Great Crag - Route One

 

Start - Stonethwaite NY 262 137 Distance - 1.5 miles Ascent - 1,150 feet Time - 1 hour : 10 minutes

 

 

The hamlet of Stonethwaite at the start of the walk
To the left of the telephone kiosk is a walled lane that is signposted 'Greenup and Grasmere', which crosses over Stonethwaite Bridge
The wooded slopes of Great Crag from the lane
Looking across to Greenup Gill and Eagle Crag from the lane
Stonethwaite Beck from the bridge
Looking back to Stonethwaite from the end of the lane
The lane joins the bridleway which runs between Borrowdale and Grasmere via Greenup Edge
Looking back to Stonethwaite from the bridleway
The bridleway is only followed for a few hundred yards before leaving it for a path which turns off to the left beside a sheepfold
The path rises across an open pasture towards the woods above it
Looking over to Big Stanger Gill on Rosthwaite Fell
A stile at the top end of the pasture gives access to the wood
Looking back to Stonethwaite from the stile
From the stile a clear path leads through the wood towards Willygrass Gill
After a few hundred yards another stile is crossed and the path begins to climb alongside Willygrass Gill
Eagle Crag and Sergeant's Crag through the trees in Willygrass Gill
The path soon turns away from Willygrass Gill and climbs steeply through the wood towards Lingy End
Grey Knotts and the top of Honister Crag appear through a gap in the trees
Looking back along the steep path
Looking across to Ullscarf
Grey Knotts, Honister Crag and Dale Head from near the top of Lingy End
Looking back to Greenup Gill, Eagle Crag and Sergeant's Crag as the path emerges from the wood
Rosthwaite Fell across the Stonethwaite Valley
Grey Knotts, Honister Crag and Dale Head across Borrowdale
Approaching the top of Lingy End
Eagle Crag and Sergeant's Crag from the ruined hut on Lingy End
The path continues on below the rocky outcrops of Knotts
Looking over to High Crag from the path below Knotts
The path meets and skirts around a re-entrant of Willygrass Gill
High Crag from the path rising out of the re-entrant gill
Eagle Crag and Sergeant's Crag from the head of the re-entrant gill
Looking back across the re-entrant gill towards Great Gable
Above the re-entrant gill the path crosses a stile in a substantial wall to emerge onto the upper slopes of the fell
High Crag from the stile
Looking back to Eagle Crag and Sergeant's Crag from the stile
From the stile the path continues on to rejoin Willygrass Gill
Looking over Knotts towards Dale Head and High Spy
Looking back towards Great Gable, with Brandreth and Grey Knotts above the hanging valley of Gillercombe
Looking back towards Langstrath with Crinkle Crags and Bowfell on the horizon
Honister Crag and Dale Head
The path climbs alongside Willygrass Gill towards Dock Tarn
Dock Tarn
The main path alongside the western shore of Dock Tarn leads to Watendlath.  At the northern end of the tarn a path, with an indistinct start, turns off to the left and heads north-westwards towards the summit of Great Crag
Dock Tarn from the north
Approaching the summit ridge of Great Crag
Borrowdale from the path to the summit of Great Crag
The summit of Great Crag
Watendlath from the summit of Great Crag
Great Dodd, Watson's Dodd and Stybarrow Dodd on the left, Raise and White Side in the centre with Helvellyn on the right
Dock Tarn and Ullscarf
Eagle Crag and Sergeant's Crag backed by High Raise
Rosthwaite Fell and Glaramara in the centre with Crinkle Crags and Bowfell to the left and Scafell Pike and Lingmell on the right
The upper Borrowdale valley from the summit of Great Crag
Dale Head and High Spy
In the centre, the summit of Grisedale Pike appears over Maiden Moor
Skiddaw over the north top of Great Crag
The main summit of Great Crag from the north top
Watendlath, backed by Bleaberry Fell and High Seat from the north top of Great Crag

 

 

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