Outerside

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Outerside
Outerside seen from Barrow, 2 kilometres to the east. The snow covered fell of Eel Crag is seen behind
Elevation	596 m (1,863 ft)
Location	Cumbria, England
Range	Lake District, North Western Fells
Prominence	c. 70 m
Topo map	OS Landrangers 89, 90, Explorer OL4
OS grid reference	NY211214
Listing	Wainwright

Outerside is a fell in the Lake District in Cumbria, England. It is located 6 kilometres west of Keswick in the north western part of the national park and is a smaller member of the Coledale group of fells with a height of 568 metres (1863 feet). The fell is part of a ridge on the southern side of Coledale which descends from the higher fell of Eel Crag and continues over the neighbouring smaller fell of Barrow before reaching the valley at the village of Braithwaite.

The fell is ascended either from Braithwaite or Stair in the Newlands Valley; the ascent from Stair uses an old mine road up Stoneycroft Gill which crosses the shoulder of the fell at a height of 460 metres from where the walker then strikes northerly to attain the summit. The direct route from Braithwaite follows Barrow Gill south westerly before going west to the highest point. The fell is often climbed along with the adjoining fell of Barrow to which it is connected by a ridge; the subsidiary top of Stile End (447 metres) stands midway along the ridge in between the two fells.

The view from Outerside’s summit cairn is restricted by the higher Coledale fells of Grisedale Pike, Eel Crag and Causey Pike in an arc to the west but there is a good prospect of the Helvellyn range to the east and the Skiddaw group to the north east, as well as a birds eye view directly down into Coledale with the Force Crag mine at its head.