Walk c199 Iron Crag and Grike from Ennerdale Water
This 11¾ mile, Grade 7 (Hard), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at Ennerdale Weir & will take about 7½ hrs to complete.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 11¾mls (19km) |
| Ascent: | 2,970ft (905m) |
| Time: | 7½hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route outline for walk c199:
Ennerdale Weir - Ennerdale Water - Silver Cove Beck - Woundell Beck - Caw Fell - Silver Cove - Iron Crag - Crag Fell - Grike - Ennerdale Weir
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
 1 English Mountain |
 3 Wainwrights |
 2 English Nuttalls |
 1 English Dewey |
 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
 0 Marilyns |
 0 Bridgets |
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
The highest point of this walk is Caw Fell at 697m (2288ft). Caw Fell is classified as an Wainwright (No. 91).
Caw Fell is also known as an English Nuttall (136th highest in England, 225th highest in England & Wales).
Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Iron Crag at 640m (2100ft). Iron Crag is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (151st highest in England, 258th highest in England & Wales)
Iron Crag is also known as an English Nuttall (200th highest in England, 348th highest in England & Wales).
You will also reach the summit of Crag Fell at 523m (1716ft). Crag Fell is classified as an Wainwright (No. 163).
Crag Fell is also known as an English Dewey (131st highest in England, 299th in England & Wales)
Along the way you will also bag and tick-off:
- Grike at 488m (1602ft). Grike is classified as a Wainwright (No. 178)
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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c199 Iron Crag and Grike from Ennerdale Water
In no particular order . . .
Cairn on the ridge between Sliver Cove Beck and Deep Gill with Ennerdale Water, Great Borne and Starling Dodd beyond
My youngest son and youngest dog on their way up Grike near Ennerdale Water
Starling Dodd (left), Red Pike (Buttermere), High Stile and Pillar (right) and Ennerdale Water from the summit of Crag Fell
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