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Name: | Crinkle Crags - Gunson Knott [Fifth Crinkle] |
Hill number: | 3725 |
Height: | 822m / 2697ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2359 Scafell Pike |
RHB Section: | 34B: Lake District - Central & Western Fells |
Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Lake District - Southern Fells |
County/UA: | Westmorland and Furness |
Catchment: | Esk (Ravenglass), Catchment Boundaries, Leven (Ulverston) |
Watershed: | Morecambe Bay |
Class: | Birkett (B) |
Grid ref: | NY 24994 05141 |
Summit feature: | rock 10m SW of cairn |
Drop: | 7m |
Col: | 815m NY 2498 0512 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 89 90 (1:25k) OL6N |
Survey: | Abney level |
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GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 768 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
Mountain Leader Summer Award Assessment Day 4/5. 
Mountain day, leadership, nav, emergency and other general skills. from Cold Pike camp traversed Crinkle crags and descended The Band. With forecast 50mph winds, descended to the valley to camp at the National Trust Campsite. Cloudy, daylight 10mph N'ly, visibility good, high ground water. | higlett | 21/11/2023 |
With AJ. | DaveT | 07/11/2023 |
R K | Richard Tait | 25/10/2023 |
En route from Long Top to Shelter Crag | richard69 | 25/09/2023 |
From Wrynose Bottom; Ulpha Fell (Little Stand), Crinkle Crags, Bowfell, Esk Pike, Great End, Ill Crag, Broad Crag, Scafell Pike, Mickledore Ridge, return via Moasdale. | Barns150 | 08/09/2023 |
September 23 Heatwave week- breaking all records. High 20s today. With L long easy fun scramble in boots up the ravine of Crinkle Gill - frequent dunking of my shirt & hat to keep cool. 27 yrs ago I last scrambled up it when frozen with ice axes! Steep ascent out of the beautiful craggy corrie up to the main Crinkles ridge at Mickledore. Over all the Crinkle tops (of which there are many) and down The Band - screaming jets. Popped in for iced water and biscuits at Viv's cottage at Chapel Stile. | Chris Pearson | 07/09/2023 |
After Shelter Crags North. | PGCE | 06/09/2023 |
From New Dungeon Ghyll. 
17.5 km, 1000 m asc. 
By Oxendale and Hell Gill to Three Tarns. 
Up and over Shelter Crags and the five Crinkles. 
S to Stonesty Pike and Little Stand, E to Cold Pike and N to Great Knott. 
Down by the Red Tarn path, Brown Howe and Oxendale. 
Warm, dry. | SalmonJoe | 30/08/2023 |
All the Tops South to North. | NormanW | 13/07/2023 |
Pike of Blisco - Cold Pike - Crinkle Crags - Bow Fell - Esk Pike - Rossett Pike | The Playful Pig | 06/05/2023 |
Great Lakeland 3 Dayer | emily | 30/04/2023 |
Wainwright Walk 57: Spider (Bowfell, Esk Pike, Crinkle Crags, Pike Of Blisco, Cold Pike & Rossett Pike) | DavidHiner | 07/04/2023 |
RRDPTH | Richard Tait | 07/04/2023 |
Cockley Beck -> Little Stand -> Stonesty Pike -> First Crinkle -> Crinkle Crags -> Third Crinkle -> Fourth Crinkle -> Fifth Crinkle -> Shelter Crags -> Rest Gill -> Hard Knott -> Hard Knott Pass road -> Cockley Beck | briandiggle | 04/11/2022 |
With Jus, Cat & Jim. Loop from Langdale, up the band, across Crinkle Crags, down to Cold Pike and back down via Red Tarn and Oxendale. Tough going given that we were all either injured, ill or exhausted! However, a glorious day enjoyed by all, with amazing weather for October. Loved bagging a hill every few hundred feet on the Crinkles! | wheresthepath | 02/10/2022 |
Esk Pike, Bowfell and Crinkle Crags from Cockley Beck Bridge. First ascent of Esk Pike from the upper Duddon Valley for me and the desolate but romantic head of Eskdale - splendid scenery. The route visited many not previously climbed Birketts and Synges. 20 summits topped during the day, order of ascent: Painet Knott, Throstlehow Crag, Scar Lathing, High Gait Crags, Yeatyrigg Crags, Pike de Bield, Esk Pike, Bowfell North Top, Bowfell, Shelter Crags N Top, Shelter Crags, Gunson Knott, 4th Crinkle, 3rd Crinkle, Crinkle Crags, Crinkle Crags South Top, Great Knott, Cold Pike Far West Top, Cold Pike West Top, Cold Pike. 23km with 1400m of ascent, taking 8h 40m. | silverwolf_alan | 20/09/2022 |
From ODG, Great Langdale. 
12.5 km, 900 m asc. 
Up by Oxendale to Red Tarn and Cold Pike summit. NW over Crinkle 1 and on to Crinkle Crags - Long Top summit. Continue N along the ridge to Three Tarns and down by The Band. 
