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Retrospective view to Black Fell, Watch Hill and distant Thack Moor

The onward route now follows the watershed down to the Hartside Pass, variously accompanied by a fence or a wall and climbing onto Hartside Height, where a through-stile takes the route over the wall, and then down beside a fence to a kissing-gate just above Hartside summit, with Hartside Top Café (the highest café in England) directly opposite.

Turn right at the road, but leave it almost immediately for a broad stony track that takes a shortcut, crossing the A-road again, lower down. Go through a gate and forward to pass a bothy cottage with a fabulous view across the Eden valley to the Lake District fells, after which a splendid cross-fell track ensues, gradually descending to cross Ricker Gill Bridge and then on to a derelict farmhouse, just after which a gate gives onto a fenced track leading down to a surfaced lane. A short way on, cross Selah Bridge and make a short ascent.

At the top of the ascent, an alternative section of track saves about 1 mile of road walking, rejoining the road just past the cluster of buildings at Haresceugh.