Shelter Crags (North Top)
775m (2543ft)
The Lake District, Cumbria, England
Shelter Crags (North Top) is on Ordnance Survey Maps:
| OS Explorer Map OL6 | |
| 1:25,000 scale (Orange Covers) |
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| OS Landranger Maps 8990 | |
| 1:50,000 scale (Pink Covers) |
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Shelter Crags (North Top) is on Peak Bagging Map & Hill Tick List:
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Walk c108 Crinkle Crags from The Old Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale
Superb fell walking on a superb ridge
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 7.5ml (12km) | |
| Ascent: | 2,770ft (844m) | |
| Time: | 5½ hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
- Great Langdale, Old Dungeon Ghyll, Stool End, Oxendale Beck, Browney Gill, Red Tarn (Langdale), Great Knott, Crinkle Crags (South Top), Crinkle Crags (Long Top), Crinkle Crags (Gunson Knott), Shelter Crags, Shelter Crags (North Top), Three Tarns, Earing Crag, White Stones, The Band, Oxendale, Stool End Farm, The Old Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale.
Walk c414 Crinkle Crags and Bow Fell (Bowfell) from The Old Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale
Superb fell walking on a superb ridge
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 8.75ml (14km) | |
| Ascent: | 3,387ft (1,032m) | |
| Time: | 7 hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
- Great Langdale, The Old Dungeon Ghyll, Oxendale, Oxendale Beck, Red Tarn (Langdale), Great Knott, Crinkle, Crags (South Top), Bad Step, Crinkle Crags (Long Top), Crinkle Crags (Gunson Knott), Shelter Crags, Shelter Crags (North Top), Three Tarns, Climbers' Traverse (optional), Flat Crag, Cambridge Crag, Bowfell Buttress, Bow Fell (Bowfell), Three Tarns, Earing Crag, White Stones, The Band, Stool End Farm, Mickleden Beck, Mickleden, The Old Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale.
Walk c129 Crinkle Crags and Bow Fell from The Old Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale
Superb fell walking on a superb ridge
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 10.25ml (16.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 3,604ft (1,098m) | |
| Time: | 7.25hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
- Great Langdale, The Old Dungeon Ghyll, Stool End Farm, Oxendale, Oxendale Beck, Browney Gill, Red Tarn (Langdale), Great Knott, Crinkle Crags (South Top), Crinkle Crags (Long Top), Crinkle Crags (Gunson Knott), Shelter Crags, Shelter Crags (North Top), Three Tarns, Climbers' Traverse (optional), Flat Crag, Cambridge Crag, Bowfell Buttress, Bow Fell (Bowfell), Bow Fell (Bowfell) (North Top), Ore Gap, Angle Tarn (Langdale), Rossett Pike, Rossett Beck, Mickleden, Mickleden Beck, The Cumbria Way, The Old Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale.
Walk c425 The Oxendale Fells from The Old Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale
High level route with superb views
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 11.25ml (18km) | |
| Ascent: | 4,680ft (1,426m) | |
| Time: | 8.75hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
- Great Langdale, The Old Dungeon Ghyll, Wall End Farm, Redacre Gill, Wrynose Fell, Pike of Blisco (Pike O' Blisco), Red Tarn (Langdale), Great Knott, Crinkle Crags (South Top), Crinkle Crags (Long Top), Crinkle Crags (Gunson Knott), Shelter Crags, Shelter Crags (North Top), Three Tarns, Climbers' Traverse (optional), Flat Crag, Cambridge Crag, Bowfell Buttress, Bow Fell (Bowfell), Bow Fell (Bowfell) (North Top), Ore Gap, Angle Tarn (Langdale), Rossett Pike, Rossett Beck, Mickleden, Mickleden Beck, The Cumbria Way, The Old Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale.
Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Shelter Crags (North Top)
Mark Davidson walked up on August 2nd, 2004 [with] Alone [weather] Sunny and warm - fantastic
Christina Lander climbed on August 3rd, 2015 [from/via/route] Old Dungeon Ghyll - Stool End Farm - Great Knott - Crinkle Crags - Shelter Crags - Bow Fell - Esk Pike - Esk Hause - Scafell Pike - Esk Hause - Angle Tarn - Cumbria Way/Mickleden Beck - Old Dungeon Ghyll (20 miles) [with] Dick and Mick & Kath Hobday [weather] Lovely day
Iain Taylor bagged on August 29th, 2010 [from/via/route] Langdale (NY 29589 06415)
Ray O'Hara hiked on April 24th, 2011 [from/via/route] Pike O'Blisco, Cold Pike (all tops) & Crinkle Crags [weather] fine, dry, windy - Delightful route
Christine Shepherd summited on April 16th, 2009 [from/via/route] Walked from great Langdale using walk c279 [with] Jenny [weather] Bright and breezy
Louise Sandwith, Jeanette Coward, Matthew Thomas and Louis Smith have all walked, climbed & bagged Shelter Crags (North Top).
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Shelter Crags (North Top)
Crinkle Crags (Long Top), Crinkle Crags (Gunson Knott), Shelter Crags and Shelter Crags (North Top) from Great Langdale
Crinkle Crags (Crinkle, Crags (South Top), Crinkle Crags (Long Top), Crinkle Crags (Gunson Knott), Shelter Crags & Shelter Crags (North Top)) and the Eastern shoulder of The Band from The Old Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale
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