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Name: | Eel Crag (Birkett) |
Hill number: | 3727 |
Height: | 807m / 2648ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2372 Grasmoor |
RHB Section: | 34B: Lake District - Central & Western Fells |
Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Lake District - North Western Fells |
County/UA: | Cumberland |
Catchment: | Derwent (Workington) |
Class: | Birkett (B) |
Grid ref: | NY 19029 20684 |
Summit feature: | collapsed cairn |
Drop: | 5m |
Col: | 802m NY190206 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 89 90 (1:25k) OL4S |
Observations: | true summit is 15m SE at NY 19036 20669 |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 475 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
Buttermere to Keswick via 7 Wainwrights | trimarc2 | 11/07/2023 |
On the Abraham’s tea round | emily | 17/05/2023 |
Wainwright Walk 35: Spider (Crag Hill, Sail, Scar Crags, Causey Pike, Outerside & Barrow) | DavidHiner | 20/01/2023 |
From Crag Hill. Awkward descent down to Coledale Hause. | PeteF | 24/09/2022 |
Bob & Duke. | DukeNukem | 17/09/2022 |
From Force Crag via Coledale Hause and the col from Grasmoor. Then contoured round before reaching the top of Crag Hill. | Andrew Pearson | 23/08/2021 |
From Lanthwaite for a round of Lad Hows, Thirdgill Head Man, Eel Crag, Gasgale Crags and Dodd. | rhalstead | 25/07/2021 |
With Sarah Evans, sunny, humid and hot. A great distraction from the loss of Loki the day before. 
Up via Stoneycroft Gill, up the bends to top of Sail for lunch, onto Eel Crag, down the screes to Coledale Hause and then down into Coledale and along the track to Braithwaite, then skirt edge of Barrow to get back to the car. | Ruth Mackay | 28/06/2021 |
See Kamoot entry for full details/gpx download: 
https://www.komoot.com/tour/403392299 | outlawcatcher | 27/06/2021 |
With Keith | christine99 | 18/06/2021 |
round of 20 tops from Braithwaite. Cloudy and low vis | holtsd | 26/05/2021 |
Grasmoor from Lanthwaite Green: visiting Whin Ben, Whiteside West Top, Whiteside East Top, Gasgale Crags, Hopegill Head, Ladyside Pike, Sand Hill, Grasmoor, Eel Crag, Eel Crag (B), Wandope, Thirdgill Head Man, Whiteless Pike, Rannerdale Knotts. 20km with 1500m ascent in 8 hours. (S) | silveracorn_alan | 19/05/2021 |
Down from Crag Hill with Alfie. Then went up to Grasmoor.. | Dangerous Dave | 12/12/2020 |
Stuart & Duke. | DukeNukem | 22/09/2020 |
WARM, CLOUDLESS AND WINDLESS SO WENT FOR A HIGH LEVEL EXCURSION. FROM STONEYCROFT BRIDGE STRAIGHT UP THE GOOD BUT STEEP AND SCRAMBLY PATH UP ROWLING END (NEW) FOLLOWED BY THE EASY SCRAMBLE UP CAUSEY PIKE. OVER SCAR CRAGS, DOWN TO SAIL HAUSE AND UP THE SAIL ZIGZAG TO REACH CRAG HILL. THEN OUT TO TWO NEW BIRKETTS, EEL CRAG AND THIRDGILL HEAD MAN WITH A SURPRISINGLY LONG CLIMB BACK UP CRAG HILL. RETURN TO SAIL HAUSE AND DOWN MAIN PATH WITH A DIVERSION TO STILE END (NEW) AND DOWN FROM BARROW DOOR HAVING ALREADY DONE OUTERSIDE AND BARROW. 4 NEW TOPS. | BURGESS | 17/09/2020 |
date estimated | fellstoby | 01/01/2020 |
Braithwaite > Barrow > Barrow Door > Causey Pike > Scar Crags > Sail > Crag Hill > Eel Crag > Coledale Hause > Hobcarton Crag > Grisdale Pike > Kinn > Braithwaite. Just me and H. Glorious cold calm blue sky day. Ground frozen solid for the most part. | johnkaysleftleg | 29/11/2019 |
From Braithwaite including Barrow, Stile End, Outerside, Sail, Crag Hill, Eel Crag and Force Crag | Wayne Mac | 14/09/2019 |
Revisit, nice path up NW spur, en route Causey | RHW | 07/09/2019 |
Liz's first trip to The Lakes. 10 Wainwrights bagged. | gavopeo | 30/03/2019 |
After the sunshine cloudy day with clag on the tops 
Mopping up in north Western Fells Stile end Rowling End Eel crag.No prooblem route finding paths like motorways.Except Eel Crag compass bearing from Crag Hill in the clag,no path. | jocks1 | 01/03/2019 |
7 of 12 on first trip to the lakes in my motorhome including high snockrigg, whiteless pike, thirdgill headman, wandope, sail, crag hill, eel crag, force crag, ard crags, aikin knott, ill crag and knott rigg | The-Z-Man | 09/12/2018 |
From Whinlatter Pass via Swinside and Ladyside Pike, plus some other hills previously walked over. This was the prize for today, a hill not previously been to and a bit out of the way. Came directly up the north nose, nice little scramble, but descended grassy slopes to return to Coledale Hause, then returning to car park via Hobcarton End. A day of picking off some odd hills not previously visited. ***Revisited 7 Sep 2019 on Andrew Brown's Wainwright completion walk. | jonglew | 16/08/2018 |
