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Broad Crag
934m (3065ft)
The Southern Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
Broad Crag is on Ordnance Survey Maps:
| OS Explorer Map OL6 | |
| 1:25,000 scale (Orange Covers) |
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| OS Landranger Maps 89 & 90 | |
| 1:50,000 scale (Pink Covers) |
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Broad Crag is on Peak Bagging Map & Hill Tick List:
*Version marked with the walk routes you need to follow to Walk all 214 Wainwrights in just 59 walks.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9ml (14.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 3,696ft (1,126m) | |
| Time: | 7 hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
- Wasdale Head, Wast Water, Lingmell, Lingmell Col, Scafell Pike, Broad Crag, Ill Crag, Great End, Esk Hause, Sty Head, Lingmell Beck, Gable Beck Bridge, Wasdale Head, Wast Water.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9.5ml (15km) | |
| Ascent: | 3,477ft (1,060m) | |
| Time: | 7 hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
- Seathwaite, Grains Gill, Styhead Gill, Styhead Tarn, Corridor Route, Scafell Pike, Broad Crag, Ill Crag, Great End, Esk Hause, Grains Gill, Seathwaite.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9.75ml (15.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 5,140ft (1,567m) | |
| Time: | 8.75hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Hard) |
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.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 11ml (17.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 5,409ft (1,648m) | |
| Time: | 9½ hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Hard) |
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.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 11.25ml (18km) | |
| Ascent: | 3,883ft (1,183m) | |
| Time: | 8 hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Hard) |
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.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 12.5ml (20km) | |
| Ascent: | 4,684ft (1,428m) | |
| Time: | 9.25hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Hard) |
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.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 13.75ml (22km) | |
| Ascent: | 4,982ft (1,519m) | |
| Time: | 10 hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Very Hard) |
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.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 14ml (22.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 6,009ft (1,832m) | |
| Time: | 9 hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Very Hard) |
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.
Your Personal Mountain & Hill Bagging Record
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Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Broad Crag
Caroline Winter walked up Broad Crag on August 11th, 2018 [from/via/route] Seathwaite, Grains Gill, Broad Crag, Sca Fell Pike, Ill Crag, Great End [with] Becky [weather] warm, clear skies, light breeze - obviously a tiring walk. Sca Fell Pike heaving with people taking selfies. Some bottled it at Broad Crag, not wanting to do the steep descent and climb up to the top- shame. Thought Ill Crag was opposite Broad Crag but worked it out on ScaFell Pike and made for it on return.
Anthony Scott climbed Broad Crag on July 13th, 2017 [from/via/route] Wast Water NT campsite [with] me [weather] Blue sky then white cloud. No wind
David Wand bagged Broad Crag on May 27th, 1988 [with] Gayle
Tony Rogerson hiked Broad Crag on April 4th, 2010 [from/via/route] Scafell Pike from Seathwaite & Corridor Route [with] John [weather] Sunny
Christine Shepherd summited 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. Bagged this again on 3.10.15 after climbing Scafell Pike from Wasdale Head.
Leon Harvey conquered Broad Crag on April 18th, 2015 [from/via/route] c197 [with] Solo [weather] Clear skies and warm sun - Boulder field
Jason Johnston scaled Broad Crag on August 16th, 2014 [from/via/route] Wasdale head [with] Becs & Jane [weather] Heavy rain and low cloud
Darren Mortimer walked up Broad Crag on June 21st, 2014 [from/via/route] Seathwaite [with] Dermot Palmer [weather] Warm and sunny
Lynn Symonds climbed Broad Crag on June 1st, 2014 [from/via/route] Seathwaite [with] Diane and Nicole [weather] Sunny - On the descent from Scafell Pike
Harry Meijer bagged Broad Crag on April 24th, 2013 [from/via/route] Seathwaite Farm,Borrowdale [with] The Lake District Walker
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Broad Crag
The Scafel Massive featuring Ling Mell, Great End, Broad Crag, Ill Crag, Scafell Pike, Symonds Knott and Sca Fell above Wast Water from Buckbarrow
Scafell Pike (left) and Broad Crag (right) from Ill Crag
Photo: Christine Shepherd (351)
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
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)
Airplane wreckage below Broad Crag buttress, just off the corridor route to Scafell Pike
Great End from Broad Crag buttress, just off the corridor route to Scafell Pike
An impressive looking Great Gable from near the summit of Broad Crag
Climbing towards the col between Broad Crag and Great End
Sellafield from Broad Crag summit
Windermere from Broad Crag
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