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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
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 475 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all)ByDate of Ascent
Buttermere to Keswick via 7 Wainwrightstrimarc211/07/2023
On the Abraham’s tea roundemily17/05/2023
Wainwright Walk 35: Spider (Crag Hill, Sail, Scar Crags, Causey Pike, Outerside & Barrow)DavidHiner20/01/2023
From Crag Hill. Awkward descent down to Coledale Hause.PeteF24/09/2022
Bob & Duke.DukeNukem17/09/2022
From Force Crag via Coledale Hause and the col from Grasmoor. Then contoured round before reaching the top of Crag Hill.Andrew Pearson23/08/2021
From Lanthwaite for a round of Lad Hows, Thirdgill Head Man, Eel Crag, Gasgale Crags and Dodd.rhalstead25/07/2021
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 Mackay28/06/2021
See Kamoot entry for full details/gpx download: https://www.komoot.com/tour/403392299outlawcatcher27/06/2021
With Keithchristine9918/06/2021
round of 20 tops from Braithwaite. Cloudy and low visholtsd26/05/2021
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_alan19/05/2021
Down from Crag Hill with Alfie. Then went up to Grasmoor..Dangerous Dave12/12/2020
Stuart & Duke.DukeNukem22/09/2020
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.BURGESS17/09/2020
date estimatedfellstoby01/01/2020
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.johnkaysleftleg29/11/2019
From Braithwaite including Barrow, Stile End, Outerside, Sail, Crag Hill, Eel Crag and Force CragWayne Mac14/09/2019
Revisit, nice path up NW spur, en route CauseyRHW07/09/2019
Liz's first trip to The Lakes. 10 Wainwrights bagged.gavopeo30/03/2019
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.jocks101/03/2019
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 riggThe-Z-Man09/12/2018
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.jonglew16/08/2018
Coledale Horseshoe with Benjabailey31421/07/2018
Marshalling on the TWA. RHW said 'Apparently this is a Birkett', so we went to it!Geoff Briggs21/04/2018
FRVin13/03/2018
Down from Crag Hill with Coel & Alfie. Second round of Birketts.Dangerous Dave04/11/2017
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.Lazylizzie23/09/2017
Veryhappybunny09/09/2017
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.Hillsidenick02/09/2017
Lanthwaite -> Whin Benn -> Whiteside West Top -> Whiteside -> Hope Gill Head -> Sand Hill -> Eel Crag -> Crag Hill -> Wandope -> Thirdgill Head Man -> Whiteless Pike -> Rannderdale Knotts -> Lanthwaitebriandiggle22/06/2017
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)gerrybowes14/06/2017
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 outTobo196923/04/2017
https://www.strava.com/activities/6571925197Sleepwa1ker08/11/2016
with Paul climbed on 3rd attempt after poor weather and a broken ankle stopped previous attemptscolinfielding10/10/2016
Veryhappybunny18/09/2016
After Grassmoor.clivevilla02/09/2016
Braithwaite - Causey Pike - Scar Crags - Sail - Crag Hill - Eel Crag - Hobcarton Crag - Grisedale Pike - Kinn - BraithwaiteBlue The Dog27/08/2016
On a backpack - Buttermere to Keswick section.Phreerunner25/06/2016
From Crag Hillrfoster04/05/2016
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.Skip16/04/2016
Lovely spring day and great views although the summit is hardly more than a pimple over the surroundingssignyred09/04/2016
Coledale RoundCharlieRose30/01/2016
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.RT197015/08/2015
With Sturdy Girl Karren Baddeley.and Tim747 . Grasmoor Wandope, Whiteless PikeShutterlag03/05/2015
Veryhappybunny21/03/2015
From crag hillejjohnstone04/01/2015
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 inJK20/06/2014
Over from the main summitbardolph29/05/2014
Grasmoor 6Weather Prophet26/05/2014