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Name: | Birks |
Hill number: | 2570 |
Height: | 624m / 2047ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2527 St Sunday Crag |
RHB Section: | 34C: Lake District - Eastern Fells |
Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Lake District - Eastern Fells |
County/UA: | Westmorland and Furness |
Catchment: | Eden (Carlisle) |
Class: | Nuttall, Wainwright, Birkett, Synge, Fellranger, Subsimm, Buxton & Lewis, Bridge (N,W,B,Sy,Fel,sSim,BL,Bg) |
Grid ref: | NY 38020 14357 |
Summit feature: | no feature: grass mound |
Drop: | 20.3m |
Col: | 603.7m NY 3754 1405 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 90 (1:25k) OL5S |
Observations: | this is Nuttall/Subsimm/Birkett summit; cairn (Wainwright) 200m NE at NY 38179 14485 is lower |
Survey: | Leica Disto/Leica RX1250 |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 1313 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
With dad. | AJScourfield | 25/10/2023 |
Warm, rolling clouds and blue sky | siholden | 09/09/2023 |
Patterdale-Arnison Crag-Birks-St Sunday Crag-Cofa Pike-Fairfield-Seat Sandal-Helvellyn YH via Grisedale | campagvelocet | 04/09/2023 |
R | Richard Tait | 11/07/2023 |
From Deepdale Bridge. 
14.5 km, 900 m asc. 
To Patterdale and up the S ridge to Arnison Crag. Down to Trough Head and W up to Birks summits and continuing up to Gavel Pike and St Sunday Crag. 
Back to the Gavel Moss col and down by the Elmhow zig-zags. Back by Thornhow and Glenamara Park. 
Dry, breezy. 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/samandjo/52992008520/in/datetaken-public/ | SalmonJoe | 21/06/2023 |
Climbed as part of Coast to Coast | Paul_142_uk | 05/06/2023 |
Steep up from Patterdale and then a lovely downhill to Arnison Crag | jeffpl | 18/05/2023 |
Nuttall walk 6.1 but headed straight to the Hole-in-the-Wall cutting out Birkhouse Moor. With R. | Dan Baddeley | 07/05/2023 |
2/9 Arnison Crag, Birks, Gavel Pike, St Sunday Crag, Cofa Pike, Fairfield, Hart Crag, Hartsop Above How and Gale Crag. All revisits, but two new ticks for my combined collection with Ian moving us closer to our Cumbrian Completion together. A damp morning, misty all day but nice walk. | nickywood1 | 22/04/2023 |
Deepdale Horseshoe from deepdale bridge. Gale Crag; Hartsop above How; Hart Crag; Fairfield; Cofa Pike; St Sunday Crag; Birks; Arnison Crag. With Boris. | ytfckent | 15/04/2023 |
Birks and St Sunday Crag from Patterdale. Very windy on the tops. With K. | sebastiencale | 09/04/2023 |
Gale Crag, Hartsop Above How, Hart Crag, Fairfield, Cofa Pike, St Sunday Crag, Gavel Pike, Birks, Arnison Crag | keithouk | 07/04/2023 |
Grisedale Horseshoe via Striding Edge. Helvellyn Nethermost Pike Dollywagon Pike Seat Sandal St Sunday Crag Birks | sms.37 | 04/03/2023 |
11 miles and 4100 ft elevation. From Patterdale hotel. Catstycam and Birks on a cold and windy Feb day. No views from the first but clearer on Birks. | nell1583 | 03/02/2023 |
16.6 miles 4785ft walk, Hartsop Above How, Hart Crag, Fairfield, Seat Sandal, St Sunday Crag, Birks and Arnison Crag from Sykeside Camping Park. | stephenbuda | 10/10/2022 |
Walked from the straight from the bnb up Hartsop Above 
How, Hart Crag, Fairfield, Cofa Pike, St. Sunday Crag, 
Gavel Pike, Birks and finally Arniston Pike before dropping 
down into the valley into Patterdale for a swift pint 
(116/214 Wainrights) with John Herbert | george_herbert_ | 19/09/2022 |
6.5 mile walk from car park in Patterdale. We followed the footpath past the hotel, then ascended the main route up to St. Sunday Crag. We retraced our steps to the col then very easily climbed up along ridge to Birks. From Birks we took the grassy trail leading us to Arnsion Crag, then descended back to footpath, then back to car park. Clear and sunny conditions. Quite a few people about. 801m ascent. | DanTrig | 13/09/2022 |
