Tarn Crag (Easedale)
550m (1805ft)
The Central Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 10ml (16km) |
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| Ascent: | 2,936ft (895m) |
| Time: | 6½ hrs |
| Grade: |  (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Grasmere - Sour Milk Gill - Sourmilk Gill Falls - Tarn Crag (Easedale) - Sergeant Man - Blea Rigg - Great Castle How - Little Castle How - Raw Pike - Swinescar Pike - Lang How - Silver How - Spedding Crag - Dow Bank - Huntingstile Crag - Grasmere
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 13.75ml (22km) |
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| Ascent: | 3,991ft (1,216m) |
| Time: | 9 hrs |
| Grade: |  (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Grasmere - Allan Bank - Wray Gill - Silver How - Lang How - Sinescar Pike - Little Castle How - Great Castle How - Blea Rigg - Sergeant Man - Thunacar Knott - Pavey Ark - Harrison Stickle - Loft Crag - Pike of Stickle (Pike O' Stickle) - High Raise (Langdale) - Codale Head - Tarn Crag (Easedale) - Far Easedale Gill - Sourmilk Falls - Far Easedale Beck - Goody Bridge - Grasmere
Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Tarn Crag (Easedale)
James Hughes walked up Tarn Crag (Easedale) on March 9th, 2025 [from/via/route] c144 Sergeant Man from Grasmere [weather] Glorious warm, cloudless day with breeze on tops. - Missed turn to Tarn Crag on way up following Coast to Coast route. Ended up going to High Raise & High White Stones before heading for Sergeant Man. Returned down via Tarn Crag.
Pete George climbed Tarn Crag (Easedale) on February 22nd, 2025 [from/via/route] Grasmere [with] Roco [weather] Good but wet underneath meant crossings in spate
Claire Kirk bagged Tarn Crag (Easedale) on December 4th, 2024 [from/via/route] Grasmere [with] Alone [weather] Drizzly, low cloud
David Higginbottom hiked Tarn Crag (Easedale) on October 3rd, 2024 [from/via/route] C144 [with] Carolyn [weather] Clear - A little boggy miserable walk
Ian Ashton summited Tarn Crag (Easedale) on March 31st, 2024 [with] The wife
Claire Rigg conquered Tarn Crag (Easedale) on October 29th, 2023 [with] Heidi [weather] Sunny
Tim Winn scaled Tarn Crag (Easedale) on October 23rd, 2023 [with] Steve, John, Andy, Dave and Darrell [weather] Sunny Day
Paul Roddam walked up Tarn Crag (Easedale) on February 4th, 2023 [from/via/route] Grasmere [with] Bri and Barber [weather] Cloudy but fairly dry with decent visibility
Richard Fulcher climbed Tarn Crag (Easedale) on October 2nd, 2022 [from/via/route] Parked in the layby on the A591 opposite a footpath down to Grasmere. Set off through Grasmere & the Easedale Road & then followed the bridle path to Stythwaite Steps, turned left up Stenners Crag & then left up Greathead Crag & on to Tarn Crag. From there we followed a stream up to Codale Head. I continued on up to High Raise (because it was there!) & then joined Jen at Sergeant Man. We then descended down & across to Blea Rigg. The descent from Blea Rigg was initially tricky (probably went the wrong way) but became more manageable as we reached Easedale Tarn. The walk from the tarn & back to the car was on well made paths (Lakes style i.e. boulders) & was a slog! [with] Jen [weather] Sunshine & showers, occasional gusts of wind. At times I was hot, freezing cold, battered by wind & then sometimes no wind & just right! - A tiring but rewarding walk.
Angeline Grieveson bagged Tarn Crag (Easedale) on September 10th, 2022 [with] Dotty
David Butterfield hiked Tarn Crag (Easedale) on August 8th, 2022 [from/via/route] Grasmere [with] Nigel, Andrew, Kate, Graham, Val, Chris, Ian, Heather [weather] Cloud & sun - Finished!
Christine Shepherd summited Tarn Crag (Easedale) on September 2nd, 2010 [from/via/route] Walked from Grasmere using walk c144 Climbed again on 15.9.20. with my friend Jenny. Climbed again with a group from Head 4 the Hills 31.5.21 [with] On my own [weather] Sunny & hot - This was my penultimate Wainwright. I spent the night before at Grasmere Thorney Howe Youth Hostel & learnt that it was soon to close. I felt quite sad as it was a hostel that i had stayed at on several happy occasions.
