Arnison Crag
433m (1421ft)
The Eastern Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 3ml (5km) |
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| Ascent: | 922ft (281m) |
| Time: | 2 hrs |
| Grade: |  (Easy) |
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 3.75ml (6km) |
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| Ascent: | 1,571ft (479m) |
| Time: | 3 hrs |
| Grade: |  (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Patterdale - Arnison Crag - Glenamara Park - Birks - Thornhow End - Grisedale Bridge - Patterdale
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9.75ml (15.5km) |
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| Ascent: | 3,516ft (1,072m) |
| Time: | 7 hrs |
| Grade: |  (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Patterdale - Arnison Crag - Birks - St Sunday Crag - Deepdale Hause - Cofa Pike - Fairfield - Rydal Head - Hart Crag - Blake Brow - Hartsop Above How - Hoggill Brow - Gale Crag - Bleaberry Knott - Cockley How - Bridgend - Patterdale
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 13.25ml (21km) |
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| Ascent: | 5,189ft (1,581m) |
| Time: | 10 hrs |
| Grade: |  (Very Hard) |
Route Summary:
Patterdale - Grisedale Bridge - Grisedale Beck - Brownend Plantation - Hole-in-the-Wall - Birkhouse Moor - Hole-in-the-Wall - Red Tarn (Helvellyn) - Bleaberry Crag - Low Spying How - High Spying How - Striding Edge - Helvellyn - Nethermost Pike - High Crag (Helvellyn) - Dollywaggon Pike - Seat Sandal - Grisedale Tarn - St Sunday Crag - Birks - Arnison Crag - Patterdale
Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Arnison Crag
Richard Fulcher walked up on November 3rd, 2024 [from/via/route] Parked in the Patterdale Cricket Ground (£5). We followed the path past Home farm to join another path that skirts below Arnison fell turning up a small path that follows a drystone wall all the way up to the crag at the top of the fell. We ascended the last section from the back of the crag to reach the cairn marking the top (although there is higher ground to the west!). For variety's sake we followed a path over the fell to Trough Head & then turned right to follow a small path down to Glenamara Park & then joined the road for the last section back to the car. We discovered & photographed a variety of mushrooms in Glenamara Park. [with] Jen [weather] Overcast, low cloud & poor visibility. We remained below the cloud level throughout but there wasn't a hint of the sun breaking through. - Good mushroom territory!
Kate Peacock climbed it on September 21st, 2024 [from/via/route] Patterdale Hotel [with] Me, Mike, Skye and Amber [weather] Some sun, dry, breezy on the tops. Mist came & went several times - Road walking on our return to the car park. Going up to Fairfield was good fun from St Sunday Crag
James Hughes bagged it on June 11th, 2024 [from/via/route] Deepdale Horseshoe c235 - From Patterdale [weather] Clear - Post walk pint in Queens Head Troutbeck
Andrew Gayne hiked it on August 30th, 2024 [from/via/route] Walked up from Patterdale car park opposite Patterdale Hotel [with] Becky [weather] Sunny day - Walked up from Patterdale Car Park up to Arnison Crag & the across for a climb up to Birks. A steep decent back into Patterdale. Lovely clear day, mostly sunny
Chris Mcmanus summited on July 30th, 2024 [from/via/route] Circular route Hartsopp above How Hart Crag Fairfield St Sunday Birks Arnison [with] Joanne & Julie [weather] Sunny
John Ramsbottom conquered it on July 27th, 2024 [from/via/route] Patterdale [with] Lola [weather] Hot Sunny - wild camped on St Sunday Crag, finish with a pint at Queens Head Tirrel.
Mr M A Blanchard scaled on July 31st, 2024 [from/via/route] With all the mutts [with] Florence, Millie and Woodie and Ted [weather] Sunny warm
Stephen Mcdonald walked up on July 11th, 2024 [from/via/route] Went wild camping & followed route on Outdooractive. Parked at Patterdale in a layby [weather] Generally good weather with some drizzle & mist - Went wild camping but was very unfit & took ages to walk to the top.
Steve Cookson climbed it on March 2nd, 2024 [from/via/route] Glenridding [with] Gillie [weather] Cold & dry
Christine Shepherd bagged it on August 16th, 2009 [from/via/route] Walked from Patterdale using walk c211 [with] My husband Peter [weather] Wet - Climbed again in better weather on 10.07.2021 & again on 2.10.22 Climbed again with H4TH on 1.1.24
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Arnison Crag
High Stile, High Crag & Hay Stacks, Crummock Water & Buttermere and Grasmoor from the top of Green Gable
The shoulder of St Sunday Crag and Birks (left), Catstye Cam, Birkhouse Moor (centre) and Sheffield Pike from Arnison Crag, Patterdale
Kirk Fell, Looking Stead & Pillar, Ennerdale, High Stile, High Crag & Hay Stacks, Crummock Water & Buttermere and Grasmoor from Green Gable
Thornthwaite Crag (left), Hartsop Dodd and Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor) (centre), Red Screes (right) and the shoulder of Hartsop above How (foreground) from Arnison Crag, Patterdale
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