Routes

Planner

Features

Updates

App

Get the App

Routes

Running trails & routes

Cunswick Scar summit cairn – Scout Scar trig point loop from Kendal

Routes

Running trails & routes

Cunswick Scar summit cairn – Scout Scar trig point loop from Kendal

Moderate

5.0

(4)

512

runners

Cunswick Scar summit cairn – Scout Scar trig point loop from Kendal

01:39

14.0km

260m

Running

Moderate run. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 9, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

Please check local regulations for:

Lake District National Park

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

Get Directions

650 m

Little Wood

Forest

3.02 km

Cunswick Scar summit cairn

Highlight • Natural Monument

Cunswick Scar is a 679-foot (207 m) fell in the south eastern Lake District, close to Kendal. Wainwright described the walk from the town over Cuswick Scar and neighbouring Scout Scar as "a walk above others: a pleasure every step of the way." The summit is marked by a broad cairn.

Tip by

5.97 km

View over the Lyth Valley

Highlight • Viewpoint

The superb thing about the Scar is the uninterrupted views of the Lyth Valley and onto the fells beyond. On a clear day, you can see the Blackpool Tower too! Beware though, it is a steep drop.

Tip by

8.10 km

Scout Scar trig point

Highlight • Natural Monument

You'd think that as there's a trig pillar here that this would be the summit of Scout Scar. However, the trig occupies a spot at a height of 751 feet (229 m), whereas the 771-foot (235 m) summit lies to the north, beyond the Mushroom. The true summit is more dramatically situated, on the edge of the escarpment to the north, a superb vantage for gazing towards the fells of the Lake District, beautifully arrayed across the north western horizon.

Scout Scar is a popular objective from Kendal, both with hikers and fell runners. It rises gently above the town, in stark contrast to its western edge: a limestone scarp that drops abruptly to the Lyth Valley.

Tip by

8.11 km

Barrowfield Trig Point

Highlight • Viewpoint

TP1062 - Barrowfield S5672
Lake District National Park Trig Pillar

Tip by

8.12 km

Summit of Lake District National Park

Highlight • Natural Monument

8.92 km

View from Scout Scar Lookout

Highlight • Viewpoint

Great spot for a sunset run, and then a straightforward run down before dark.

Tip by

8.98 km

The Mushroom on Scout Scar

Highlight • Summit

The Mushroom marks the summit Wainwright chose for Scout Scar in his guidebook to the Outlying Fells of Lakeland. In fact, the true summit of Scout Scar is a short walk to the south, as indicated by a trig pillar.

It's undoubted that Wainwright chose this spot, closer to the edge of the scarp, because it provides a sumptuous view of the tumultuous Lakeland skyline to the north west.

Tip by

9.27 km

Scout Scar summit

Highlight • Viewpoint

This is the 771-foot (235-m) true summit of Scout Scar. This popular escarpment boasts tremendous views towards Lakeland and east towards the Howgill Fells, and is within hiking distance of Kendal's town centre.

Tip by

14.0 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.96 km

3.34 km

2.75 km

645 m

337 m

Surfaces

6.41 km

4.64 km

2.37 km

383 m

126 m

< 100 m

Elevation

Nothing selected – click and drag below to see the stats for a specific part of the route.

Weather

Friday 3 July

19°C

16°C

-- %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: -- km/h

to get more detailed weather forecasts along your route

Comments

Want to know more?

Our route recommendations are based on thousands of hikes, rides, and runs completed by other people on komoot.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Edit route

Download GPX

Move start point

Embed on a website

Report an Issue

Report restricted access

Nearby routes

Hard

4.0

903

Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside

02:36h

17.7km

870m

Moderate

4.7

306

Grasmere and Rydal Water loop — Lake District National Park

01:07h

9.37km

150m

Hard

4.5

193

Aira Force & Gowbarrow Fell loop — Lake District National Park

00:59h

6.90km

310m

Hard

163

The Old Man of Coniston & Wetherlam loop from Coniston

02:02h

13.8km

930m

Hard

4.7

122

The Old Man, Weatherlam & the Coppermines loop from Coniston — Lake District National Park

02:18h

16.6km

950m

Moderate

3.4

Windermere western shore and Claife Heights loop from Red Nab — Lake District National Park

01:12h

10.4km

250m

Hard

Ullswater eastern shore loop from Glenridding — Lake District National Park

02:05h

19.0km

160m

Hard

5.0

Helvellyn via Striding Edge & St Sunday Crag loop from Glenridding — Lake District National Park

03:11h

17.5km

1,100m

Hard

5.0

Rydal Caves & Loughrigg Fell loop from Rydal Water — Lake District National Park

01:28h

9.78km

410m

Hard

Easdale Tarn & High Raise loop from Grasmere — Lake District National Park

02:35h

18.4km

770m

Hard

The Langdale Pikes loop from Great Langdale

01:38h

8.88km

700m

Hard

High Street and The Beacon loop from Hartsop — Lake District National Park

01:57h

10.9km

680m

Cunswick Scar summit cairn – Scout Scar trig point loop from Kendal

Cunswick Scar summit cairn

View over the Lyth Valley

Scout Scar trig point

Barrowfield Trig Point

Summit of Lake District National Park

View from Scout Scar Lookout

The Mushroom on Scout Scar

Scout Scar summit

Nearby routes

Sign up or log in to keep exploring this route

We value your privacy ⛰️

We value your privacy ⛰️