Bannerdale Crags
683m (2242ft)
The Northern Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
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Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Bannerdale Crags
Diane Edgar walked up Bannerdale Crags on April 6th, 2022 [from/via/route] Ascent from scales [with] Gil [weather] wet windy & a blizzard on the summit! By the time we got back to the car the sun was shining! - The extreme picnickers! got soaked to the skin! The people in the car park who were just setting off must have thought that we'd fell in the glenderamackin!
Rob Bennion climbed Bannerdale Crags on January 2nd, 2023 [from/via/route] Nearby Pub [with] Luke Bennion [weather] Cold, Clear, with Snow
Iain Jones bagged Bannerdale Crags on September 4th, 2022 [from/via/route] Trail Run from Mungrisdale
Claire Kirk hiked Bannerdale Crags on August 13th, 2022 [from/via/route] Mungrisdale [with] Alone [weather] Hot, clear day
Mr Davison summited Bannerdale Crags on June 25th, 2022 [from/via/route] blencathra & mungrisdale [with] ian furey, Ian F, Matrin, Mike, Simon [weather] windy, rain, sun
Geoff Hand conquered Bannerdale Crags on June 21st, 2022 [from/via/route] Walk c245 Blencathra or saddleback from Mungrisdale. So Mumgrisdale, Souther Fell, Blencathra, Atkinson Pike, Mungrisdale Common, Bannerdale Craggs, Bowscale Fell, back over Tarn Crags Top & Raven Crags. [with] With Tess, and Richard Macilwaine a fell running friend. [weather] Beautiful day, broken cloud, cool at times, 10mph wind. - Spotted a Red Squirrel on at the start, lots of swallows on Blencathra! plenty skylarks & then we saw a hare just as we were returning into Mungrisdale. Busy on Blencathra.
Kate Peacock scaled Bannerdale Crags on April 23rd, 2022 [from/via/route] Dropped off near the pub at Mungrisedale to ascend Souther Fell, nice path up. Walked down the front of Blencathra [with] Me & Sheila [weather] No rain. Winds were crazy after Blencathra but we expected that. - We didn't descend as advised off Bowscale Fell as it would have been quite steep & the winds were a distraction. Slightly wrong twice coming down the front of Blencathra instead but we got there
Richard Marchant walked up Bannerdale Crags on March 5th, 2022 [from/via/route] Parked at the hamlet of Mungrisdale & then proceeded West along the River Glenderamackin & followed the track south of the The Tongue & up Bannerdale on to the ridge. From here I went North on to Bowscale then South on to Bannerdale Craggs. West on ro Mungrisdale Common & back again & down the valley Southwest following the River Glenderamackin again & veering off up on to Souther Fell & back to the car [with] On my own [weather] Glorious sunny day with blue skies hardly any wind & a frost first thing.
David Hughes climbed Bannerdale Crags on October 10th, 2021 [from/via/route] with DG + Waz [with] DG [weather] raining at 1st cleared up nice
Julie Besbrode bagged Bannerdale Crags on August 4th, 2021 [with] Damian, Sam, Robin, Oli & Cameron (Oli's friend) [weather] Warm & sunny
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Bannerdale Crags

Bannerdale from between The Tongue and the sunlit east ridge of Bannerdale Crags

Bannerdale Crags (mid-ground) and Blencathra (or Saddleback) from Souther Fell

Sharp Edge, Blencathra or Saddleback (Hallsfell Top) from Bannerdale Crags

Carl Side, Skiddaw and Lonscale Fell (centre left), Great Calva (centre) and Belncathra or Saddleback, Bannerdale Crags and Souther Fell (centre right) from the summit of High Rigg

Souther Fell summit cairn with Blencathra (or Saddleback) (distance) and Bannerdale Crags in the background

The North Western Fells (far left distance), Carl Side, Skiddaw and Lonscale Fell (centre left), Great Calva (centre) and Belncathra or Saddleback, Bannerdale Crags and Souther Fell (centre right) and the shoulder of Clough Head (far right) from the summit of High Rigg
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