Walk c361 Clints Crags from Blindcrake

This 4 mile, Grade 2 (Easy), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at Blindcrake & will take you about 2 hrs to complete.

 

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Vital Statistics:

Length: 4 miles (6.5km)
Ascent: 433 ft (132m)
Time: 2 hours
Grade: Walk Grade 2 (Easy) Icon

 

 


Route outline for this walk:

 

Blindcrake  -  Clints Park  -  Clints Crags  -  Salkeld Close  -  Salkeldclose Crags  -  Thackray Wood  -  Willie White's Well  -  Ullerance Gill  -  Isle Park  -  Blindcrake

 

Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

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Wainwrights
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Nuttalls
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Deweys
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Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is Clints Crags at 245m (804ft). Clints Crags is also known as an Wainwright Outlying Fell (No. 93) The summit of Clints Crags is marked by a tiny cairn on a grassy hump.

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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c361 Clints Crags from Blindcrake

In no particular order . . .

The Lorton Fells from Clints Crags Summit

The Lorton Fells from Clints Crags Summit

Photo: Christine Shepherd (596)

Clints Crags summit

Clints Crags summit

Photo: Mark Davidson (133)

Willie White's Well - a natural spring

Willie White's Well - a natural spring

Photo: Mark Davidson (137)

The Limestone escarpment on Clints Crags

The Limestone escarpment on Clints Crags

Photo: Christine Shepherd (594)

The Skiddaw Massif from the path up Clints Crags

The Skiddaw Massif from the path up Clints Crags

Photo: Christine Shepherd (591)

The wide avenue leading back to Blindcrake through Isle Park

The wide avenue leading back to Blindcrake through Isle Park

Photo: Mark Davidson (138)

The former summit of Clints Crags

The former summit of Clints Crags

Photo: Mark Davidson (129)

Disused quarry on Clints Crags with Moota Hill (left - with the telecommunications mast on it) beyond

Photo: Mark Davidson (132)

Thackray Cottage below Clints Crags escarpment

Thackray Cottage below Clints Crags escarpment

Photo: Christine Shepherd (597)

The ruins of Thackray cottage

The ruins of Thackray cottage

Photo: Mark Davidson (135)


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