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.
