Height: 461 metres / 1512 feet Grid reference: NY 30346 18757 Category: The Central Fells

The summit of Raven Crag

Thirlmere from Raven Crag

The classic view of Thirlmere as described by Wainwight
Height: 461 metres / 1512 feet Grid reference: NY 30346 18757 Category: The Central Fells
The summit of Raven Crag
Thirlmere from Raven Crag
The classic view of Thirlmere as described by Wainwight
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Start Point: Thirlmere (NY 307 190)
Raven Crag from Thirlmere
Distance: 1.2 miles Total Ascent: 255 metres Time Taken: 1 hour Start Time: 17:30
Weather: Warm with sunny spells, 18°C
On to the second walk of the day up Raven Crag and the sun was shining over Thirlmere when I got there to make conditions just about perfect.
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Start point: Armboth (NY 305 170)
Armboth – Fisher Crag – Armboth Fell – High Tove – Raven Crag – Armboth
Distance: 5.9 miles Total Ascent: 489 metres Time Taken: 2 hours 30 minutes
Weather: Sunny with cloud coming from the south west later. 16C.
This was another place I haven’t been to for a while, up to the much derided Armboth Fell and then along the central ridge before descending to Raven Crag. Armboth Fell is not a summit as such, being no more than a rock plinth on a hummock in a particularly boggy area. I must say on a day such as this though, the going was easy and the views all round were superb and it turned out to be a pleasant early summer walk.
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Start point: Armboth car park (NY 306 172)
Armboth – Armboth Fell (155) – High Tove (156) – High Seat (157) – Bleaberry Fell (158) – The Benn (159) – Castle Crag (Shoulthwaite) (160) – Raven Crag (161) – Armboth
Weather: Rain with hailstone showers and the odd sunny spell.
Today’s walk felt like it marked the end of summer, I am sad to report. It was a bitterly cold wind blowing on the tops with heavy hailstone showers. The central fells along the High Seat ridge are renowned for being boggy and today was no exception…
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Armboth – Armboth Fell (122) – High Tove (123) – High Seat (124) – Bleaberry Fell (125) – Shoulthwaite – Raven Crag (126) – Castle Crag (Shoulthwaite) – Thirlmere Dam – Armboth