Capel Fell

Capel Fell is just northwest of Ettrick Head on the Southern Upland Way and like that point is on the main east-west watershed of Britain. It can be reached from the Way by a detour, a climb of one kilometre. Its finest feature is the ravine of Craigmichan Scar on the southern slopes.

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Region: Borders

Altitude: 678 metres

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Panoramic summit view (click to open)

Users' walk reports for White Shank

There are 631 Walkhighlanders who have climbed Capel Fell. They have contributed 33 public walk reports including this summit. These are ordered below with the most recent ones first. The rightmost column shows how many summits were included in their report, which may help you to find the most relevant reports.

Walk report	Author	Date walked	Likes	Hills
Ettrick Hills circuit	ChelseaMurray	2/3/24	2	F2
Just Like Christmas	weaselmaster	24/12/23	11	C1F4
Ettrick Pen (horseshoe part 3) : Capel Fell and some tops	Justdrums	6/11/23	2	F1
The Ettrick Donalds	roscoT	12/2/23	5	F3
Ettrick Pen, Wind Fell and Capel Fell	jgregor	20/3/22	2	F2
A Walk of Two Halves	Gordie12	14/7/21	1	F2
5 Ettrick Donalds and a Winter Camp	hendry670	1/12/19	9	F3
Tough Donald Bagging Around Moffatdale	Christo1979	4/11/19	8	C1F4
Short Ettrick horseshoe	TheTortoise	7/9/19	1	F2
The Ettrick Hills Part 2	iainR	28/6/19	1	F2
A 2 Graham circuit from Sailfoot	rob munbett	12/5/19	2	F2
Ettrick Hills via Over Phawhope	iangpark	8/12/18	5	F4
The Year of the Donald? A weekend at Over Phawhope	malky_c	4/2/18	2	C1F1
Ettrick horseshoe	Guinessman	1/12/17	3	F3
Post Wedding Donald Speed Round	Jaxter	3/6/17	3	F2
New Year's catch up in the Borders	weaselmaster	1/1/17	2	F6
50 Shades of Graham, 70 Shades of Donald	weaselmaster	20/3/16	4	F4
A REAL sting in the tail	Fife Flyer	19/3/16	5	F3
Some Ettrick hills	rockhopper	11/10/15	7	F4
Broken back avoided around Ettrickdale	Driftwood	30/5/15	1	F3
5 Donalds From Selcoth Fisheries	SecretSquirrel	29/11/14	1	F3
A claggy day down Ettrick way!	Gavsco	17/9/14	0	F2
6 Ettrick Donalds from Selcoth Fisheries	RTMcB	8/9/14	3	F3
Southern Upland(s my) way part 1: Thankerton to Thornhill	malky_c	12/7/14	9	C3F9S1
Moffat to Peebles	dunrig	11/3/14	3	F3
Some Ettrick Grahams & Donalds	Johnny Corbett	28/2/14	2	F2
Ettrick pen an all	Benaden887	17/10/13	0	F3
6 Donalds - Ettrick Horseshoe XL version	gmr82	20/4/13	3	F3
Ettrick Horeshoe and Loch Fell added on for fun	rdtoward21	7/5/12	2	F2
A Bag of Ettricks	laconic surf	17/3/12	1	F2
A round of Ettrick Hills	john923	21/4/11	1	F2
Capel Fell 27th/28th Feb	rogers	28/2/10	0	F1
The Ettrick Horseshoe.	IainG	13/12/09	0	F2

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