Mild and still. 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/samandjo/albums/72177720302208218 | SalmonJoe | 10/09/2022 |
First mountain and first wild camp with Andrii. ODG - Great Knott - Crinkle Crags - Three tarns (camp) - ODG. | hannah&steven | 01/06/2022 |
The Band to Pike O'Blisco via Crinkle Crags | trimarc2 | 20/04/2022 |
A clear sunny day this time. On the way to Bow Fell. Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 22/03/2022 |
R K | Richard Tait | 11/01/2022 |
Fun 25km slog across the Langdale Skyline, got pretty wet towards the end. | atreides7887 | 11/11/2021 |
Parked at 3 Shires Stone. Circular across Crinkle Crags to Bow Fell and return. Sunny day with some cloud. Great visibility. Hard going but straightforward (even over the Bad Step) | Argentum66 | 12/09/2021 |
Climbed from Wrynose Bottom at head of Dunnerdale, up Cold Pike, Crinkle Crags, Bowfell via Climbers Traverse, Yew Bank and Hard Knott (both tops). 12.5 miles, 4800 ft ascent. | mavero10 | 05/06/2021 |
Nearly there up the band,white stones 3 tarns and then completed all the crinkles easy nav on a blue sky day.As Wainwright advised not advised in mist.Defeated last time I was up here. | jocks1 | 27/05/2021 |
10.7 miles 3869ft walk. Start at Great Langdale NT campsite to Pike of Blisco, Great Knott, Cold Pike, Little Stand Crinkle Crags and Shelter Crags, return down Earing Crag to Great Langdale. | stephenbuda | 17/05/2021 |
With Chris in superb weather. First time back in the Lakes after lockdown relaxation. The classic Crinkle Crags and Bowfell ridge walk, visiting a total of 21 summits from Dungeon Ghyll. Visited: Brown Howe, Great Knott, Cold Pike, Cold Pike West Top, Cold Pike Far West Top, Little Stand, Stonesty Pike, Crinkle Crags South Top, Crinkle Crags - Long Top, Crinkle Crags – 3rd Crinkle, Crinkle Crags – 4th Crinkle, Crinkle Crags – Gunson Knott, Shelter Crags, Crinkle Crags North Top, Bowfell, Bowfell North Top, Esk Pike, Tongue Head, Rossett Pike, Buck Pike, Black Crags. 27.7km with 1630m ascent in 11h30m. | silveracorn_alan | 03/04/2021 |
R winter conds | Richard Tait | 24/12/2020 |
Joe’s Steve Parr 61 | Jim T | 15/10/2020 |
With: solo; Cumbria Way Day 2. From camp by Torver Beck via Goat's Hawse then to 'Old Man, Coniston Fells down to Wrynose Pass. Then by Red Tarn over Crinkle Crags to Three Tarns. | Ian Baines | 13/10/2020 |
Along the Crinkles with Lucy | Nab Scar | 10/10/2020 |
Crinkle Crags Round from Sticklebarn CP | screeleep | 10/10/2020 |
With Jules , Jill and Jo on a clear, bright and warm bank holiday | Grey Hare | 31/08/2020 |
Along ridge S to N. High temperatures all day turning to thunder storms over Scafel Pike. Decided to walk back to the car rather than be caught out. | Andrew Pearson | 12/08/2020 |
Birkett 3 Revisit with Pete | Dave Geere | 19/01/2020 |
Wandered off course coming down from Long Top in the fog and missed out the 3rd and 4th Crinkles! With Alfie. | Dangerous Dave | 19/01/2020 |
Visited on a circuit with my wife when we started and finished from the ODG. | morgs4mountains | 23/09/2019 |
DAY 2 OF BIRKETT BAGGING BONANZA. FROM LANGDALE CAMPSITE UP TO RED TARN AND OUT TO STONESTY PIKE BEFORE ADDING THIRD, FOURTH AND FIFTH CRINKLES TO THE LIST. REPEATED FIRST AND SECOND CRINKLES AND SHELTER CRAGS FOR GOOD MEASURE AND DID WHITE STONES ON WAY DOWN THE BAND. A FINE, CLEAR DAY. | BURGESS | 08/07/2019 |
With Ian. | PeteF | 03/07/2019 |
Marshall WtW no.18. | Sedge | 06/06/2019 |
R K | Richard Tait | 23/11/2018 |
R K great day | Richard Tait | 28/09/2018 |
Gt.Langdale->^->Bow Fell | brogly | 09/08/2018 |
Stickle Ghyll Car Park, Langdale - Pike O Blisco - Cold Pike - Crinkle Crags - Bow Fell - Esk Pike - Rossett Pike - Stickle Ghyll Car Park, Langdale | eviljeff9 | 14/07/2018 |
A less than normal route from Cockley beck, to Mosedale, then Rest Gill botanising. Remarkably on the coll was a Stoat! | Karmakarl | 24/06/2018 |
Particularly foggy. 34km running and fast hiking from Yewfield B&B: Great How, Pike of Blisco, Great Knott, Crinkle Crags (all tops), Shelter Crags (both tops), Cold Pike (all tops). With GFE | Fionalevey | 02/06/2018 |
R K trev Rob great weather | Richard Tait | 30/05/2018 |
R fantastic winter conds | Richard Tait | 16/02/2018 |
R K superb winter day | Richard Tait | 28/12/2017 |
R amazing winter day | Richard Tait | 01/12/2017 |