Mardale Ill Bell is the high point of High Street's south-east ridge, with two big cairns on grass and the northern one marking the top. Its craggy north-east face forms the backdrop to Blea Water, the deepest tarn in the Lake District at 63 m. Small Water sits in the next corrie, and by the path climbing from it to Nan Bield Pass are little stone shelters you have to crawl into.
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Grassy top, with crags above Blea Water and scree slopes running down towards Kentmere.
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Also on this route: High Street, Rampsgill Head, Kidsty Pike, Harter Fell (Mardale), The Knott
Safety: Routes are a guide only. Carry a map and compass and know how to use them, check the weather before you go, and turn back if in doubt. You use this route at your own risk.