Coledale Horseshoe with Ben | jabailey314 | 21/07/2018 |
Marshalling on the TWA. RHW said 'Apparently this is a Birkett', so we went to it! | Geoff Briggs | 21/04/2018 |
FR | Vin | 13/03/2018 |
Down from Crag Hill with Coel & Alfie. Second round of Birketts. | Dangerous Dave | 04/11/2017 |
Extended Coledale horseshoe from Braithwaite: Grisedale Pike, Hobcarton Crag, Hopegill Head, Sand Hill, Eel Crag, Crag Hill, Sail, Scar Crags, Causey Pike, Outerside, Stile End and Barrow. Misty early Autumn day. A lot of low cloud and wind. | Lazylizzie | 23/09/2017 |
Veryhappybunny | 09/09/2017 | |
Very flat and easy walk from the trig even though no path. Small cairn, rather then collapsed cairn, at summit. Had top to ourselves. Better views to north than main Crag hill top. On to Grasmoor. | Hillsidenick | 02/09/2017 |
Lanthwaite -> Whin Benn -> Whiteside West Top -> Whiteside -> Hope Gill Head -> Sand Hill -> Eel Crag -> Crag Hill -> Wandope -> Thirdgill Head Man -> Whiteless Pike -> Rannderdale Knotts -> Lanthwaite | briandiggle | 22/06/2017 |
Roadside parking on bend of B5292 at 228236 (Space for 8-10 cars) – RoW to Coledale Head, bagging Force Crag along the way – From Coledale Head, RoW to Crag Hill & then a gentle descent of about ½km to the Birkett cairn. (S) | gerrybowes | 14/06/2017 |
Coledale Horseshoe today 
Fabulous walk in superb weather 
A long slog up Grisedale Pike, Crag Hill decent was interesting in parts 
Up to Sail along to Outerside and finishing off with fantastic views at Barrow 
Great day out | Tobo1969 | 23/04/2017 |
https://www.strava.com/activities/6571925197 | Sleepwa1ker | 08/11/2016 |
with Paul climbed on 3rd attempt after poor weather and a broken ankle stopped previous attempts | colinfielding | 10/10/2016 |
Veryhappybunny | 18/09/2016 | |
After Grassmoor. | clivevilla | 02/09/2016 |
Braithwaite - Causey Pike - Scar Crags - Sail - Crag Hill - Eel Crag - Hobcarton Crag - Grisedale Pike - Kinn - Braithwaite | Blue The Dog | 27/08/2016 |
On a backpack - Buttermere to Keswick section. | Phreerunner | 25/06/2016 |
From Crag Hill | rfoster | 04/05/2016 |
Coledale round with Dave. A bright day but a cold wind. Parked at Braithwaite. Summits were Kinn, Grisedale Pike, Hobcarton Head, Sand Hill, Hopegill Head, Coledale Hause, Grassmoor, Wandope, Crag Hill (Wainwright's Eel Crag), Eel Crag (Birkett), Sail, Scar Crags, Causy Pike, Outerside, Stile End, Barrow. | Skip | 16/04/2016 |
Lovely spring day and great views although the summit is hardly more than a pimple over the surroundings | signyred | 09/04/2016 |
Coledale Round | CharlieRose | 30/01/2016 |
With G. Mostly on Nuttalls' route, from Braithwaite > Thornthwaite > Whinlatter visitors centre > Hobcarton End > Grisedale Pike > Hobcarton Crag > Eel Crag > Crag Hill > Sail > Scar Crags > Causey Pike > Outerside via High Moss > Stile End > Barrow > Braithwaite. | RT1970 | 15/08/2015 |
With Sturdy Girl Karren Baddeley.and Tim747 . Grasmoor Wandope, Whiteless Pike | Shutterlag | 03/05/2015 |
Veryhappybunny | 21/03/2015 | |
From crag hill | ejjohnstone | 04/01/2015 |
Supporting my MDOC clubmate (and one-time Mountain Marathon rival) Steve Birkenshaw on his record for the 214 Wainwrights. 
His full schedule is here: 
https://www.dropbox.com/s/724yqtx97ee78fk/steveB-wainwrights-leg%20splits-with%20realtimes.xlsx 
 
Here was my contribution: 
09:53 Start: Whinlatter 
10:44 Grisedale Pike 
11:10 Hopegill Head 
11:26 Whiteside 
12:10 Arr Cinderdale Common 
Break 
13:05 Dep Cinderdale Common 
[I stayed on path while Steve went over Rannerdale Knotts] 
14:12 Whiteless Pike 
14:34 Wandope 
14:57 Grasmoor 
15:30 Crag Hill 
15:38 Sail 
Steve then headed E towards Causey Pike, but I headed over EEl crag to Coledale Hause, back over Hopegill Head (via Sand Hill), along the ridge to Ladyside Pike and then dropped into the valley to head back to Whinlatter Pass by about 17:00 
I then headed over to Newlands Hause where I watched Steve come past at 18:20. I then drove to Hawes End where I climbed Cat Bells (Steve's final top) and then onto Keswick to cheer him in | JK | 20/06/2014 |
Over from the main summit | bardolph | 29/05/2014 |
Grasmoor 6 | Weather Prophet | 26/05/2014 |