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Two very different walks reach the same 368-meter top above Keswick. The short one starts from the parking lot at the head of Gale Road: about 1 km each way on compacted stone, with a steep pull of roughly 150 meters at a 1-in-7 gradient before the view of Derwentwater and Borrowdale opens up. Few summit views anywhere come this cheaply. The longer route walks up from Keswick itself, roughly 5.5 miles and 3 to 4 hours on tracks and grassy slopes that turn muddy and slippery in the wet. The popular circuit is currently not open all the way around, so check the latest route before planning to come down a different way.