High Snab Bank

Rising as a prominent grassy shoulder on the northern flank of Robinson, this lower top offers a refined perspective of the Newlands Valley. It provides a steady, scenic approach from the Newlands side, overlooking the white-walled High Snab farm and the rugged crags of the Scope End ridge.

• •The name originates from the Old Norse word 'snabbi', signifying a projecting piece of land or a spur. It refers to the steepening ground above the historic High Snab farmstead in the valley below.
• •The summit offers a specific, unencumbered view of the Newlands Horseshoe, looking directly across the valley at the sharp profile of Catbells and the broader ridge of Maiden Moor.
• •It is classified as a Synge, a list of Lakeland fells over 300 metres in height with at least 15 metres of prominence, first published by Tim Synge in 1995.
• •The fellside overlooks the site of the historic Goldscope Mine; in the 1560s, German miners were brought here to extract copper, establishing one of the most technologically advanced industrial sites in Elizabethan England.
• •It serves primarily as a polite warning; if you find the climb to this 440-metre bank taxing, the impending 300-metre wall of grass leading to Robinson’s summit will be a revelation.