Geoff Hand conquered Tarn Crag (Easedale) on January 27th, 2022 [from/via/route] Walk c144 Sergeant Man from Grasmere. [with] Alone with Tess [weather] Broken cloud & sun, showery, getting clearer as day went on. - Unfortunately main thing which will remain in my mind about thid walk was trapping my finger in the car rear door just as I was setting off! Lots of pain, blood & confusion for most of the walk.
Richard Marchant scaled Tarn Crag (Easedale) on January 4th, 2022 [from/via/route] Parked the car alongside the A591 just along from the Black Swan in a roadside lay-by used by walkers. Then walked straight into Grasmere then out of it on the Easedale Road leading to a footpath alongside Easedale Beck & on to Easedale Tarn. From the Tarn cut up North on past Greathead Crag & then followed the ridge up to Tarn Crag & on to Codale Head then round to Sergeant Man. From here it was Southeast direction following the ridge to Blea Rigg & on to Silver How & back down into Grasmere. [with] Solo [weather] Clear cold frosty day with a dusting of snow on the tops.
Carl Tillotson walked up Tarn Crag (Easedale) on July 24th, 2021 [from/via/route] c144 route with High Raise added [with] June [weather] Slightly cloudy, warm day.
Richard Marshall climbed Tarn Crag (Easedale) on July 16th, 2021 [from/via/route] Sergeant Man & others [with] Me, Bo and Roxy [weather] Sunny very Hot
Damian Gourlay bagged Tarn Crag (Easedale) on June 22nd, 2021 [from/via/route] Grassmere walk c144 tarn cragg [with] Lee Grist [weather] Sunny - Great walk real leg burner, showing my age. Hope this gets easier
Paul Macey hiked Tarn Crag (Easedale) on June 21st, 2021 [from/via/route] Grassmere walk 114 [with] Luke [weather] Low cloud
Christina Lander summited Tarn Crag (Easedale) on June 5th, 2021 [from/via/route] Mill Bridge, Grasmere - Easedale Beck - Tarn Crag - Calf Crag - Steel Fell - Mill Bridge [with] Dick [weather] A beautiful sunny day - During our holiday staying at Station House, Troutbeck, Penrith
Claire Murray conquered Tarn Crag (Easedale) on May 29th, 2021 [from/via/route] Parked in Grasmere. Silver How, Blea Rigg, Sergeant Man, High Raise & Tarn Crag. [with] Vitor [weather] Lovely day. Was sunny but not to hot. - Lovely walk. East to start with & some stunningly laid stone paths to follow. The last part of the track was a stone path beside a river with the sheep fenced it & it was so beautiful!
John Tippins scaled Tarn Crag (Easedale) on September 22nd, 2020 [from/via/route] Grasmere [weather] Overcast, low cloud for most of the day, drizzle/rain all day.
Jane Wilkinson has walked up Tarn Crag (Easedale) [with] sammy
Mike Dunphy climbed Tarn Crag (Easedale) on June 24th, 2020 [from/via/route] Grasmere via eats dale rd [with] Caitlin and molly [weather] 28' hot - Great day out 20k with Caitlin & molly on a glorious day, followed with a dip in grassmere
Michael Nolan bagged Tarn Crag (Easedale) on May 19th, 2020 [from/via/route] grasmere [with] Morag [weather] wet & cold until we finished when it was lovely
Andrew Johnson hiked Tarn Crag (Easedale) on December 2nd, 2019 [from/via/route] Grasmere [with] Ted [weather] Cloudy - Lost my glasses
Nick Dobson summited Tarn Crag (Easedale) on September 14th, 2019 [from/via/route] Grasmere via Stythwaite Steps & up the east ridge [with] Margaret, & Ralph [weather] Lovely pleasant day with blue skies - 2nd attempt on this walk as previous one we Kate with us & snow on route & ended up turning back.
Jill Dean has conquered Tarn Crag (Easedale) [from/via/route] Grasmere [with] Grez & ðŸ [weather] Glorious
Lucy Perchard scaled Tarn Crag (Easedale) on September 2nd, 2018 [from/via/route] From Grasmere via Easedale Tarn [with] Tony but walked part of the way up to Easedale Tarn with Mum, Dad and Maisie [weather] Very overcast. Low visibility & light rain once we started the climb up from the tarn - Broke our rule to only climb to the top if the views would be good - could hardly see a thing at the top with only fleeting glimpses of Easedale Tarn from the top.
