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Name:Crinkle Crags South Top [First Crinkle]
Hill number:2376
Height:834m / 2736ft
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, Cumberland
Catchment:Catchment Boundaries, Esk (Ravenglass), Leven (Ulverston)
Watershed:Morecambe Bay
Class:Simm, Hewitt, Nuttall, Birkett, Synge,
Buxton & Lewis, Bridge
(Tu,Sim,Hew,N,B,Sy,BL,Bg)
Grid ref:NY 25005 04556
Summit feature:cairn
Drop:32m
Col:802m  NY249047  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 89 90
(1:25k) OL6N
Survey:obvious summit
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FtF Drain Run.DaveT24/11/2023
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.higlett21/11/2023
With AJ.DaveT07/11/2023
R K Richard Tait25/10/2023
Parked at NT ODG. Nuttal walk 5.3. Circuit around Pike o'Blisco, Great Knott, Cold Pike, Cold Pike W Top, Cold Pike Far W Top, Little Stand, Crinkle Crags S Top, Crinkle Crags Long Top, Shelter Crags, Shelter Crags N Top and White Stones just off the Band. Repeat visit for some of these from student days Breezy and in/out of cloud all day but enjoyable return visit to Langdale after many years. Solorichard6925/09/2023
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.Barns15008/09/2023
Revisit. After Shelter Crags North.PGCE06/09/2023
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.SalmonJoe30/08/2023
After Cold Pije traversing the ridge South to North then on to Bowfell etc.NormanW13/07/2023
SIMMS on Nuttall 5.2 & 5.3. Parked at ODGH. Pike of Blisco -> Cold Pike -> Crinkle Crags South Top -> Crinkle Crags Long Top -> Shelter Crags -> Bowfell -> Esk Pike -> Rossett Pike.Peter_W_Mitchell 24/05/2023
Pike of Blisco - Cold Pike - Crinkle Crags - Bow Fell - Esk Pike - Rossett PikeThe Playful Pig06/05/2023
Great Lakeland 3 Dayeremily30/04/2023
Wainwright Walk 57: Spider (Bowfell, Esk Pike, Crinkle Crags, Pike Of Blisco, Cold Pike & Rossett Pike)DavidHiner07/04/2023
RRDPTH Richard Tait07/04/2023
Loop from ODGH. Pike of Blisco, Great Knott, Cold Pike X3. Little Stand, Crinkle Crags, Shelter Crags, White Stones.Longwojo05/02/2023
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 Beckbriandiggle04/11/2022
Great Langdale campsite to Pike of Blisco, Cold Pike, Cold Pike West Top, Cold Pike Far West Top, Little Stand, Great Knott, Crinkle Crags South Top, Crinkle Crags - Long Top, Shelter Crags, Shelter Crags North Top.Peter Fieldsend22/10/2022
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!wheresthepath02/10/2022
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_alan20/09/2022
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/72177720302208218SalmonJoe10/09/2022
First mountain and first wild camp with Andrii. ODG - Great Knott - Crinkle Crags - Three tarns (camp) - ODG.hannah&steven01/06/2022
The Band to Pike O'Blisco via Crinkle Cragstrimarc220/04/2022
Came over from Cold Pike West Top. Solo. Sunny with a cold light breeze.Dangerous Dave22/03/2022
R K Richard Tait11/01/2022
Fun 25km slog across the Langdale Skyline, got pretty wet towards the end.atreides788711/11/2021
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)Argentum6612/09/2021
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.mavero1005/06/2021
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.stephenbuda17/05/2021
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_alan03/04/2021
R winter conds Richard Tait24/12/2020
Joe’s Steve Parr 61Jim T15/10/2020
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 to here.Ian Baines13/10/2020
Crinkle Crags Round from Sticklebarn CPscreeleep10/10/2020
Along the Crinkles with LucyNab Scar10/10/2020
From Wrynose Pass up via Red Tarn path. Then along ridge to all the Crinkles.Andrew Pearson12/08/2020
Birkett 3 Revisit with PeteDave Geere19/01/2020
Snow and fog! With Alfie.Dangerous Dave19/01/2020
Dungeon Ghyll -> Pike of Blisco -> Cold Pike -> Cold Pike West Top -> Cold Pike Far West Top -> Great Knott -> Crinkle Crags South Top -> Crinkle Crags Long Top -> Shelter Crags -> Shelter Crags North Top -> Bow Fell -> Esk Pike -> Rossett Pike -> High Raise -> Thurnacar Knott -> Harrison Stickle -> Pike of Stickle -> Loft Crag -> Dungeon Ghyll.axoree14/09/2019
From 3 Shires,Cold Pike,Great Knott,only managed first and second crinkle had to call it a day due to wind and clag.Returned low level to pick up Stoesty Pike and Little Stand.A bit confusing in the clag.jocks129/08/2019
ODG hotel > Mickleden > Stake Gill > Black Crags > Buck Pike > Rossett Pike > Angle Tarn > Esk Hause > Esk Pike > Ore Gap > Bowfell North Top > Bowfell > Three Tarns > Crinkle Crags > Crinkle Crags South Top > Oxendale > ODG Hotel. Just me and H. Cloudy morning with a cooling breeze but turned into unbroken sunshine and next to no wind.johnkaysleftleg06/07/2019
With Ian.PeteF03/07/2019
Marshall WtW no.18.Sedge06/06/2019
R K Richard Tait23/11/2018
R K Richard Tait28/09/2018
With FL and W&K on way to Eskdale YHGrey Hare15/08/2018
Stickle Ghyll Car Park, Langdale - Pike O Blisco - Cold Pike - Crinkle Crags - Bow Fell - Esk Pike - Rossett Pike - Stickle Ghyll Car Park, Langdaleeviljeff914/07/2018
Final Crinkle, after the bad step, it still looks unclimeable until you start down. Noticed easier path to the right of 2nd Crinkle.Never seen on previous crossings due to fog!Karmakarl24/06/2018
Great fun in thick fog! 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).Fionalevey02/06/2018
R K also Trev Rob great weather Richard Tait30/05/2018
Afternoon ascent from NT campsite in Langdale of Shelter Crags North Top (775m) via the band. On to Shelter Crags (815m) as the weather became overcast, then Crinkle Crags - Long Top (859m), and Crinkle Crags South Top (834m) with nasty scramble as descended through cloud towards final peak of the outing, Great Knott (696m). Returned to Langdale. 12.3Km, 791m ascent.VirtualMountain10/05/2018