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| Name: | Kitty Crag |
| Hill number: | 3877 |
| Height: | 435m / 1427ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2634 The Old Man of Coniston [Coniston Old Man] |
| RHB Section: | 34D: Southern Cumbria |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Lake District - Southern Fells |
| County/UA: | Westmorland and Furness |
| Catchment: | Leven (Ulverston) |
| Class: | Birkett, Synge (B,Sy) |
| Grid ref: | SD 29543 98965 |
| Summit feature: | cairn |
| Drop: | 27m |
| Col: | 408m SD294992  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 96 97 (1:25k) OL6N |
| Survey: | obvious summit |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 259 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Part of Wetherlam circuit with Old Guys. | HardenC | 16/03/2024 |
| From the car park in Low free Tilberthwaite for Birketts Six and a quarter mile Tilberthwaite and Yewdale walk. Ten tops with aditional excursions to Birk fell man, Lad stones and Yewdale crag. Completed in around Six and half hours. | WAYNE ROWLETT | 27/01/2024 |
| with L in heatwave after Long Crag scramble. 2nd ascent. | Chris Pearson | 04/09/2023 |
| A gruelling but rewarding 17 mile, 9.5 hour circular(ish) round ticking off 16 tops; Starting at free roadside parking just before the church at Bowmanstead, Kitty Crag-Lad Stones-Wetherlan-Black Sails-Swirl How-Great Carrs-Little Carrs-Hell Gill Pike-Grey Friar-Grey How-Little How Crags-Brim Fell-O.M.o.Coniston-Dow Crag-Buck Pike-Brown Pike and returned via Banishead Quarry. | Alfa1M | 04/05/2023 |
| Started off at Tilberthwaite and walked up the Langdale Fells, then on to Wetherlam. From there, headed out to Grey Friar and descended Wet Side Edge. From there, a climb up to the Tilberthwaite Fells. | oldbagger27 | 18/04/2023 |
| From Coniston, scramble up Long Crag, Kitty Crag, Lad Stones, Wetherlam, Black Sail, Swirl How, Great Carrs, Grey Friar, Brim Fell and The Old Man of Coniston. | welshyboyo | 03/03/2023 |
| Round of Coniston Fells from Coniston. Path up by Long Crag, levelling out then diversion to Yewdale Crag. Continued on to Brackeny Crag, then NNW to cross Tilberthwaite Gill and climb Blake Rigg, Haystacks, Hawk Rigg, High Fell. Crossed a marshy area to climb Great Intake then return to cross Tilberthwaite Gill and head S to join path. At high point headed off to climb Kitty Crag, Long Crag, High Wythow, Low Wythow and descend SSE to rejoin outward route. Mist and continuous rain for much of route. | RobertP | 05/11/2022 |
| Parked at 30632 01012 and did Birkett walk CON 3. 7.22 miles, 4 hours 5 mins. | clivevilla | 16/10/2022 |
| With Oli after scrambling up Long Crag. Continued to Wetherlam via Steel Edge. | alistairpooler | 05/07/2022 |
| 7 of 9 starting at coniston sports centre on 10.9 mile hike after an overnight in the motorhome. After long crag. It was supposed to be back to coniston and home after this but couldn’t resist bagging wetherlam. | The-Z-Man | 27/02/2022 |
| Round of Yewdale Fells from Tilberthwaite Ghyll Car Park - now fee paying - out via Hole Rake with return via Kitty Crag, Long Crag, High Wythow, Low Wythow, Yewdale Crags and Brackeny Crag on a glorious winter day. | RobB | 17/12/2021 |
| An exploration of the Birketts and Synges on Wetherlam, including: Blake Rigg, Haystacks, Hawk Rigg, High Fell (Hawk Rigg), Great Intake – Low Fell, Birk Fell Man (Birk Fell), Wetherlam, Black Sails, Lad Stones, Kitty Crag, Long Crag – Yewdale Fells, High Wythow, Low Wythow, Yewdale Crag, and Brackeny Crag. 16km with 1000m of ascent in 6h 40m. (S) | silveracorn_alan | 10/07/2021 |
| Yewdale and Tilberthwaite Birketts | tomd4 | 25/04/2021 |
| Possibly done earlier. | Alan Moore | 08/12/2020 |
| From Long Crag. From High Tilberthwaite - free NT car parking - yes, it's not Pay & Display! Lots of knolls, bracken and marsh, trackless terrain. | Isbjorn | 11/10/2020 |
| Lovely 20km walk from Coniston with Long Crag scramble, a round of 6 Wainwrights, and a swim in Low Water on the way back down. | atreides7887 | 20/09/2020 |
| Thick cloud on The Old Man so we opted for a potter around his lower Fells. From the village up the Mine Road then north along the narrow path to Lad Stones. In cloud so headed back down to Kitty Crag, Long Crag, High Wythow, Low Wythow and Brackeny Crag. Back to the village via Yewdale Crag and then a hairy, bracken camouflaged path. | summitter | 16/07/2020 |
| Grey, then windier, then wetter 23 Km traverse of Coniston Wainwrights with a few Birkenstock’s added towards end. | davechaffey | 30/12/2019 |
| Revisit with Pete | Dave Geere | 10/11/2019 |
