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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 |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 186 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
w/ Jack, Jonny and Danny on a mega synge bagging expedition | wcroasdell | 13/08/2023 |
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/72177720310491689 | SalmonJoe | 10/08/2023 |
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. | PeterD | 30/01/2023 |
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 ROWLETT | 11/10/2022 |
The 360° view from Whin Crag is as good as anywhere. (You need to be exactly at NY 20048 02319). | Matt | 01/08/2022 |
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 Caine | 20/03/2022 |
Along the pleasant ridge from Dawsonground Crags. Great lofty view of Stoney Tarn. N | Nick Caunt | 07/07/2021 |
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. | BURGESS | 11/06/2021 |
from Dawsonground Crags | jef | 26/05/2021 |
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! | morgs4mountains | 14/05/2021 |
From Whahouse Farm: Goat Crag, Bull How. Whin Crag, Dawsonground Crags, Whinscales, Great How and Boat How. | Lazylizzie | 30/04/2021 |
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. | ijpowell | 22/09/2020 |
Revisit with Pete | Dave Geere | 03/11/2019 |
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. | jonglew | 27/04/2019 |
From Station car park for a round of Boat How, Great How, Whinscales, Dawsonground Crags, Whin Crag and Goat Crag. | rhalstead | 21/04/2019 |
FROM DAWSON GROUND | Fairsnape | 26/11/2018 |
Followed path up from The Woolpack Inn. With Alfie. | Dangerous Dave | 30/09/2018 |
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) | gerrybowes | 02/11/2017 |
7th of the day with GB. | bolton | 02/11/2017 |
Birthday bimble with Debs & Talisker | Mountain Goat | 23/10/2017 |
From Bull How then along the cake-walk to Dawsonground Crags. | Eddie | 06/10/2017 |
From Dawsonground Crags. Nice little ridge. On to Peelplace Noddle. | Wycombe Wanderer | 05/01/2017 |
From Wasdale via Boat How, minor summits and geocaching | bardolph | 24/04/2016 |
with Paul doing Birketts from Boot | colinfielding | 23/03/2016 |
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. | Karmakarl | 15/02/2016 |
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. | ngthack | 12/01/2016 |
2 day walk with Becky camping at the top of Eskdale | chrisj1965 | 17/08/2015 |
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 - YHA | mcbiydw2 | 01/08/2015 |
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 Jimmy | 14/07/2015 |
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 Station | Tony Hartry II | 11/06/2015 |
Walked from car park near Dalegarth Hall with judicial party. | catman | 18/04/2015 |
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! | nordicstar | 16/11/2014 |
R | Richard Tait | 10/11/2014 |
Birkett 3 | Dave Geere | 26/10/2014 |
On return from Slight Side. Took a while working out the correct summit. | destaylor | 27/06/2014 |
Climbed from Stoney Tarn via Dawsonground Crag | robert | 24/06/2014 |
From Dawson Ground. | iredale | 09/03/2014 |
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 Inn | Andy Hirst | 16/01/2014 |
Peelplace Noddle, Whin Crag, Dawsonground Crags, Slight Side, Scafell, Symonds Knott, Boat How | keithouk | 28/12/2013 |
Whinscales, Dawsonground Crags, Whin Crag, Bull How and Goat Crag. With Eire, Evan, Sail, Danu, Coel & Alfie. | Dangerous Dave | 30/07/2013 |
Border End, Hard Knott, Yew Bank, Throstlehow Crag, Scar LaThing, Silverybield, High Scarth, Dawsonground Crags, Whin Crag, Goat Crag. | ronaldo333 | 04/01/2013 |
From Wha House CP via Dawsonground Crags | Anduril | 27/05/2012 |
From Dawsonground Crag, | citygent | 13/04/2012 |
Birkett 2 | Dave Geere | 18/03/2012 |
Solo from Woolpack | ollismark | 05/11/2011 |
Boot-Boat How-Great How-Whinscales-Dawsonground Crags- Whin Crag-Goat Crag - (Combined Birkett's ESK 2 and 3) | benarbia_8 | 27/03/2011 |
1 | dads | 03/07/2010 |
Covered the ridge from Goat Crag | mick | 11/07/2009 |
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 > Woolpa | Tony Hartry | 22/04/2009 |
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. | amblerbob | 20/09/2008 |