With Sue from Patterdale, logging second Round of Wainwrights',Birks, Gavel Pike and St Sunday Crag. Return same way but detour to pub. | Frank | 23/08/2022 |
Wander round Deepdale. | munkyennui | 21/08/2022 |
Repeat ascent. Circuit from Patterdale: Arnison Crag, Birks, Gavel Pike, St Sunday Crag, Cofa Pike, Fairfield, Hart Crag, Hartsop Above How, Gale Crag. | vuirich | 06/08/2022 |
Patterdale, up steep path up nose, on over St Sunday and Helvellyn | Flatfield | 01/08/2022 |
Arnison Crag, Birks, St Sunday, Fairfield, Hartsop Above How | Barns150 | 30/07/2022 |
Done with Bernie | hroper | 30/07/2022 |
Ascent from Patterdale (by Thornhow End) | LewisMat | 04/07/2022 |
From St Sunday Crag. Descended via Thornhow End. | peter4lc | 23/06/2022 |
Completed on my own. Parked at Patterdale. Went up Arnison Crag then continued onto Birks. Back to car. Walked from car to Glenridding. Did Glenridding Dodd from Stybarrow Crag (steep ascent through woodland) 0 circular route - back down The Rake. Saw Marcus and his Romania friend. Very very hot day. | River-Girl | 23/06/2022 |
From Patterdale Hotel, ascent of Arnison Crag, Birks & St Sunday Crag. Finished in Grasmere. | forsterfamily7 | 30/05/2022 |
Up Pinnacle ridge and back along St. Sunday crag. | atreides7887 | 08/05/2022 |
From Patterdale. 
10 km, 800 m asc. 
Up by Thornhow End and across the N shoulder of Birks to the summit of St Sunday Crag. Back by Birks summit, Trough Head and Arnison Crag summit. 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/samandjo/albums/72177720298769812 | SalmonJoe | 07/05/2022 |
On way down from St Sunday Crag. Whole family. | Ham and Skate | 17/04/2022 |
A short round route from Patterdale including Arnison Crag. A beautiful day with snow on surrounding mountains. | ma7asw | 10/04/2022 |
With Arnison | Chopperbrown | 10/04/2022 |
Deepdale horseshoe from Patterdale. Arnison Crag, Birks, Gavel Pike, St.Sunday Crag, Cofa Pike, Fairfield, Hart Crag, Hartsop Above How and Gale Crag. | alunrees39 | 10/04/2022 |
Ascent via Thornhow End | RichardW | 05/03/2022 |
R K | Richard Tait | 04/03/2022 |
walk up from Patterdale | Nozzer | 03/03/2022 |
with FRCC. | Cumbrianexile | 21/01/2022 |
Chris went back to bag Birks as we missed the path up to it | ejjohnstone | 22/12/2021 |
From Anniston Crag; descended north to main St Sunday Crag path then to Patterdale | Jim T | 21/12/2021 |
with James Hurrell | GaynorSeymour | 15/10/2021 |
The greater grisdale horseshoe as described on www.walkingenglishman.com 8hrs 15 for a 23km loop | Nicky C | 11/10/2021 |
99 | windybilly | 10/10/2021 |
With Luna. CW Loop, very windy and wet day. From cark park opposite the Patterdale Hotel. | masmith | 28/09/2021 |
From Patterdale via Thornhow End. Hill #1 on a loop around to Gale Crag. Could down to 700m. | DanMaisieBex | 25/09/2021 |
10 mile run. Arnison Crag, Birks, Gavel Pike, St Sunday Crag, Cofa Pike, Fairfield, Hart Crag, Hartsop Above How, Gale Crag. | quadbarrel | 03/09/2021 |
With Janet - see entry for Arnison Crag. | GordyH | 26/08/2021 |
Patterdale - Birkhouse Moor - Helvellyn (Striding Edge) - Catstye Cam (Swirral Edge) - Helvellyn - Nethermost Pike - High Crag - Dollywagon Pike - Seat Sandal - St Sunday Crag - Birks - Arnison Crag - Patterdale | hannah&steven | 14/08/2021 |
https://jimearl6.com/st-sunday-crag-via-arnison-crag-and-birks/#more-4432 | Jimearl6 | 02/08/2021 |
From Patterdale. | Cicatrice | 16/07/2021 |
Up from Arnison Crag. I cant previously recall seeing the trig stud by the lower cairn. Solo. W145 Rnd6. | Dangerous Dave | 07/07/2021 |