Height: 489 metres / 1604 feet Grid reference: SD 20025 98274 Category: The Southern Fells
The view from Green Crag
Green Crag from Birker Fell
Green Crag
Green Crag
Start point: Birker Fell road (SD 175 972)
Birker Fell Road – Little Crag – Great Crag on Birker Fell – Black Crag – Broad Crag – Green Crag – White How on Birker Fell – Far Hill – Great Worm Crag (OF) – Rough Crag – Birker Fell Road
Distance: 4.6 miles Total Ascent: 365 metres Time Taken: 2 hours Start Time: 09:55
Weather: Overcast. 17C
Well, after the long hours sorting out Love the Lakes in Keswick – some in the shop and lots at home as well – it was good to get out on the fells once more and Casper and Dougal were certainly wound up like coiled springs and when I let them out of the car there was no stopping them. This was a good little walk; it was dull and grey but at least it was fine. The rain over the weekend meant the ground was sodden once more and I did manage to get a good boot full crossing Highford Beck near the beginning of the walk!
Green Crag route map.
...and they're off! Freedom for the boys.
Heading for Little Crag in the dog vs sheep showdown.
Dougal and Casper on Little Crag sport their new Striding Edge silicon bands (see below). Want one? Details coming soon, they can be worn on your wrist or attached to your rucksack so you can identify fellow StridingEdge and Love the Lakes followers.
The Band.
Looking at Great Crag from Little Crag, we are going to climb that rake to the right.
Heading for the rake on Great Crag.
Climbing the steep rake - Angus Rake I will name it as it made me think of him and when we climbed that way...
Casper has found a lofty perch up there.
Looking back over Little Crag to Devoke Water.
The Scafells and Upper Eskdale from Great Crag.
Green Crag ahead, where we are heading for next.
Scafell and Slight Side, Low Birker Tarn in the foreground.
Green Crag from Broad Crag.
Haystacks or Crook Crag and Green Crag?
A wonderful panorama from Green Crag.
Harter Fell across Ulpha Fell from Green Crag.
Upper Eskdale to Bowfell and Crinkle Crags.
Dougal is a Friend of LovetheLakes.net.
The view from the southern summit.
Stickle Pike and the Duddon Estuary from White How.
Dow Crag and the Coniston Fells.
Green Crag and Harter Fell from the climb to Great Worm Crag.
Devoke Water from Great Worm Crag.
A 360 panoramic from Great Worm Crag.
Ancient Cairn and The Pike from Rough Crag.
Looking back to Great Worm Crag and Rough Crag.
Boundary Stone - Ulpha and Birker.
Green Crag
Start point: Brown Rigg on the Birker Fell road. (SD 181 962)
Birker Fell Road (Brown Rigg) – Little Crag – Great Crag on Birker Fell – Black Crag – Broad Crag – Green Crag – White How on Birker Fell – Far Hill – Great Worm Crag (OF) – Rough Crag – Birker Fell Road (Brown Rigg)
Distance: 4.8 miles Total Ascent: 355 metres Time Taken: 2 hours
Weather: Overcast and grey. 20oC.
It was really overcast and grey this morning but quite warm and muggy. We had a shorter walk than yesterday across Birker Moor visiting some of the many rocky outcrops on this rough area between the Duddon Valley and Eskdale. On a better day, the views are extensive from here; today they were virtually non-existent.
Casper makes a run for Little Crag with Great Crag beyond.
I can still see you!
Great Crag from Little Crag, the grassy rake to the right is the way up.
Casper and Angus on Great Crag.
Not much of a view today, here looking over Birkerthwaite.
I could just about see Devoke Water from here with the line of the road to Eskdale curving in front of it.
Green Crag. I climbed up to the extreme right and along the ridge.
A familiar silhouette of Harter Fell from Green Crag.
Looking to the south from Green Crag. The distant fells are Caw and Stickle Pike with the next target, White How, in front.
Great Worm Crag from White How.
Looking back to Green Crag.
The sun is starting to break through on Green Crag now as I reach Far Hill on the way to Great Worm Crag. Typical!
Green Crag.
Great Worm Crag from an ancient cairn on Rough Crag.
Harter Fell
Start point: Hardknott Pass (Jubilee Bridge) (NY 214 011)
Hardknott Pass (Jubilee Bridge) – Kepple Crag (230) – Great Whinscale (231) – Crook Crag (232) – The Pike – Green Crag (233) – Ulpha Fell – Harter Fell (234) – Demming Crag (235) – Horsehow Crags (236) – Hardknott Pass (Jubilee Bridge)
Weather: Cold, clear skies.
Today’s walk is a circuit of Harter Fell, taking in some minor tops en-route including Green Crags. There are great views of Upper Eskdale from Harter Fell, especially Scafell and Scafell Pike which looked lovely today as it was so clear.
A frozen Upper Eskdale from the path on Birker Fell; the Scafells to the left, Esk Pike and the pointy summit of Bow Fell to the right.
The Moon over Kepple Crag.
Looking through the gap on Eskdale Fell to Scoat Fell and Pillar from Kepple Crag.
Devoke Water and Birker Fell from Great Whinscale.
Sellafield and the West Cumbrian coastline from Crook Crag.
Harter Fell from Ulpha Fell.
The view from Harter Fell, see below for an annotated version of this photo.
Grey Friar with the Swirl How ridge behind from Demming Crag.
The Scafells from Demming Crag. See below for an annotated version of this photo.
Looking along Eskdale from Horsehow Crags.
The Scafells on the descent.
Hard Knott.
Harter Fell
Start point: Seathwaite (Dunnerdale) SD 22761 96012
Seathwaite (Dunnerdale) – High Wallowbarrow – Grassguards – Green Crag (203) – Ulpha Fell – Harter Fell (Eskdale)(204) – Birks Bridge – Fickle Steps – Seathwaite (Dunnerdale)
Weather: Showery, in and out of the cloud.
Wallowbarrow Bridge.
The River Duddon, entering Wallowbarrow.
Wallowbarrow Crag
Harter Fell from Grassguards.
The Scafells, Bow Fell and Esk Pike from Green Crag summit.
Harter Fell from Green Crag summit.
Looking over Devoke Water towards the Duddon Estuary from Green Crag summit.
Harter Fell - 'the true summit from the official'.
The head of Eskdale from the summit of Harter Fell.
The sun shines on Bow Fell and Esk Pike - from Harter Fell.
Birks rapids and Birks Bridge.
Fickle Steps, the River Duddon crossing.
Harter Fell from Seathwaite.
Seathwaite Church.