Ard Crags
581m (1906ft)
The North Western Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
You can find Ard Crags & all the walks that climb it on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps: (click/TAP to select)
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See Ard Crags and the surrounding tops on our free-to-access 'Google Style' Peak Bagging Maps:
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*Walk & bag all 29 Wainwrights in The North Western Fells area of The Lake District in just 7 easy-to-follow circular walks.
*This version is marked with the walk routes you need to follow to Walk all 214 Wainwrights in just 59 walks. Click here for more information.
NB: Whether you print off a copy on to paper or download it to your phone, these PDF Peak Baggers Maps will prove incredibly useful when your are up there on the tops and you cannot get a phone signal!
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 6ml (9.5km) |
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| Ascent: | 1,894ft (577m) |
| Time: | 4 hrs |
| Grade: |  (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Little Town - Newlands Church - Keskerdale Farm - Knott Rigg - Ard Crags - Rigg Beck - Birkrigg - Gillbrow - Little Town
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 14.5ml (23km) |
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| Ascent: | 5,409ft (1,648m) |
| Time: | 11 hrs |
| Grade: |  (Very Hard) |
Route Summary:
Hawes End - Derwent Water - Skelgill Bank - Woodford's Path - Cat Bells (Catbells) - Maiden Moor - High Spy (North Top) - High Spy - Dalehead Tarn - Dale Head (Newlands) - Hindscarth - Littledale Edge - Robinson - High Snockrigg - Moss Force - Newlands Hause - Knott Rigg - Ard Crags - Birkrigg - Keskerdale Beck - Newlands Church - Newlands Beck - Little Town - Skelgill Farm - Hawes End Derwent Water.
Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Ard Crags
David Higginbottom walked up Ard Crags on July 6th, 2023 [from/via/route] Route 142 & 345 combined 23k [with] Carolyn [weather] Good
Steve Lucas climbed Ard Crags on May 29th, 2022 [with] On my own
Paul Macey bagged Ard Crags on June 10th, 2023 [from/via/route] Using walk c345 [with] Luke [weather] Sunny & hot some high cloud
Angeline Grieveson hiked Ard Crags on January 22nd, 2023 [with] Dotty
Diane Edgar summited Ard Crags on July 20th, 2022 [from/via/route] Walked from Moss Force. [with] Gil [weather] Sunny but breezy - The best view of Causey. Im going to the peak..... the peak of my endurance!
David Butterfield conquered Ard Crags on July 22nd, 2022 [from/via/route] Newlands Hause [weather] Cloudy
Richard Marchant scaled Ard Crags on July 18th, 2022 [from/via/route] Started out from the car park at Newland Hause & basically walked up the ridge to Knott Rigg & on to Ard Crags & back to the car the same way. [with] On my Own [weather] Clear hot sunny day with little or no breeze.
Steve Cookson walked up Ard Crags on March 23rd, 2022 [from/via/route] C345 from Little Town [with] Gillie [weather] Sunny & calm
Claire Murray climbed Ard Crags on April 30th, 2022 [from/via/route] Knott Rigg & Ard Crag [with] Vitor - Lovely easy walk
Christine Shepherd bagged Ard Crags on May 31st, 2010 [from/via/route] Walk c345 from Littletown Climbed again via the same route 07.09.21 Climbed for a third time from Newlands Hause on 7.6.22 [with] On my own [weather] Hot & sunny
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Ard Crags
The summit of Ard Crags with the shoulder of Robinson and High Snockrigg beyond
Grasmoor, Crag Hill (Eel Crag), Sail, Ard Crags and Knott Rigg from the summit of Wandope
Knott Rigg (foreground left), Buttermere (just poking out) with Red Pike (Buttermere) beyond and Whitelees Pike & Wandope (centre right) from Ard Crags
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