Broad Crag
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Photograph by Craig Carter
5th highest Mountain in England Broad Crag is on interactive maps: Broad Crag is on Peak Bagging Map and Hill Tick List: *Version including the walk routes you need to follow in order to Walk all 214 Wainwrights in just 59 walks. |
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Fellow go4awalkers who have walked up, climbed & bagged Broad Crag
Iain Taylor walked up Broad Crag on August 22nd, 2010 [from/via/route] Seathwaite (NY 23591 12285)
Paul Carmichael climbed Broad Crag on July 10th, 2012 [from/via/route] Seathwaite [with] Solo
Christine Shepherd bagged Broad Crag on August 19th, 1997 [from/via/route] Walked from Seathwaite [with] On my own [weather] Hot and sunny - Decided to bag this while my husband was having his lunch before we went on to climb Scafell Pike. It was there and I couldn't resist.
Mark Davidson hiked Broad Crag during 1998 [from/via/route] Wasdale Head [with] JH
John Cuthbert, Stephen Millington, Ray O'Hara, Steve Davenport and Victoria Bates have also all walked, climbed & bagged Broad Crag.
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Broad Crag
. . . in no particular order1. Airplane wreckage below Broad Crag buttress, just off the corridor route to Scafell Pike
Photo: Paul Johnson (24)
2. Looking south from the summit of Dale Head (Newlands) with (left to right) Great End, Broad Crag, Ill Crag and Scafell Pike on the horizon and Great Gable (far right - mid distance)
Photo: Fred Bell (1)
3. An impressive looking Great Gable from near the summit of Broad Crag
Photo: Andy Malcolm (227)
4. Ill Crag (left) Broad Crag (centre) and Scafell Pike (right) from Great End (Scafell Massif)
Photo: Stephen Dawson (11)
5. Windermere from Broad Crag
Photo: Craig Carter (44)
6. Great End from Broad Crag buttress, just off the corridor route to Scafell Pike
Photo: Paul Johnson (25)
7. Climbing towards the col between Broad Crag and Great End
Photo: Craig Carter (30)
8. Looking down Mosedale to Wasdale Head from Little Scoat Fell with Red Pike (Wasdale) on the right in shadow and the Scafell Massif (featuring Great End, Broad Crag, Lingmell, Scafell Pike, Symonds Knott and Sca Fell) across the valley
Photo: Rob Barklamb (48)
9. Sellafield from Broad Crag summit
Photo: Craig Carter (41)
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You can walk or hike Broad Crag with any of these 8 route maps:
Walk c197 Lingmell and Scafell Pike from Wasdale Head, Wast Water
Route Summary: - Wasdale Head, Wast Water, Lingmell, Lingmell Col, Scafell Pike, Broad Crag, Ill Crag, Great End, Esk Hause, Sty Head, Lingmell Beck, Wasdale Head, Wast Water.
Length: 14.5km (9 miles) | Ascent: 1126m (3696ft) | Allow at least: 7hrs | Grade:
Hard
Walk c215 Scafell Pike from Seathwaite
Route Summary: - Seathwaite, Grains Gill, Styhead Gill, Styhead Tarn, Corridor Route, Scafell Pike, Broad Crag, Ill Crag, Great End, Esk Hause, Grains Gill, Seathwaite.
Length: 15km (9.5 miles) | Ascent: 1060m (3477ft) | Allow at least: 7hrs | Grade:
Hard
Walk c271 The Scafell Massif from Wasdale Head, Wast Water
Route Summary: - Wasdale Head, (National Trust Campsite), Wast Water, Lingmell, Middleboot Knotts, Round How (Scafell), Great End, Ill Crag, Broad Crag, Scafell Pike, Mickledore, Foxes Tarn, Symonds Knott, Sca Fell, Wast Water.
Length: 15.5km (9.75 miles) | Ascent: 1567m (5140ft) | Allow at least: 8.75hrs | Grade:
Hard
Walk c453 The Scafell Mountains from Wasdale Head, Wast Water
Route Summary: - Wasdale Head, (National Trust Campsite), Wast Water, Lingmell, Corridor Route, Great End, Ill Crag, Broad Crag, Scafell Pike, Mickledore, Foxes Tarn, Symonds Knott, Sca Fell, Slight Side, Broad Tongue, Hardrigg Gill, Wasdale Head, Wast Water.
Length: 17.5km (11 miles) | Ascent: 1648m (5409ft) | Allow at least: 9.5hrs | Grade:
Hard
Walk c416 Scafell Pike from The Old Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale
Route Summary: - Great Langdale, The Old Dungeon Ghyll, The Cumbria Way, Mickleden Beck, Rossett Gill, Rossett Pike, Angle Tarn (Langdale), Esk Hause, Scafell Pike, Ill Crag, Broad Crag, Great End, Esk Hause, Angle Tarn, Rossett Gill, Mickleden, Mickleden Beck, The Cumbria Way, The Old Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale.
Length: 18km (11.25 miles) | Ascent: 1183m (3883ft) | Allow at least: 8hrs | Grade:
Hard
Walk c194 Scafell Pike from The Old Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale
Route Summary: - Great Langdale, The Old Dungeon Ghyll, The Cumbria Way, Mickleden Beck, Mickleden, Rossett Beck, Rossett Pike, Angle Tarn (Langdale), Esk Hause, Great End, Ill Crag, Broad Crag, Scafell Pike, Esk Hause, Esk Pike, Ore Gap, Bow Fell (Bowfell) (North Top), Bow Fell (Bowfell), Bowfell Buttress, Cambridge Crag, Flat Crag, Climbers' Traverse (optional), Three Tarns, The Band, Oxendale, Stool End Farm, The Old Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale.
Length: 20km (12.5 miles) | Ascent: 1428m (4684ft) | Allow at least: 9.25hrs | Grade:
Hard
Walk c166 The Scafell Masiff from Wha House Farm, Eskdale
Route Summary: - Eskdale, Wha House Farm, Hare Crag, Quagrigg Moss, Slight Side, Sca Fell, Symonds Knott, Scafell Pike, Broad Crag, Ill Crag, Great End, Esk Hause, Lingcove Bridge, Great Moss, Eskdale.
Length: 22km (13.75 miles) | Ascent: 1519m (4982ft) | Allow at least: 10hrs | Grade:
Very Hard
Walk c110 The Eskdale Skyline from Wha House Farm, Eskdale
Route Summary: - Eskdale, Wha House Farm, Hare Crag, Quagrigg Moss, Slight Side, Sca Fell, Symonds Knott, Mickledore, Scafell Pike, Broad Crag, Ill Crag, Great End, Esk Hause, Esk Pike, Ore Gap, Bow Fell (Bowfell) (North Top), Bow Fell (Bowfell), Bowfell Buttress, Cambridge Crag, Flat Crag, Climbers' Traverse (optional), Three Tarns, Great Moss, Brotherikeld, Eskdale.
Length: 22.5km (14 miles) | Ascent: 1832m (6009ft) | Allow at least: 9hrs | Grade:
Very Hard




































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