Great Crag
450m (1476ft)
The Central Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Great Crag
Iain Jones walked up Great Crag on March 11th, 2016 [from/via/route] Rosthwaite [with] Nicola Robins - 27 December 2025 - walked from Watendlath with Nicola Jones & Georgia Jones
Jerry Snow climbed it on October 10th, 2025 [from/via/route] CP at Watendlath [with] Alone [weather] Overcast - Left up at 1.45pm, returned 4.45pm.
Adrian Howard bagged it on July 25th, 2024 [from/via/route] Parked layby near Bowder Stone CP - Cummacatta Wood - Long Moss - King's How - Grange Fell (Brund Fell) - Puddingstone Bank - Great Crag - Puddingstone Bank - Birkett's Leap - Frith Wood - Eelstep Brow - The Bowder Stone - Car. [weather] Sunny & quire warm
Ian Morris hiked Great Crag on November 21st, 2023 [from/via/route] From Watendlath then down to Stonethwaite Beck. [with] 15 total Carlisle RA [weather] Good vis some sun - Steps down to the beck are horrible
Ian Ashton summited on June 10th, 2023 [from/via/route] I [with] Phil Taylor
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Great Crag
Upper Borrowdale and beyond from the junction of paths by Puddingstone Bank between Great Crag and Grange Fell (Brund Fell)
King's How and Grange Fell (Brund Fell) from the summit of Great Crag
Watendlath & Watendlath Tarn with High Seat (Ashness Fell) beyond from the summit of Great Crag
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