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Name:Grey Friar
Hill number:2639
Height:773m / 2536ft
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:Duddon
Class:Simm, Hewitt, Nuttall, Wainwright, Birkett,
Synge, Fellranger, Buxton & Lewis, Bridge
(Tu,Sim,Hew,N,W,B,Sy,Fel,BL,Bg)
Grid ref:NY 26010 00361
Summit feature:SE cairn
Drop:78m
Col:695m  NY265006  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 89 90
(1:25k) OL6N
Observations:cairn 40m NW at NY 25989 00396 is about 50cm lower
Survey:Abney level
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 1275 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all)ByDate of Ascent
GuyF04/04/2639
Andrews07/01/2639
Coniston,Wetherlam, Grey Friar, Old Man and back to Conistontrimarc220/03/2024
Crashurst17/02/2024
From Swirl How/Great CarrsN.Morters25/11/2023
with ArchMunroist393524/11/2023
PhilD9624/11/2023
Clachaig24/11/2023
hroper21/11/2023
armathers03/11/2023
Half term break with rach and Zach. From uncle Nicholas. Drove, then up wetherlam and across and down the pass to chapel styledanwalker115001/11/2023
Staying at Coniston YH with Alex McBride for the weekend, we headed up Walna Scar Road (a track really) for a circuit covering eight summits. Five of which were Hewitts and Wainwrights, two were just Wainwrights and one was just a Hewitt. Alex is bagging the Wainwrights, while I'm doing the Hewitts. Summits in order: Dow Crag (774m), H and W Old Man of Coniston (803m), H and W Brim Fell (796m), W Grey Frair (773m), H and W Great Carr (785m), W Swirl How (802m), H and W Black Sails (745m), H Wetherlam (763m), H and Wchillyman821/10/2023
Tom Mundell14/10/2023
Trekking toes14/10/2023
Walked with jostuduncan08/10/2023
From Coniston youth hostel. Nuttall walk 5.5 in reverse. Circuit of Walna Scar, White Maiden, Brown Pike, Buck Pike, Dow Crag, Old Man of Coniston, Brim Fell, Little How Crags, Great How, Great Carrs, Grey Friar, Swirl How, Black Sails, Wetherlam and Lad Stones. Blustery day in the aftermath of Storm Agnes, in/out of cloud all day with some showers but enjoyable revisit to many of the tops. Solo.richard6928/09/2023
Overcast but v mild w spots of rain (heatwave in most of England), all tops clear and Scafells/Bow Fell looking good. 90m to top. On to Gt Carrs...NorfolkPT2107/09/2023
jjjbeckwith21/07/2023
ac7013/07/2023
adriancowl13/07/2023
Day 1 of SLMM 2023; asended from the north and bagged even though it was not the quickest route to the next checkpoint. SW ridge was runnable and gave a swift descentRockdoctor01/07/2023
daveapotter23/06/2023
Ruth&Alice10/06/2023
Stickman01/06/2023
With Joe from Great Carrsdombenson28/05/2023
Morning lone run from camp at Levers Water. Little How Crags, Greats How crags, Grey Friar, Great Carrs and Swirl How. 5 miles 1838 ft elevation.nell158321/05/2023
Coniston loop. Wetherlam, Black Sails, Swirl How, Great Carrs, Grey Friars, Brim Fell, Old Man, Dow Crag, Walna Scar, White Pike, White Maiden. Just over 7 hours in warm sun. Great day.Longwojo13/05/2023
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.Alfa1M04/05/2023
DMMuir29/04/2023
Rob Jackson02/04/2023
milopodesta05/03/2023
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.welshyboyo03/03/2023
ALHEJ Wilkins26/02/2023
Baltic weather up Great Carrs, Swirl How, Wetherlam and Grey Friar.Winter Round25/02/2023
Hootsjimmie25/02/2023
R TS Richard Tait21/02/2023
Amelie80614/11/2022
byron230213/11/2022
Amazing walk with a mix of weather from hail on Dow Cragg to sunshine. From Seathwaite.ejjohnstone03/11/2022
Dow Crag, Brim Fell, Grey Friar, Great Carrs, Swirl Howkeithouk23/10/2022
Onzy18/10/2022
Wainwright Walk 6: Spider (Swirl How, Great Carrs, Grey Friar & Wetherlam)DavidHiner02/10/2022
gomezhdm25/09/2022
with Gordon and Mark - all the topsHardenC24/09/2022
The classic Coniston Round, but including a few not previously climbed Birketts and Synges, and including a new ridge down off Wetherlam. Starting point at Fell Gate is now a Pay + Display car park (£8 for the day). 18 summits topped during the day, order of ascent: Walna Scar, White Pike, White Maiden, Brown Pike, Buck Pike, Dow Crag, Coniston Old Man, Brim Fell, Little How Crags, Great How, Grey Friar, Great Carrs, Swirl How, Wetherlam, Black Sails, Erin Crag, Kennel Crag, The Bell. 25.5km with 1500m ascent taking 9 hours.silverwolf_alan21/09/2022
RichardG02/09/2022
mcbiydw217/08/2022
jamesaitken4213/08/2022
From Low Tilberthwaite. 15.5 km, 1010 m asc. Up by Tilberthwaite Gill and Dry Cove to Birk Fell Man and up Wetherlam Eadge to Wetherlam summit. Down to Swirl Hawse and up Prison Band to Swirl How summit and around Broad Slack to Great Carrs summit. W by Fairfield to to Grey Friar summit and back to Little carrs and then down by Wet Side Edge to the Greenburn Beck FB. Back to Tilberthwaite by the Atkinson Coppice track. Hot & sunny. https://www.flickr.com/photos/samandjo/albums/72177720301415055SalmonJoe12/08/2022
From Wrynose Pass on a hot and sunny morning. Grey Friar, Great Carrs, Swirl How, Black Sails then Wetherlam. Descent was rather scrambly down the north east ridge of Wetherlam and then steeply down to the old mine and workings before a slog up to the eastern end of the Wet Side Edge ridge near High End before dropping down to the car at Three Shire Stone. Time 4 hours for 7.25 miles. Good views could just make out Ireland as well as the Isle of Man and Scotland.isabelle11/08/2022