the summit on a gentle grassy dome, a few yards in from the fall into
Addacomb Hole. The view north is blocked by Grasmoor and Crag Hill, but a glorious mountain view extends in all other directions. The
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Crummock Water, the Derwent-Cocker watershed ignoring Wandope in favour of the onward connection from Crag Hill to
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Indirect routes are also popular, and
Wandope can either be added to the traverse of the Grasmoor-Causey Pike ridge, or taken on a circuit of Rannerdale.
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514:British Geological Survey: 1:50,000 series maps,
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307:in the north-western area of the English
221:Show map of the former Allerdale Borough
494:A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells
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775:Buttermere, Cumbria (village)
181:Show map of the Lake District
516:England & Wales Sheet 29
375:toward Buttermere village.
177:Lake District National Park
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765:Fells of the Lake District
54:772 m (2,533 ft)
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529:Complete Lakeland Fells
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127:54.56598°N 3.25736°W
579:North Western Fells
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255:North Western Fells
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132:54.56598; -3.25736
44:Highest point
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211:Location in
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680:Maiden Moor
675:Lord's Seat
620:Causey Pike
610:Castle Crag
369:Causey Pike
130: /
105:Coordinates
73:Parent peak
754:Categories
720:Whinlatter
710:Scar Crags
665:Knott Rigg
655:Hindscarth
640:Graystones
605:Broom Fell
467:References
409:Ordovician
396:Knott Rigg
365:Scar Crags
331:Topography
325:High Stile
284:Landranger
115:54°33′58″N
90:Wainwright
60:Prominence
730:Whiteside
705:Sale Fell
685:Outerside
670:Ling Fell
625:Dale Head
615:Cat Bells
590:Ard Crags
428:sandstone
425:Greywacke
421:siltstone
392:Ard Crags
317:Crag Hill
238:, England
213:Allerdale
143:Geography
118:3°15′26″W
78:Crag Hill
50:Elevation
770:Nuttalls
695:Robinson
650:High Spy
635:Grasmoor
449:Scafells
442:A small
417:mudstone
353:Grasmoor
327:ranges.
321:Sca Fell
288:Explorer
276:Topo map
268:NY188197
232:Location
715:Wandope
455:Ascents
413:Skiddaw
403:Geology
301:Wanlope
297:Wandope
262:OS grid
236:Cumbria
217:Cumbria
205:Wandope
169:Wandope
98:Nuttall
85:Listing
24:Wandope
600:Barrow
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438:Summit
355:above
94:Hewitt
444:cairn
303:is a
700:Sail
595:Barf
533:ISBN
500:ISBN
419:and
367:and
361:Sail
344:and
335:The
323:and
305:fell
286:89,
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290:OL4
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