Great Worm Crag and Green Crag

Wed 25 Feb 2004

Route: Birker Fell road - Little Crag - Great Crag - Green Crag - White Crag - Great Worm Crag - Birker Fell road

Distance: 4.25 miles

Ascent: 1,100ft

Time: 1 hour 55 minutes

With: On Own

Notes:

Blue sky, sunshine, cold wind. Nearly all the route is off paths with lots of bog and tussocks.

I extended A. Wainwright's 'Great Worm Crag' walk in his book 'The Outlying Fells of Lakeland' [page 136] to include Green Crag.

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Looking back south to The Pike (far left) and Hesk Fell from near Sike Moss

Looking forward to Great Crag with Green Crag on the far right

Great Crag from Little Crag

Crook Crag and Green Crag from Great Crag

Northerly panorama from Great Crag

Green Crag

Looking over Great Crag to Devoke Water and the sea from Green Crag

Northeasterly panorama from Green Crag

360 Panorama from Green Crag's summit

Scafell, Scafell Pike, Ill Crag and Esk Pike from Green Crag summit

Esk Pike, Bowfell and Crinkle Crags from Green Crag summit

Harter Fell from Green Crag summit

Looking back to Green Crag from the route to White Crag

Green Crag with the high fells behind from Great Worm Crag

Devoke Water and the sea from Great Worm Crag summit

The pointed tops of Caw and Stickle Pike from Great Worm Crag's summit

360 Panorama from Great Worm Crag's summit

Previous Walk: High Raise from Grasmere (Sat 21 Feb 2004)

Next Walk: Knott plus from Fell Side (Thu 26 Feb 2004)

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