Calf Crag
537m (1762ft)
The Central Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
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Walk c294 Steel Fell from Grasmere
Fine views and (often) less busy
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 8.5ml (13.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 2,435ft (742m) | |
| Time: | 5½ hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Grasmere - Goody Bridge - Ghyll Foot Farm - Green Burn - Greenburn Bottom - Contra Breast - Dead Pike - Steel Fell (Dead Pike) - Brownrigg Moss - Calf Crag - Gibson Knott - Helm Crag - The Lion and The Lamb - The Howitzer - High Raven Crag - Grasmere
Walk c152 Calf Crag and Helm Crag from Grasmere
One steep ascent to fine views of Grasmere
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 8.75ml (14km) | |
| Ascent: | 2,212ft (674m) | |
| Time: | 5½ hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Grasmere - Goody Bridge - High Raven Crag - Helm Crag - The Lion and The Lamb - The Howitzer - Gibson Knott - Calf Crag - Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk - Brownrigg Moss - Moor Moss - Far Easdale Gill - Goody Bridge - Grasmere
Walk c218 Ullscarf and High Raise from Thirlmere
Fine high level - can be boggy
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 10ml (16km) | |
| Ascent: | 2,635ft (803m) | |
| Time: | 6.25hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Dob Gill Car Park (Thirlmere) - Harrop Tarn - Standing Crag - Ullscarf - Greenup Edge - Low White Stones - High Raise (Langdale) - Sergeant Man - Codale Head - Broadstone Head - Mere Beck - Brownrigg Moss - Calf Crag - Wyth Burn - Stockhow Bridge - Thirlmere
Walk c302 High Raise via Calf Crag from Grasmere
The Central Fells' Highest point
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 10.25ml (16.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 3,128ft (953m) | |
| Time: | 6.75hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Grasmere - Goody Bridge - High Raven Crag - Helm Crag - The Lion and The Lamb - The Howitzer - Gibson Knott - Calf Crag - Brownrigg Moss - Greenup Edge - High Raise (Langdale) - Sergeant Man - Belles Knott - Coledale Tarn - Easedale Tarn - Sour Milk Gill - Easedale - Grasmere
Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Calf Crag
Angeline Grieveson walked up Calf Crag on February 26th, 2023 [with] Dotty
Paul Roddam climbed Calf Crag on February 4th, 2023 [from/via/route] Grasmere [with] Bri and Barber [weather] Cloudy but fairly dry with decent visibility
Christine Shepherd bagged Calf Crag on April 5th, 2007 [from/via/route] Walked from Grasmere using walk c302 [with] On my own [weather] Bright & clear - Climbed this again using walk c294 while bagging my final Wainwright, Steel Fell. Repeated walk c294 solo on 14.07.2022
Ian Ashton hiked Calf Crag on January 1st, 2022 [with] Solo
Geoff Hand summited Calf Crag on May 10th, 2018 [from/via/route] c294 Steel Fell from Grassmere [with] Alone with Tess [weather] Cool & Dry - Got confused, this was because I realised I had walked the route the wrong way round!
Jonathan Bevan conquered Calf Crag on July 19th, 2018 [from/via/route] Started KENDAL [with] Solo [weather] Brilliant sunshine
Carl Tillotson scaled Calf Crag on July 13th, 2021 [from/via/route] c294 route, parked up on Stock Lane Car Park [with] June [weather] Rain & Drizzle at start, cloud cover on stop of Steel Fell & Calf Crag, Breaking sun, warm & muggy over Gibson Knott & Helm Crag
Paul Macey walked up Calf Crag on June 26th, 2021 [from/via/route] Walk 294 [with] Luke [weather] Sunny intervals
Mark Hazelton climbed Calf Crag on May 23rd, 2021 [from/via/route] Walked from centre of Grasmere village. A 7 mile classic circuit of Steel Fell, Clf Crag, Gibson's Knott & Helm Crag. [with] Family and Pepper and very few others were out given the weather. [weather] Very windy & extremely wet
Tim Winn bagged Calf Crag on December 30th, 2020 [from/via/route] Grasmere [weather] Misty
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Calf Crag
Loughrigg Fell with Windermere beyond from between Steel Fell (Dead Pike) and Calf Crag
High Raise (Langdale) (centre), Coledale Head, Calf Crag and Gibson Knott (far right) above Grasmere Common from Helm Crag
The Helevllyn Ridge featuring: Great Dodd, Watson's Dodd, Stybarrow Dodd, Raise (Helvellyn), White Side, Helvellyn, Nethermost Pike, Dollywaggon Pike, St Sunday Crag, Fairfield, Great Rigg and Heron Pike with Steel Fell (mid distance) and Calf Crag, Gibson Knott and Helm Crag (foreground) from Brownrigg Moss
Grasmere, Silver How, Lang How, Blea Rigg, Easedale Tarn, The LAngdale Pikes, