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Name:Whin Crag (Eskdale)
Hill number:3800
Height:358m / 1175ft
Parent (Ma):2359  Scafell Pike
RHB Section:34B: Lake District - Central & Western Fells
Nuttall/Wainwright area:Lake District - Southern Fells
County/UA:Cumberland
Catchment:Esk (Ravenglass)
Class:Birkett
(B)
Grid ref:NY 20048 02319
Summit feature:a few stones by a rock
Drop:3m
Col:355m  NY200023  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 89 90
(1:25k) OL6N
Observations:lowest of numerous summits culminating at NY 20298 02490
Survey:Abney level
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w/ Jack, Jonny and Danny on a mega synge bagging expeditionwcroasdell13/08/2023
From Wha House. 16 km, 1050 m asc. Up by the Cat Cove path to Slight Side and Scafell. S to Great How, Whinscales, Dawsonground Crags, Whin Crag and Goat Crag. Dry, warm. https://www.flickr.com/photos/samandjo/albums/72177720310491689SalmonJoe10/08/2023
Circular walk from Beckfoot taking in Bleatarn Hill, Boat How, Great How, whinscales, Dawsonground crags, Whin Crag, Peelplace Noddle, Great. Barrow, Crag Coppice, Hodge How and Dalegarth How.PeterD30/01/2023
From the free parking area at Wha House farm on a Seven mile route reaching the summits of Peelplace Noddle, Great How, Whinscales, Dawsonground crag, Whin crag, Bull How and Goat crag, taking Four and half hours.WAYNE ROWLETT11/10/2022
The 360° view from Whin Crag is as good as anywhere. (You need to be exactly at NY 20048 02319).Matt01/08/2022
A round of 8 fells from the parking opposite Wha House Farm. Starting with Goat Crag and walking anti clockwise to the final fell Peelplace Noddle.Alan Caine20/03/2022
Along the pleasant ridge from Dawsonground Crags. Great lofty view of Stoney Tarn. NNick Caunt07/07/2021
Dry with cloud lifting so went for this Eskdale group from Wha Farm. Followed Slight Side path to Catcove Beck then up rough grass onto Great How. Then over Whinscales, Dawsonground Crags, Whin Crag and Goat Crag. Pathless and full of humps and little valleys and wouldn't have located summits without GPS. Hard work but good path down at the end.BURGESS11/06/2021
from Dawsonground Cragsjef26/05/2021
Enjoyed a lovely and overcast day on a short walk picking up a number of Birketts in the Upper Eskdale Valley. Met and saw absolutely nobody!morgs4mountains14/05/2021
From Whahouse Farm: Goat Crag, Bull How. Whin Crag, Dawsonground Crags, Whinscales, Great How and Boat How.Lazylizzie30/04/2021
Wha House car park, Goat Crag, Bull How, Whin Crag, Dawsonground Crags, Great How, Eskdale Fell, Eel Tarn. Hardly a path all miserable drizzly day.ijpowell22/09/2020
Revisit with PeteDave Geere03/11/2019
From Eskdale hostel on a circular walk for 10 local hills: Great Barrow -> Peelplace Noddle -> Whin Crag -> Dawsonground Grags -> Eskdale Fell -> Great How -> Cat Crag -> Brock Crag -> Bull How -> Goat Crag. Heavy rain and hail on and off - more on than off. With my nephew, Andrew P.jonglew27/04/2019
From Station car park for a round of Boat How, Great How, Whinscales, Dawsonground Crags, Whin Crag and Goat Crag.rhalstead21/04/2019
FROM DAWSON GROUNDFairsnape26/11/2018
Followed path up from The Woolpack Inn. With Alfie.Dangerous Dave30/09/2018
The 7th top of an anticlockwise circuit of 10 Birketts/Synges on W. side of Eskdale, starting with Brock Crag & finishing on Bull How. From Dawsonground Crags, a pleasant walk along the ridge, over the high point & then a further 200yd to the remaining 4 stones of the Birkett cairn. Continued to Peelplace Noddle. (PM)gerrybowes02/11/2017
7th of the day with GB.bolton02/11/2017