Simon Boddy walked up Tarn Crag (Easedale) on September 1st, 2018 [from/via/route] Rydal [with] HF Holidays [weather] Cloudy but quite warm, with drizzle at times
Craig Steeland climbed Tarn Crag (Easedale) on June 24th, 2018 [from/via/route] Roadside car park north of Grasmere [with] Sue [weather] Hot & sunny with no wind.
Wayne Baxter bagged Tarn Crag (Easedale) on April 26th, 2018 [from/via/route] Grassmere to Easedale tarn, past Cockly Crag, up to Tarn Crag, return to Cockly crag, Stythwaite steps & Grassmere [with] Sue [weather] Cloudy but dry
Dave Eyes hiked Tarn Crag (Easedale) on April 17th, 2018 [from/via/route] Parked car on Easedale road & walked up the Valley, took the path to Easdale tarn & then ascended up to Tarn Carg. Tirned around & headed back the same way. Rained all day. No views & totally soaked. [with] Christine Eyes [weather] WET!
Elaine Evans summited Tarn Crag (Easedale) on July 3rd, 2017 [from/via/route] From Grasmere to Easedale Tarn, then up to Blea Rigg, Sergeant Man & Tarn Crag before descending into valley & back to Grasmere again. [with] Sue and Christine [weather] Sunny & dry with a light breeze. - Enjoyable day on the fells, have missed our walks over the last few weeks but today was perfect.
Tracey Cowell conquered Tarn Crag (Easedale) on May 28th, 2017 [from/via/route] Helm crag/ Gibson knott/ calf crag/ tarn crag/ easdale tarn/ sour milk ghyll [with] Lakeland meetuos [weather] Sunny
Chris Sheard scaled Tarn Crag (Easedale) on April 29th, 2017 [from/via/route] Up from Goody Bridge [with] Jamie [weather] Lovely partly sunny day - Sue & Tracey waited with Bruce at the tarn while Jamie & i blitzed the return to the tarn in less than an hour. Nice to burn the calves now & then
Colin Egan walked up Tarn Crag (Easedale) on April 3rd, 2017 [from/via/route] From Grasmere up via Sourmill Gill to Easedale Tarn & then on to the fell, returned via the east ridge and Stythwaite Steps. [with] My wife Faith [weather] Sunny day with some cloud, wind very cold & strong near summit. Standing still for summit photo was a bit of a challenge - A lovely short day on the fells, Easedale Tarn is beautiful & so peaceful. The route up from tarn to fell top was difficult to find, partly my own fault as we looked across to the fell & decided where the path was based on a line we saw across the fell but this was not a real path! The route down was sometimes a challenge as paths just petered out at the brink of a big drop requiring a bit of skirting round, but it was still a good day overall.
David Watson climbed Tarn Crag (Easedale) on October 14th, 2016 [from/via/route] From Grasmere via Easedale Tarn & Codale Tarn [weather] Fine
Gordon Lee bagged Tarn Crag (Easedale) on May 14th, 2016 [from/via/route] Grasmere
Mike Jackson hiked Tarn Crag (Easedale) on January 30th, 2016 [from/via/route] Grasmere
Kevin Parnham summited Tarn Crag (Easedale) on October 30th, 2015 [from/via/route] From Great Langdale via Loft Crag & Seargants Man [with] Jo [weather] Intermittent cloud but mild - Bit of a trudge across Codale Head & dark by the time we reached Tarn Crag
Leon Harvey conquered Tarn Crag (Easedale) on October 31st, 2015 [from/via/route] c144 [with] Solo [weather] Cloudy & Wet
David Noble scaled Tarn Crag (Easedale) on August 21st, 2015 [from/via/route] Grasmere [with] Jack [weather] Overcast & Raining
Anthony Scott walked up Tarn Crag (Easedale) on October 12th, 2015 [from/via/route] yha grasmere [with] me [weather] changeable! rain first thing, some blue sky, some white & grey clouds, strong northerly wind but warm in shelter.
