| Name: | Swirl How |
| Hill number: | 2635 |
| Height: | 802.4m / 2633ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2634 The Old Man of Coniston [Coniston Old Man] |
| County/UA: | Westmorland and Furness |
| Topographical area: | EL04 Coniston-claife |
| SMC/RHB section: | 34D: Southern Cumbria |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Lake District - Southern Fells |
| Catchment: | Duddon, Catchment Boundaries, Leven (Ulverston) |
| Watershed: | Morecambe Bay |
| Class: | Hump, Simm, Hewitt, Nuttall, Wainwright, Birkett, Synge, Fellranger, Buxton & Lewis, Bridge, Clem (Hu,Tu,Sim,Hew,N,W,B,Sy,Fel,BL,Bg,Cm) |
| Grid ref: | NY 27282 00554 |
| Summit feature: | cairn incorporating large rock |
| Drop: | 119m |
| Col: | 683m SD270994  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 89 90 (1:25k) OL6N |
| Survey: | Leica NA730/Leica GS15 Surveys of Swirl How and Coniston Old Man.pdf |
| Comments: | probably lower than The Old Man of Coniston, see hill 2634 |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 1903 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| ROUTE: The Coniston Fells WALKERS: J.T. & M.T. with Corey T. WEATHER: Sunny with light cloud above summits. Occasionally gusty. | MTansley | 03/09/2024 |
| ROUTE: The Coniston Fells WALKERS: J.T. & M.T. with Corey T. WEATHER: Sunny with light cloud above summits. Occasionally gusty. | J_tansley | 03/09/2024 |
| With Suzanne | dc96 | 26/08/2024 |
| Left Sam to head back down. Just me and Karl. Lovely black lab with 2 fell runners. No view, clag and wind. | John92 | 28/06/2024 |
| The Coniston Fells. Dow Crag - Coniston Old Man - Brim Fell - Grey Friar - Great Carrs - Swirl How - Wetherlam | sms.37 | 22/06/2024 |
| The Coniston Fells. Dow Crag - Coniston Old Man - Brim Fell - Grey Friar - Great Carrs - Swirl How - Wetherlam with Si | Nicefish | 22/06/2024 |
| Coniston round - Long Crag scramble, Wetherlam, Swirl How, Great Carrs, Grey Friar, Brim Fell, Dow Crag, Old Man of Coniston | Barns150 | 12/06/2024 |
| From Wetherlam via Swirl Hawse | MattD99 | 16/05/2024 |
| From Coniston to Great Langdale campsite via Wrynose pass with Burdon and Mo. | TrekClimbing | 28/04/2024 |
| 8/10 Brown Pike Buck Pike, Dow Crag, Coniston Old Man, Brim Fell Little How Crags, Great How Crags, Swirl How, Wetherlam, Lad Stones, all with LDWA Lakeland group on our group walk. Cracking sunny day and revisits to all except Lad Stones. | nickywood1 | 20/04/2024 |
| Coniston, Wetherlam, Grey Friar, Old Man and back to Coniston | trimarc2 | 20/03/2024 |
| Solo trail run | simonjallen | 11/02/2024 |
| Following Wetherlam up the Prison Band | N.Morters | 25/11/2023 |
| with Arch | Munroist3935 | 24/11/2023 |
| 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 W | chillyman8 | 21/10/2023 |
| HWCSC hike 1 with Lisa | Rumbo | 15/10/2023 |
| 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. | richard69 | 28/09/2023 |
| Part of circular route including Coniston Old Man walk | Lovable Laura | 23/09/2023 |
| Wander round with Andy. | munkyennui | 28/08/2023 |
| With Joe from Wetherlam | dombenson | 28/05/2023 |
| 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. | nell1583 | 21/05/2023 |
| 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. | Longwojo | 13/05/2023 |
| Old Man of Coniston loop: https://strava.app.link/MHS9Zp8iHzb | livvips | 10/05/2023 |
| 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. | Alfa1M | 04/05/2023 |
| 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. | welshyboyo | 03/03/2023 |
| Baltic weather up Great Carrs, Swirl How, Wetherlam and Grey Friar. | Winter Round | 25/02/2023 |
| R TS RB etc | Richard Tait | 21/02/2023 |
| R K Full winter conds | Richard Tait | 18/01/2023 |
| From Wetherlamb and along to Old Man | Flatfield | 19/11/2022 |
| Dow Crag, Brim Fell, Grey Friar, Great Carrs, Swirl How | keithouk | 23/10/2022 |
| Wainwright Walk 6: Spider (Swirl How, Great Carrs, Grey Friar & Wetherlam) | DavidHiner | 02/10/2022 |
| 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_alan | 21/09/2022 |
| First hill of the day after a high camp, nice to have it to myself. I'd forgotten just how scrappy is the descent of Prison Band | Colin Crawford | 17/09/2022 |
| 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/72177720301415055 | SalmonJoe | 12/08/2022 |
| 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. | isabelle | 11/08/2022 |
| Coniston - Wetherlam - Swirl How - Great Carrs - Grey Friar - Brim Fell - Old Man of Coniston - Dow Crag - Coniston | JHes | 21/06/2022 |
| From Tilberthwaite - Wetherlam, Swirl How, Grey Friar, Great Carrs | philz008 | 17/05/2022 |
| With MarkS. | DaveT | 27/04/2022 |
| Walna Scar CP - Coniston Old Man - Brim Fell - Little How Crags - Great How - Swirl How - Great Carrs - (Fairfield camp) - Grey Friar | hannah&steven | 14/04/2022 |
| With J | GCW | 23/03/2022 |
| R K Winter conds | Richard Tait | 25/02/2022 |
| Birkett 3 with Pete | Dave Geere | 30/01/2022 |
| R K Temp inversion | Richard Tait | 19/12/2021 |
| Solo.From Far End, Coniston to Walna Scar track. Dow Crag via S Rake (damp, crumbly and unpleasant - satisfying) then Old Man, Brim How, Swirl How, Great Carrs and Grey Friar, Swirl How, Prison Band, Levers Water. Dry, mostly warm sun, with cold wind on Swirl How/G Carrs. Old Man busy but prob best view in the Lakes. 7.5 hrs inc long stops | niallp | 20/09/2021 |
| Really hot sunny day. Climbed with Pete. Up Wetside, to Gill Pike (and got stung by a wasp), up to Gray Friar, then Swirl How, then Wetherham and Great Carrs. Long day. | River-Girl | 08/09/2021 |
| From Wetherlam. With B | Danmawr | 05/09/2021 |
| Circular walk to take in the 7 wainwrights. With the kids. | thecoopers | 03/09/2021 |
| From Coniston. Six SIMMS: Wetherlam > Black Sails > Swirl How > Grey Friar > Old Man of Coniston > Dow Crag. Back by the Walna Scar Road. Perfect weather. Fantastic views all round. | Peter_W_Mitchell | 01/07/2021 |
| Linear walk from Coniston to Chapel Stile with Andrew in June 2021, including Wetherlam, Swirl How, Grey Friars and Great Carrs. | jackfowler | 19/06/2021 |
| 2nd of the day on a round of the Coniston fells. Walked from Wetherlam via Prison Bandand on to Great Carrs. With Emma, Jill, Gill, Nina & Betty | ESkelton | 18/06/2021 |