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Name: | Great Crag (Stonethwaite) |
Hill number: | 2491 |
Height: | 449m / 1473ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2396 High Raise [High White Stones] |
RHB Section: | 34B: Lake District - Central & Western Fells |
Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Lake District - Central Fells |
County/UA: | Cumberland |
Catchment: | Derwent (Workington) |
Class: | Tump (400-499m), Wainwright, Birkett, Synge, Fellranger (Tu,4,W,B,Sy,Fel) |
Grid ref: | NY 27001 14685 |
Summit feature: | cairn |
Drop: | 34m |
Col: | 415m NY272146 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 89 90 (1:25k) OL4S |
Observations: | this is S top (Wainwright summit); top (two cairns) 80m N (Birkett) at NY 26998 14765 is 50cm lower |
Survey: | Abney level |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 949 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
From Rosthwaite - Grange fell - Great Crag - Ullscarf - Sergeant Crag - Eagle Crag. 19km 5h 30. The usual winter combination of sodden lower levels then frozen about 600m. Lovely light, back in the dark | Rockdoctor | 14/01/2024 |
Grange -> Troutdale -> Grange Fell -> Brund Fell -> Great Crag -> West bank of river -> Grange | briandiggle | 17/10/2023 |
Great Crag & Grange Fell to Castle Crag from Stonethwaite. | sms.37 | 01/10/2023 |
Great crag, Grange fell, Castle Crag. Stayed in Portinscale.Hike with Si | Nicefish | 01/10/2023 |
On a two day Wainwright bagging backpack around Borrowdale. Visited both south and north tops (S: NY 27000 14686, N: NY 26998 14764). | alistairpooler | 03/09/2023 |
Climbed from wasendlath | billames | 24/08/2023 |
Drier than expected but lots of standing water everywhere. | Cumbrianexile | 19/08/2023 |
142 | windybilly | 18/06/2023 |
Up from Stonethwaite via Lingy End and Dock Tarn and then on to Watendlath Tarn | jeffpl | 22/04/2023 |
From the car park at Watendlath on a grey windy day with a driving drizzle at times. Followed the RoW past Dock Tarn, then using sheep trods across to the super peak of High Crag. Dropped back down to the Dock Tarn track and contoured round the west side of Great Crag, before crossing to Knotts. Then up to Great Crag (Wainwright Round 4), visiting both cairns, because I can never remember which is the summit. Descended down to the Watendlath/Rosthwaite highway, and then a revisit to Brund Fell (Wainwright Round 4). Although we have camped just below at the Thwaite House field countless times with GSAL Scouts, I have never traversed the ridge north from Brund Fell before, so continued on to the impressive Ether Knot, Brown Dodd and a tricky descent to Watendlath Beck, crossing through our campsite and back to Watendlath along the road in the fading light. 13km with an impressive 800m ascent taking me 4h 40m. | silverwolf_alan | 19/02/2023 |
King's How, Grange Fell, Great Crag, Shepherds Crag | keithouk | 12/02/2023 |
With Keith and Claire | geoffryan | 12/02/2023 |
Boring solo Sunday morning bimble up Grange Fell and Great Crags | Winter Round | 29/01/2023 |
Grange Fell [Long Moss] > Bleacrag Moss > Pt. 409.5m > Jopplety How > Grange Fell (Brund Fell) > [[Grange Fell [Brund Fell] Wainwright Summit]] > Yew Crag Top > [[Great Crag (Stonethwaite) 449m (1473ft) Birkett Summit]] > Great Crag (Stonethwaite) > Great Crag SE Top (Stonethwaite) [Pt. 435.0m] > Pt. 426.8m from GR: NY 25798 14877 | ronaldo333 | 28/01/2023 |
Grange Fell [Long Moss] > Bleacrag Moss > Pt. 409.5m > Jopplety How > Grange Fell (Brund Fell) > [[Grange Fell [Brund Fell] Wainwright Summit]] > Yew Crag Top > [[Great Crag (Stonethwaite) 449m (1473ft) Birkett Summit]] > Great Crag (Stonethwaite) > Great Crag SE Top (Stonethwaite) [Pt. 435.0m] > Pt. 426.8m from GR: NY 25798 14877 | Hippster | 28/01/2023 |
Borrowdale YH-Knotts-Great Crag-Watendlath-High Tove-High Seat-Bleaberry Fell-Walla Crag-Castlehead-Keswick with Percy | campagvelocet | 26/01/2023 |
Ullscarf and two others, still a bit wintery and frozen so avoided being too boggy. | atreides7887 | 22/01/2023 |
From Rosthwaite. 
10 km, 630 m asc. 
Up by Hazel Bank, leaving the Watendlath BW at Resting Stone and heading N to King's How. SE to the twin tops of Grange Fell (Brund Fell) and over Puddingstone Bank and S to the two cairns on Great Crag. Back by Lingy End and Stonethwaite Beck. 