Jon Mapp climbed Tarn Crag (Easedale) on September 26th, 2015 [from/via/route] C144 from Grasmere [with] Suzzanné [weather] Cloudy with sunny spells, but a nice day - Great views of Easedale Tarn
John Almond bagged Tarn Crag (Easedale) on June 27th, 2015 [from/via/route] c144 Sergeant Man from Grasmere
Victoria Bates hiked Tarn Crag (Easedale) on February 26th, 2015 [from/via/route] c166 [with] Mark [weather] Windy - detour around easedale tarn as unable to cross the gill
Darren Wilson summited Tarn Crag (Easedale) on February 8th, 2015 [from/via/route] Grasmere, Tarn Crag, Codale Tarn, Eagle Crag [with] Mike [weather] sunny fog in the valleys
Phillip Bulley conquered Tarn Crag (Easedale) on September 10th, 2014 [from/via/route] Blea Rigg, Seargenants Man ad Tarn Crag [with] Judith and Toby [weather] Sunny
Keith Eastman scaled Tarn Crag (Easedale) on July 2nd, 2014 [from/via/route] c149
Joanne Mcgawley walked up Tarn Crag (Easedale) on March 1st, 2014 [with] Rich [weather] 4 Seasons in one day - 10.5 miles
Bella Wella climbed Tarn Crag (Easedale) on June 11th, 2014 [with] Paul
Clive Ward bagged Tarn Crag (Easedale) on March 1st, 2014 [from/via/route] Grasmere, Steel Fell, Calf Crag. See Steel Fell for details [with] Hazel
Marcus Bradshaw hiked Tarn Crag (Easedale) on October 29th, 2013 [from/via/route] Grasmere - Silver Howe - Blea Rigg - Sargent Man then Tarn Crag [with] Marcus [weather] Crap... Rain Hail & extremely windy - Well getting here was nt as straight forward as we thought . we decided to go off piste which at times was quite scary in the weather conditions. when we eventually got there I don t think I ve ever been as happy to see a summit. It was a real shame about the weather as the views would have been amazing.
John Powell summited Tarn Crag (Easedale) during May, 2009 [from/via/route] Easedale
Tim Buckley conquered Tarn Crag (Easedale) on May 27th, 2013 [from/via/route] From Grasmere crossing Sour Milk Gill [with] Esther [weather] Terrible, 30mph winds, freezing rain in your face. - My 60th Wainwright. Esther slipped in SMG, boot full of water - we were soaking anyway. Hot soup & tea in Hiedi's Grasmere. We had tried on the 24th, gale force winds blew Esther off her feet - gave up & turned back.
Wendy Carey scaled Tarn Crag (Easedale) during 2003 [from/via/route] Grasmere [with] Chaplains Walking Retreat
Charlie Housley walked up Tarn Crag (Easedale) on June 6th, 2013 [from/via/route] Walked up from Grasmere to Easedale Tarn, then took a steep path from the north east edge of the tarn up to join the main path onto the summit. [with] Solo. [weather] Very warm & bright, although some intermittent cloud did keep blanking out the sun.
Harry Meijer climbed Tarn Crag (Easedale) on May 3rd, 2013 [from/via/route] High Raise from Grasmere [with] The Lake District Walker
Christine Knowles bagged Tarn Crag (Easedale) on May 1st, 2013 [from/via/route] Grasmere [with] Graham [weather] Showery
Denis Hoyle hiked Tarn Crag (Easedale) on April 7th, 2013 [from/via/route] Grasmere walk c144 [with] Steve [weather] Lovely blue sky with bit of snow still on the tops.
Iain Taylor summited Tarn Crag (Easedale) on February 17th, 2013 [from/via/route] Grasmere NY 33606 07370
Chris Bramley conquered Tarn Crag (Easedale) on November 11th, 2012 [from/via/route] Easdale tarn [with] Jaq, Blake Jan
Darren Mortimer scaled Tarn Crag (Easedale) on January 28th, 2012 [from/via/route] Grasmere [with] Dermot Palmer [weather] Sunny + Snow
Stephen Byrne, Dale Sexton, Patrick Rogozinski, Alex Jones, Karen Lythgoe, Mike Walker, Melanie Dunn, David Kelley, Jenny Godfrey, Ian Gate, Andrew Martin, Louis Smith, David Kelley, Mark Davidson, Peter Clark, David Shaw, John Walter, David Laws, Jacqui Smith, Jonathan Tobin, Dennis Brown, Raymond Barnett, David Buttress, Patricia Dilley, Simon Duerden, Louise Sandwith, Tracey Cordes, Paul Booth, Linda Mckeogh, Steve Lockett, Trevor Williams, Paul Ford, Gary Dunn, Paul Henderson, John Kendall, Rob Gurney, John Cuthbert, John Southward, Andy Nicholls, Jeanette Coward, Ray O'hara, Libby Burns and Stephen Millington have all walked, climbed & bagged Tarn Crag (Easedale).To add (or remove) your name and experiences on this page - Log On and edit your Personal Mountain Bagging Record
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