The Mosedale Horseshoe is a celebrated mountain walk around Mosedale in the English Lake District: starting at Wasdale Head, it includes Kirk Fell, Yewbarrow, Red Pike, Scoat Fell, and Pillar. It is a circular walk of with a total ascent of .
Shorter versions can be made by omitting Yewbarrow and Kirk Fell, at start and finish, and (perhaps) the summit of Scoat Fell.
Wainwright's warning
Alfred Wainwright placed the round among his dozen best lakeland ridge walks;H Davies, A Walk Around the Lakes (London 1989) p. 320-1 but also warned that the full version was "an exhilarating mountain marathon for experienced fellwalkers only".A Wainwright, Wainwright in the Valleys of Lakeland (London 1996) p. 127
See also Black Crag Coledale horseshoe Fairfield horseshoe Mosedale Beck (Wast Water)
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