Birthday bimble with Debs & TaliskerMountain Goat23/10/2017
From Bull How then along the cake-walk to Dawsonground Crags.Eddie06/10/2017
From Dawsonground Crags. Nice little ridge. On to Peelplace Noddle.Wycombe Wanderer05/01/2017
From Wasdale via Boat How, minor summits and geocachingbardolph24/04/2016
with Paul doing Birketts from Bootcolinfielding23/03/2016
Across decent sheep paths from Peelplace noddle,quite difficult to say without GPS which is the highest.Gnarley country around here. very Sunny though cold wind from the NE.Karmakarl15/02/2016
Lot of faff to work out which is the summit. Ended up visiting all the bumps on the ridge overlooking Stoney Tarn. Think it's the last one, but my GPS reading didn't correspond to that given.ngthack12/01/2016
2 day walk with Becky camping at the top of Eskdalechrisj196517/08/2015
YHA - Goat Crag - Bull How - Whin Crag - Dawsonground Crag - Cat Crag - Whinscales - Great How - Great Scarth Crag - Cam Spout Crag - Silverybield - Heron Crag - Brock Crag - YHAmcbiydw201/08/2015
Declared summit is the most southerly and lowest bump on grassy ridge overlooking Stoney Tarn. Couple of stones are all that's left of a cairn.Aye Jimmy14/07/2015
Parked in the Delgarth Railway Station > Boot > Eel Tarn > Peelplace Noddle > Goat Crag > Bull How > Whin Crag (Eskdale) > Dawsonground Crags > Eskdale Fell - Whinscales > Great How - Eskdale Fell > Lambford Bridge > Boat How > Brat's Moss > Boot > Delgarth Railway StationTony Hartry II11/06/2015
Walked from car park near Dalegarth Hall with judicial party.catman18/04/2015
W Jenx. From the Woolpack PH, followed path rather than FP, to first plateau area, easy nip up the Synge then traverse out across fell to Goat Crag,Bull How then track back to Whin Crag - super location, great feature. Missed by all on the Slightside/Scafell path!nordicstar16/11/2014
R Richard Tait10/11/2014
Birkett 3Dave Geere26/10/2014
On return from Slight Side. Took a while working out the correct summit.destaylor27/06/2014
Climbed from Stoney Tarn via Dawsonground Cragrobert24/06/2014
From Dawson Ground.iredale09/03/2014
Woolpack Inn Eel Tarn Goat Crag Whin Crag Dawsonground Crag Whinscales Great How Eskdale Fell Lambford Bridge Boat How Brats Hill Stone Circle Boot Church Low Birker Doctor Bridge Woolpack InnAndy Hirst16/01/2014
Peelplace Noddle, Whin Crag, Dawsonground Crags, Slight Side, Scafell, Symonds Knott, Boat Howkeithouk28/12/2013
Whinscales, Dawsonground Crags, Whin Crag, Bull How and Goat Crag. With Eire, Evan, Sail, Danu, Coel & Alfie.Dangerous Dave30/07/2013
Border End, Hard Knott, Yew Bank, Throstlehow Crag, Scar LaThing, Silverybield, High Scarth, Dawsonground Crags, Whin Crag, Goat Crag.ronaldo33304/01/2013
From Wha House CP via Dawsonground CragsAnduril27/05/2012
From Dawsonground Crag,citygent13/04/2012
Birkett 2Dave Geere18/03/2012
Solo from Woolpackollismark05/11/2011
Boot-Boat How-Great How-Whinscales-Dawsonground Crags- Whin Crag-Goat Crag - (Combined Birkett's ESK 2 and 3)benarbia_827/03/2011
1dads03/07/2010
Covered the ridge from Goat Cragmick11/07/2009
Birketts CLF walk W/ESK2, Woolpack Inn > Stony Tarn > Dawsonground Crags > WHIN CRAG (ESKDALE) summit could be any one of three high points on the ridge, Birkett suggest the cairn at the end all I could find was a small pile of stones > Goat Crag > WoolpaTony Hartry22/04/2009
With Jo, circular walk from Dalegarth Station: road to Boot and then path to Eel and Stony Tarns, Dawsonground Crags, Whin Crag, Goat Crag, descending to Whahouse Bridge and returning alongside River Esk. Weather; overcast, warm, good visibility.amblerbob20/09/2008