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Name: | Ard Crags |
Hill number: | 2460 |
Height: | 581m / 1906ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2372 Grasmoor |
RHB Section: | 34B: Lake District - Central & Western Fells |
Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Lake District - North Western Fells |
County/UA: | Cumberland |
Catchment: | Derwent (Workington) |
Class: | Hump, Dodd (500-599m), Dewey, Wainwright, Birkett, Synge, Fellranger, Clem (Hu,Tu,5,Dew,W,B,Sy,Fel,Cm) |
Grid ref: | NY 20694 19771 |
Summit feature: | no feature: ground by stone |
Drop: | 120m |
Col: | 461m NY204199 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 89 90 (1:25k) OL4S |
Observations: | cairn described by Wainwright is no longer present |
Survey: | Abney level |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
N.B. Some hill summits are on private property or on land where there is no public right of way. Permission should be sought from the landowner where access to a hill summit is through private land.
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 1078 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
eyenose | 15/05/2460 | |
GuyF | 04/04/2460 | |
Vatsmith | 24/03/2024 | |
From Newlands Hause, via Knott Rigg. With SCM. | IanHHill | 17/03/2024 |
jtsnr | 16/03/2024 | |
hornet | 16/03/2024 | |
RichardG | 16/03/2024 | |
Onzy | 13/03/2024 | |
Em and Si 3rd round | 03/03/2024 | |
milopodesta | 06/01/2024 | |
RobintheLakes | 11/11/2023 | |
TheBoltons | 29/10/2023 | |
10.4 miles 2856ft walk ,start at Rannerdale carpark, Crummock Water to Ard Crags, Knott Rig and Rannerdale Knotts. | stephenbuda | 18/10/2023 |
Rachel10101 | 18/10/2023 | |
AidanHarrison | 22/09/2023 | |
Andrews | 16/09/2023 | |
Horseshoe. Great weather and sweaty t shirt from Phil H 
Stay over in his van before walk bottom of cat bells. 
Then Im Keswick for 09 night. Watching England rugby against Argentina in World Cup at the pub, and we won. Swim in derwent water. | danwalker1150 | 09/09/2023 |
Buttermere to Braithwaite then down and up to ridge to north on decent paths and on to Outerside | trimarc2 | 07/09/2023 |
Paul_142_uk | 05/09/2023 | |
lovely ascent along with knott rig from newlands pass. no navigation needed, simple ridge walk. 
 followed by a little swim in the waterfalls to the soyth | BB8_Mountains | 03/09/2023 |
A short walk along the Ard Crags ridge from Newlands Hause visiting Knott Rigg, Ill Crag, and Ard Crags. Returned the same way. 5.6km with 400m ascent in 1h 40m, there and back. | silverwolf_alan | 22/08/2023 |
marksonthetrail | 04/08/2023 | |
From Newlands Hause. Out to Ard Crags and back. 
Fantastic weather and great views. | ruthatlast | 29/06/2023 |
hroper | 22/06/2023 | |
Knott Rigg, Ill Crag, Ard Crags | Barns150 | 21/06/2023 |
ac70 | 18/06/2023 | |
adriancowl | 18/06/2023 | |
the55moores | 11/06/2023 | |
JackMoss98 | 14/05/2023 | |
OR1990 | 13/05/2023 | |
Bob & Duke Wednesday 10th/5/2023 Z 1506 hrs. | DukeNukem | 10/05/2023 |
Parking at Newland's Hause 
Knott Rigg > Ill Crag (Newlands) (Knott Rigg North Top) > Ard Crags > Ard Crags East Top (Aikin Knott) > Ard Crags > Ill Crag (Newlands) > Knott Rigg 
cracking weather | matty1971b | 07/05/2023 |
Ben Tindal | 30/04/2023 | |
granitegirl | 30/04/2023 | |
Valeriemac8 | 09/04/2023 | |
Rigg Beck -> High Snab Bank -> Robinson -> High Snockrigg -> Newlands Hause -> Knott Rigg -> Knott Rigg North Top -> Ard Crags -> Aikin Knott -> Rigg Beck | briandiggle | 07/04/2023 |
salen | 01/04/2023 | |
From Rigg Beck Quarry. 
13.5 km, 1000 m asc. 
Up by Gillbrow and the correctly named Low High Snab to the tops of High Snab Bank and Robinson. Down W and across a soggy Buttermere Moss to High Snockrigg. Down to Newlands Hause and up to the summits Knott Rigg, Ill Crag (Newlands), Ard Crags and Aikin Knott. Leave the ridge NE and finish with long leap across Rigg Beck. 
Cold, dry. 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/samandjo/albums/72177720307029529 | SalmonJoe | 26/03/2023 |
Wainwright Walk 52: Spider (Ard Crags & Knott Rigg) | DavidHiner | 20/03/2023 |
TC, EC. Parked at top of Newlands Hause and went up Ard Crags via the ridge from Knott Rigg. Weather changeable! | TopCat1959 | 17/03/2023 |
Knott Rigg > Ill Crag (Newlands) (Knott Rigg North Top) > Ard Crags > Ard Crags East Top (Aikin Knott) > Ard Crags > Ill Crag (Newlands) > Knott Rigg from GR: NY 19273 17614 | ronaldo333 | 05/03/2023 |
Knott Rigg > Ill Crag (Newlands) (Knott Rigg North Top) > Ard Crags > Ard Crags East Top (Aikin Knott) > Ard Crags > Ill Crag (Newlands) > Knott Rigg from GR: NY 19273 17614 | ronaldo333 | 04/03/2023 |
With: hb; From Newlands Hause up Knott Rigg to Ard Crags and return. | Ian Baines | 04/03/2023 |
Tom Mundell | 12/02/2023 | |
mcbiydw2 | 11/02/2023 | |
Grassy mound on ridge in improving weather-dry, 10% blue and good valley views. From Knott Rigg and onto Barrow with Graham, Andy H, Katie, and Richard. | Denise | 30/12/2022 |
Ridge top path from Knott Rigg, dry but 50mph winds. | RichardM | 30/12/2022 |
Keskadale Round. | Sedge | 16/12/2022 |
NHM | 15/11/2022 | |
Sprog | 06/11/2022 |