Hills of Britain and Ireland

OS Map of Great Crag (Stonethwaite)

Lake District 2024 October (284)
Lake District 2024 October (284)

31-Oct-24 • jez.hull flickr

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Lake District 2024 October (285)
Lake District 2024 October (285)

31-Oct-24 • jez.hull flickr

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Lake District 2024 October (286)
Lake District 2024 October (286)

31-Oct-24 • jez.hull flickr

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Saturday walk - SHDRC - YHA Borrowdale weekend
Saturday walk - SHDRC - YHA Borrowdale weekend

A very enjoyable way up to High Spy, and good weather to start. By the time we reached Maiden Moor it was raining heavily and windy, so we cut the walk short and headed down, back towards Grange and the café - it did stop raining.

12-Oct-24 • Jackie & Dennis flickr

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YHA Borrowdale Boots
YHA Borrowdale Boots

Quite a display.

12-Oct-24 • Jackie & Dennis flickr

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Signpost to the Baar
Signpost to the Baar

Borrowdale YHA.

12-Oct-24 • Jackie & Dennis flickr

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Photos

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Lake District 2024 October (284)
Lake District 2024 October (284)

31-Oct-24 • jez.hull flickr

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Lake District 2024 October (285)
Lake District 2024 October (285)

31-Oct-24 • jez.hull flickr

54128150762

Lake District 2024 October (286)
Lake District 2024 October (286)

31-Oct-24 • jez.hull flickr

54129276093

Saturday walk - SHDRC - YHA Borrowdale weekend
Saturday walk - SHDRC - YHA Borrowdale weekend

A very enjoyable way up to High Spy, and good weather to start. By the time we reached Maiden Moor it was raining heavily and windy, so we cut the walk short and headed down, back towards Grange and the café - it did stop raining.

12-Oct-24 • Jackie & Dennis flickr

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YHA Borrowdale Boots
YHA Borrowdale Boots

Quite a display.

12-Oct-24 • Jackie & Dennis flickr

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Signpost to the Baar
Signpost to the Baar

Borrowdale YHA.

12-Oct-24 • Jackie & Dennis flickr

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Jackie's lead - Great Crag and Grange Fell
Jackie's lead - Great Crag and Grange Fell

It was tricky for me as a while since I did the walk (and my help mate was AWOL minding his toe). It is a bumpy area so tricky to see ahead, but I seem to have tackled Great Crag pretty well. It goes a bit wiggly round King's Howe, but not too bad. The scary bit was coming down from King;s How/Grange Fell towards Grange. There are steps, but it is very wooded and steep sided, and they were very slippery, I think every one except Phil had a tumble, I nearly kebabbed Dawn/Carole with flying poles when I went over. But Val A tumbled several times. I have vowed to avoid this descent in future - when we did April 2019 it was OK. I called Dennis to come and collect Val A, and on the road, whilst looking for our car, I must have looked so worried that a gentleman in truck stopped to offer help which was very kind of him. Alls well that ends, Dennis took Val A and Liz back, we had hot drinks/ice cream in the café, and then walked back bypassing Castle Crag in favour of an earlier return to the hostel.

11-Oct-24 • Jackie & Dennis flickr

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Paul and Jacqui on Great Crag
Paul and Jacqui on Great Crag

They were posing whilst Carole took a shot with their mobile, so I took advantage.

11-Oct-24 • Jackie & Dennis flickr

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Great Crag, summit waves
Great Crag, summit waves

From left - Liz, Val A, Jacqui, Paul, Val O, Carole, Catherine (in front), Dawn, and Phil at the back.

11-Oct-24 • Jackie & Dennis flickr

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The welcome committee
The welcome committee

They did move off the path when I asked nicely.

11-Oct-24 • Jackie & Dennis flickr

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2491 Great Crag (Stonethwaite)
2491 Great Crag (Stonethwaite)

Warm and sunny walk after parking before Stonethwaite's Saint Andrews Church. RoW to Dock Tarn then off piste to Great Crag (Stonethwaite). Then track followed south and then west to Knotts. Then SE to wall then up to path for return to car. Name:Great Crag (Stonethwaite) Hill number:2491 Height:449m / 1473ft Parent (Ma):2396 High Raise [High Raise (High White Stones)] RHB Section:34B: Lake District - Central & Western Fells Nuttall/Wainwright area:Lake District - Central Fells County/UA:Cumbria (CoU) Catchment:Derwent (Workington) Class:Tump (400-499m), Wainwright, Birkett, Synge, Fellranger Grid ref:NY 27001 14685 Summit feature:cairn Drop:32m Col:417m NY272147 Observations:this is S top (Wainwright summit); top (two cairns) 80m N (Birkett) at NY 26998 14766 is 50cm lower Survey:Abney level

20-Apr-18 • Dugswell2 flickr

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2491 Great Crag (Stonethwaite) a
2491 Great Crag (Stonethwaite) a

20-Apr-18 • Dugswell2 flickr

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2491 Great Crag (Stonethwaite) b
2491 Great Crag (Stonethwaite) b

20-Apr-18 • Dugswell2 flickr

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2491 Great Crag (Stonethwaite) c
2491 Great Crag (Stonethwaite) c

20-Apr-18 • Dugswell2 flickr

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2491 Great Crag (Stonethwaite) d
2491 Great Crag (Stonethwaite) d

20-Apr-18 • Dugswell2 flickr

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Videos

  • Great Crag Wainwright Walks wi'a Local Lad

    A walk over Great Crag, a Wainwright above Stonethwaite in the Borrowdale Valley. Wonderful views of the heatherclad slopes in ...

  • Great Crag and Knotts
    Andy Beck, Jun-20

    Greatcrag #lakedistrict #wainwrights #walkingthewainwrights #wainwrightwalks In this video artist Andy Beck takes a walk in the ...

  • Eagle Crag & Sergeant's Crag. Lake District. 10th April 2019

    A walk starting from the village of Stonethwaite in Borrowdale in The Lake District. The walk starts by crossing the bridge over ...

  • Great Crag & Grange Fell
    Ged Ball, Jan-22

    Walking from Watendlath NT Car Park past the Tarn and up to Great Crag then across to Grange Fell.

  • Hiking in the Lake District | The Wainwrights Eagle Crag and Sergeant’s Crag

    Join me for my first video on the channel. It was a wintry day in December when we hiked up the Wainwrights Eagle Crag and ...

  • Notes