Great Crag
450m (1476ft)
Great Crag is in The Central Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
You can walk to the top of Great Crag by using any of these 5 route maps:
Walk c143 Brund Fell and King's How from Rosthwaite
Good views of Borrowdale away from the crowds
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 6ml (9.5km) |
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| Ascent: | 1,861ft (567m) |
| Time: | 4½ hrs |
| Grade: |  (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Rosthwaite - The Cumbria Way - Lingy End - Willygrass Gill - Dock Tarn - Great Crag - Puddingstone Bank - Jopplety How - Joppletyhow Moss - Grange Fell (Brund Fell) - King's How - Rosthwaite
Walk c270 Low Saddle and Ullscarf from Stonethwaite
Fine views though can be a little boggy
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 7.75ml (12.5km) |
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| Ascent: | 2,419ft (737m) |
| Time: | 5.25hrs |
| Grade: |  (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Stonethwaite - Stonethwaite Bridge - Stonethwaite Beck - The Cumbria Way - Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk - Galleny Force - Greenup Gill - Lining Crag - Greenup Edge - Ullscarf - High Saddle (Coldbarrow Fell) - Low Saddle (Coldbarrow Fell) - Lord's How - Green Combe - Dock Tarn - Great Crag - Willygrass Gill - Stonethwaite
Walk c278 High Tove, Ullscarf and Great Crag from Watendlath
Can be wet, wild & boggy
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 7.75ml (12.5km) |
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| Ascent: | 2,247ft (685m) |
| Time: | 5 hrs |
| Grade: | (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Watendlath - High Tove - Middle Crag - Shivery Man - Shivery Knott - Long Moss - Blea Tarn (Watendlath Fell) - Ullscarf - High Saddle (Coldbarrow Fell) - Low Saddle (Coldbarrow Fell) - Lord's How - Green Combe - Dock Tarn - Great Crag - Watendlath
Walk c243 High Raise and Ullscarf from Rosthwaite
Fine views though N of Ullscarf - can be boggy
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 11.25ml (18km) |
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| Ascent: | 3,371ft (1,027m) |
| Time: | 7½ hrs |
| Grade: |  (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Rosthwaite - Stonethwaite - Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk - Stonethwaite Beck - Galleny Force - The Cumbria Way - Langstrath Beck - Eagle Crag - Sergeant's Crag - High Raise (Langdale) - Low White Stones - Greenup Edge - Ullscarf - High Saddle (Coldbarrow Fell) - Low Saddle (Coldbarrow Fell) - Lord's How - Dock Tarn - Willygrass Gill - Great Crag - Rosthwaite
Walk c369 High Raise, Ullscarf and Grange Fell from Rosthwaite
Good views though N of Ullscarf can be boggy
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 12.25ml (19.5km) |
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| Ascent: | 3,781ft (1,152m) |
| Time: | 8½ hrs |
| Grade: |  (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Rosthwaite - The Cumbria Way - Stonethwaite - Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk - Stonethwaite Beck - Galleny Force - The Cumbria Way - Langstrath Beck - Eagle Crag - Sergeant's Crag - High Raise (Langdale) - Low White Stones - Greenup Edge - Ullscarf - Low Saddle (Coldbarrow Fell) - Lord's How - Dock Tarn - Great Crag - Puddingstone Bank - Jopplety How - Joppletyhow Moss - Grange Fell (Brund Fell) - King's How - Rosthwaite
Interactive Walking Maps
See Great Crag and the surrounding tops on our unique, downloadable, PDF Peak Bagging Maps:
NB: Whether you print off a copy or download it to your phone, these PDF Peak Baggers' Maps might prove incredibly useful when your are up there on the tops and you cannot get a phone signal.
*This version is marked with the walk routes you need to follow to Walk all 214 Wainwrights in just 59 walks.
See Great Crag and the surrounding tops on our free-to-access 'Google Style' Peak Bagging Maps:
The Central Fells of The Lake District National Park
Less data - quicker to download
The Whole of The Lake District National Park
More data - might take a little longer to download
You can find Great Crag & all the walks that climb it on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps:
1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (orange/yellow covers):
1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Maps (pink/magenta covers):
Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, scaled, summited, hiked & bagged Great Crag
Neil Heywood walked up Great Crag on March 21st, 2026 [from/via/route] rosthwaite [with] logan Heywood,
Simon Myerscough climbed it on March 22nd, 2026 [from/via/route] Parked at NT car park, Rosthwaite, nice morning dry occasionally sunny but mostly cloudy or hazy, not too cold. Bit colder on tops after dinner [with] Joanne [weather] dry & bright
Mr M A Blanchard bagged it on March 18th, 2026 [with] The mutts [weather] Excellent
Caroline Winter hiked Great Crag on March 7th, 2026 [from/via/route] Rosthwaite bridge, Brund Fell, Wathendlath tarn, Great crag, Dock Tarn, Lingy end, Stonethwaite beck [with] Lena [weather] Took advantage of warm sunny day - Met Lena on route to do recee. She left to go down Pudding bank. Soggy underfoot after W Tarn. Enjoyed staircase to Great crag but surprisingly steep descent through wood to meet the beck. Once again caught in traffic in Keswick getting out of Borrowdale due to nice weather !
Iain Jones summited on March 11th, 2016 [from/via/route] Rosthwaite [with] Nicola Robins - 27 December 2025 - walked from Watendlath with Nicola Jones & Georgia Jones
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Photographs & Pictures of views from, on, or of, Great Crag
The Stonethwaite Valley with Great Crag, White Crag and High Crag beyond from Greenup Gill on the lower slopes of Eagle Crag
Watendlath & Watendlath Tarn with High Seat (Ashness Fell) beyond from the summit of Great Crag
Upper Borrowdale and beyond from the junction of paths by Puddingstone Bank between Great Crag and Grange Fell (Brund Fell)
. . . see all 13 walk photographs & pictures of views from, on, or of, Great Crag
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