Sunny and clear, wet underfoot. 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/samandjo/albums/72177720305255105 | SalmonJoe | 15/01/2023 |
Wainwright Walk 32: Spider (Great Crag & Grange Fell) | DavidHiner | 15/01/2023 |
South top rocky outcrop just higher, we thought, but both visited. Low cloud. From Knotts and back to Rosthwaite Community Centre car park via Puddingstone bank . | Denise | 31/12/2022 |
From Knotts, path of sorts through the rocks & heather. Two rock outcrops with cairns ~100m apart. Misty and light rain. | RichardM | 31/12/2022 |
And then on to Grange Crag | trimarc2 | 04/12/2022 |
RRDPTH | Richard Tait | 27/10/2022 |
Climbed with Lizzie and Pete. Went up Grange Fell then across to pick up Great Crag. Day after the Queens Jubilee party at Lizzies. Quite boggy but nice with trees and a river. | River-Girl | 05/06/2022 |
Birkett DER 6 circular route from Bowderstone car park. | Rhialto | 01/06/2022 |
Unsure of date. Pretty sure I walked it with rach and Zach in backpack | danwalker1150 | 01/06/2022 |
From Watendlath car park, detour on walk to Dock Tarn with D. | webmaster | 18/05/2022 |
With Tyler from the YHA in the morning. Up from Stonethewaite valley and straight back. 4.5 miles 1447 elevation | nell1583 | 24/04/2022 |
08:00 start to get a parking space at Stonethwaite (NY2621370). FP via Lingy End, to Knotts, steep down and up to Great Crag, Dock Tarn, High Crag (no need to climb the wall, there are gaps in it to the N), Low Saddle, High Saddle, Ullscarf, Greenup Edge, Lining Cag, Stonethwaite. | Isbjorn | 22/04/2022 |
Boggy and raining | matthewthomas16 | 10/04/2022 |
Came directly up from Knotts. Easy route this time of year without the bracken. Solo. W1 Rnd7 | Dangerous Dave | 10/04/2022 |
Alone from Stonethwaite. Beautiful sunny day. A bit marshy on summits. | Gazza1951 | 21/03/2022 |
With Anne Borrowdale Gates Hotel time away | Dave Sargent | 03/02/2022 |
From Grange Fell in high winds (due to Storm Malik) with GFE and Ant. | Fionalevey | 29/01/2022 |
From Leathes Head CP, Grange, Borrowdale. 
13.5 km, 680m asc. 
Up by Cummacatta Woods to King's How and Brund Fell summits (Grange Fell), across Puddingstone Bank to Great Crag summit. Down by Willygrass Gill Woods to Stonethwaite. Cumbria Way to Rosthwaite and Grange. 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/samandjo/albums/72177720296309361 | SalmonJoe | 27/01/2022 |
Great Crag and Knotts in a circuit from Rosthwaite. | summitsup | 19/01/2022 |
Walked over from Ether Knott on wet paths. | PeterD | 27/12/2021 |
Steep but lovely walk up from Stonetwaite. | apshepherd | 09/12/2021 |
Parked at Watendlath for a circuit around Bleatarn Gill over 11 summits. 11/11. Visited both tops. Reached the second one at dusk, so a return to Watendlath by headtorch. | PGCE | 15/11/2021 |
14/16 A long circular round of the Central Fells from Ashness Bridge taking in another 6 Wainwrights on my 3rd round, and also many Birketts / Synges. Visited: High Seat, Bleaberry Fell SE Top, Bleaberry Fell, High Tove, Armboth Fell (W + B), Middle Crag, Shivery Knott, Watendlath Fell, Standing Crag, Ullscarf, High Saddle, Low Saddle, Great Crag and Grange Fell (Brund Fell + King’s How). Another Sunny day, the Central Fells were as dry as they are likely to get. 30.6km with 1360m ascent in 9 hours. (S) | silveracorn_alan | 28/08/2021 |
R | Richard Tait | 03/08/2021 |
Wainwright 186. | LANGDALE | 07/06/2021 |
Stonethwaite - Willygrass Gill - Lingy End - Dock Tarn - Great Crag - Brunt Fell - King's How - Rosthwaite - Cumbria Way - Stonethwaite | MountainTerrier | 29/05/2021 |
From Stonethwaite, up the Wainwight route through the crags to Eagle Crag summit. Then on to Sergeant's Crag, High Raise, Low White Stones, Ullscarf, High Saddle and Low Saddle. Across the bog (still wet after a dry spell) to finish on High Crag, Great Crag and return via the Watendlath Path to Rosthwaite. | mavero10 | 24/04/2021 |
Circuit from Watendlath Farm with MK | Nab Scar | 19/04/2021 |
Boggy walk with Griona, tired after a blustery day, but good day of walking :-) | AJH | 30/01/2021 |
Boggy across from ullscarf then v steep descent.. | Theslayer | 19/11/2020 |
from Brund Fell | Innes31 | 17/10/2020 |
from Watendlath up via the Rosthwaite path then traversing a bog south, came down the direct return to Watendlath tarn, much, much better | David Bell | 16/10/2020 |
Long route starting from layby parking above Brandelhow Park. Skelgill Bank, Catbells, though didn't visit summit (v crowded & social distancing!), Maiden Moor, High Spy N top, High Spy, descent to Seatoller then climb to Bessyboot, Rosthwaite Fell, Dovenest Top (both tops), descent to Langstrath, then direct ascent to Low Saddle, traverse to Bell Crags, crossed by end of Blea Tarn to climb Great Crag, then Knotts, then Grange Fell and Kings How. Descent to Borrowdale and crossed S End of Derwentwater, taking path close to shore and back too start point. Some bright and exceptionally clear conditions for much of route. | RobertP | 29/09/2020 |