Green Crag (Ulpha Fell)
489m (1604ft)
The Southern Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
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You can walk/hike to the top of Green Crag (Ulpha Fell) by using either of these 2 easy‑to‑follow route maps:
Walk c205 Green Crag (Ulpha Fell) and Great Worm Crag from Stanley Force NT Car Park, Eskdale
Difficult route finding on the tops
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 8.5ml (13.5km) |
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| Ascent: | 1,953ft (595m) |
| Time: | 5 hrs |
| Grade: |  (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Stanley Force NT Car Park - Eskdale - Boot - River Esk - Low Birker - Crook Crag - Green Crag (Ulpha Fell) - Great Worm Crag - Brown Rigg - Sike Moss - Birkerthwaite - Low Ground Cottages - Stanley Force - River Esk - Stanley Force NT Car Park - Eskdale
Walk c402 Harter Fell and Hard Knott from The Woolpack Inn, Eskdale
Some of the quieter fells
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 12.25ml (19.5km) |
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| Ascent: | 3,568ft (1,087m) |
| Time: | 8 hrs |
| Grade: |  (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Eskdale - The Woolpack Inn - Doctor Bridge - Low Birker - Birker Force - Low Birker Tarn - Green Crag (Ulpha Fell) - Crook Crag - Harter Fell (Eskdale) - Dunnerdale Forest - Hardknott Pass - Hardknott Gill - Hard Knott - Yew Bank - Lingcove Beck - Lingcove Bridge - Great Moss - Brotherilkeld - Taw House Farm - Wha House Farm - The River Esk - The Woolpack Inn - Eskdale
See Green Crag (Ulpha Fell) and the surrounding tops on our free-to-access 'Google Style' Peak Bagging Maps:
The Southern 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
See Green Crag (Ulpha Fell) 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.
You can find Green Crag (Ulpha Fell) & 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 Green Crag (Ulpha Fell)
James Hughes walked up Green Crag (Ulpha Fell) on April 29th, 2025 [from/via/route] c402 Harter Fell & Hard Knott from Eskdale [weather] Glorious sunny day. Warm & clear. - Up to Green Crag from Woolpack Inn. Issue locating path initially as permissive path at Low Birker overshoots it. Boggy between Green Crag & Harter Fell. Awesome views at top. Relatively easy ascent to Hard Knott. Long descent back to Woolpack Inn alongside beautiful Lingcove Beck.
Caroline Winter climbed it on October 11th, 2024 [from/via/route] Eskdale YH, FP to Low Birker house, track to above Birker tarn, Green Crag [with] Solo [weather] Sunnier afternoon with great views - Lost track at Green Crag & found myself around the front side deciding whether I should be climbing the rock face. Carried on around its flank & found a track to summit. Great views & of Harter fell. Again lost track on return, but the tarn is a useful marker to make towards.
Christine Shepherd bagged it on August 22nd, 2010 [from/via/route] Walked from Boot Climbed again on 21.11.2021 Climbed for a third time from Boot on a very hot day with a lovely breeze on the summit. 14.6.23 [with] On my own [weather] Bright & sunny
Ian Ashton hiked Green Crag (Ulpha Fell) on July 8th, 2023 [from/via/route] Jph [with] JPH
Richard Marchant summited on September 17th, 2022 [from/via/route] Parked at at a forest car park about 4 miles from Cockley Beck further down in Dunnerdale. From here I walked North up to Hard Knott Pass & across the road up to Hard Knott. I returned to the pass & headed south up on to Harter Fell then on again to Green Cragg. Then from here I headed Eastward across the moor to Dunnerdale Forest & descended back to the car. [with] On my Own [weather] Clear Sunny day with little or no breeze.
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on, or of, Green Crag (Ulpha Fell)
Harter Fell (Eskdale) (right) and Green Crag (Ulpha Fell) (left) from Great Worm Crag
Looking up to Green Crag (Ulpha Fell) from near the top of Birker Force, Eskdale
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