| LAST DAY OF A WEEK AT LANGDLAE CAMPSITE AND STILL FINE AND DRY. STARTED IN LITTLE LANGDALE AT FELL PLACE AND FOLLOWED TRACK AND WALL UP TO COL THEN LEFT OVER LADDER STILE TO GREAT INTAKE. THEN FOLLOWED BIRKETT'S ROUTE OVER HIGH FELL AND HAWK RIGG. DROPPED ONTO GOOD PATH TO DO BIRK FELL MAN AND BACK, THEN CONTINUED BIRKETT'S ROUTE OVER HAYSTACKS, BLAKE RIGG, KITTY CRAG, LONG CRAG, HIGH WYTHOW, LOW WYTHOW AND BRACKENY CRAG. A LONG DAY BUT COMPLETED 31 BIRKETTS IN A WEEK FROM LANGDALE. | BURGESS | 14/07/2019 |
| From Tilberthwaite for a round of 11 Berketts. | rhalstead | 22/04/2019 |
| From Long Crag. First section of walk finished and the tops easier to identify than I'd feared. On to Kennel Crag. | Wycombe Wanderer | 14/04/2019 |
| With Sue from Little Langdale via Weatherlam Edge to summit 0f Weatherlam. Storm Freya came in making day bit damp. Descended via Lad Stones and then on to Kitty, Long Crags, High and Low Wythow, Brackeny Crag. Return via mines and Tilberthwaite. | Frank | 02/03/2019 |
| Round of 5 Birketts from Coniston | Havenchris | 13/01/2019 |
| A short day with Dave and Tony bagging Birketts. We left Dave's car at High Tilberthwaite carpark then drove in my car to meet Tony in Conniston. Walked along the lane to Coppermines Cottages then up to Kitty Crag, Long Crag, High Wythow, Low Wythow and Brackeny Crag before descended to High Tilberthwaite carpark. Poor visibility in the drizzle and rain; an unpleasantly wet day with gusty wind. | Skip | 02/12/2018 |
| Debs and Tali. Birthday Birketts. 11 to the east and south of Wetherlam | Mountain Goat | 23/10/2018 |
| Done with Richard Turner in very windy conditions also taking in Haystacks, High Fell, Hawk Rigg, Great Intake, Low Fell, Birk Fells, High Wythow & Low With | falunty | 23/10/2018 |
| Done with Richard Turner in very windy conditions also taking in Haystacks, High Fell, Hawk Rigg, Great Intake, Low Fell, Birk Fells, High Wythow & Low With | nitranrenrut | 23/10/2018 |
| On the Wetherlam round from Tilberthwaite. | BobHancock | 25/08/2018 |
| With Jules and Jill on route to Wetherlam and Black Sails | Grey Hare | 04/08/2018 |
| KeithByTheC | 24/11/2017 | |
| Yewdale Crag, Brackeny Crag, Low Wythow, High Wythow, Long Crag, Kitty Crag, Lad Stones, Wetherlam, Swirl How, Great How, Little How Crags, Brim Fell, The Old Man of Coniston, The Bell | keithouk | 23/04/2017 |
| Start Low Tilberthwaite,Great intake, High Fell,Birk Fell Man,Hawk Rigg,Haystacks,Blake Rigg,Kitty Crag,Long Crag,High Wythow,Low Wythow,Brackeny Crag,Low Tilberthwaite.Sunny spells and breezy.Approx 8.5 miles and over 2,000 ft of climbing. | jocks1 | 06/04/2017 |
| Parked in the large car park in Tilberthwaite. The 7th summit in a round of the 11 Tilberthwaite & Yewdale Fell Birketts (inc. Birk Fell Man), starting with Great Intake & finishing on Brackeny Crag. (PM) | gerrybowes | 24/03/2017 |
| Round of Yewdale Birketts from Tilberthwaite. Beautiful sunny day, KITTY CRAG - Long Crag - High Wythow - Low Wythow - Brackeny Crag. | citygent | 15/11/2016 |
| Wetherlam Birketts Circuit | Ajm0310 | 07/11/2016 |
| CJ BW Barnaby Stella Clemmy Jeremy Natalie Lisha | chrisj1965 | 23/10/2016 |
| Walked from the cp at Tilberthwate to Levers water and back | bardolph | 23/09/2016 |
| On Birkett round from Tilberthwaite | Northender | 26/03/2016 |
| On a round of mainly Birketts, starting with Holme Fell. From Long Crag and on to High Wythow. | jonglew | 02/03/2016 |
| Yewdale Fells on a wild day from Coniston: Yewdale Crag, Brackeny Crag, Low and High Low Wythows, Long Crag, Kitty Crag Lad Stones and Wetherlam summit. | Eddie | 30/01/2016 |
| As part of round of Yewdale Fells | trimarc2 | 27/01/2016 |
| Completed the Coniston Fells after abandoning Nuttal 5.5 due to high winds. Dreadful weather but ok visibility. With GFE. | Fionalevey | 27/01/2016 |
| Coniston -> Low Wythow -> High Wythow -> Long Crag -> Kitty Crag -> Coniston | briandiggle | 31/10/2015 |
| Birkett 3 | Dave Geere | 01/08/2015 |
| From Tilberthwaite Car Park. Lad Stones, Wetherlam, Black Sails, Erin Crag, Kennel Crag, Kitty Crag, Long Crag, High Wythow, Low Wythow, Yewdale Crag and Brackeny Crag. Glorious weather and some incredible views across Coniston Water and of the Old Man :-) | AlunRees31 | 25/07/2015 |
| From Tilberthwaite Car Park. Lad Stones, Wetherlam, Black Sails, Erin Crag, Kennel Crag, Kitty Crag, Long Crag, High Wythow, Low Wythow, Yewdale Crag and Brackeny Crag. Glorious weather and some incredible views across Coniston Water and of the Old Man :-) | Alunrees33 | 25/07/2015 |
| R | Richard Tait | 03/03/2015 |
| Yewdale Fells Birkett circuit. No, it's not just you catman. | ngthack | 07/02/2015 |
| On a fine but windy day with Viv, Barbara, Kath, Roger and Peter from East Lancs LDWA. Kath's 50th birthday walk. | Phreerunner | 11/12/2014 |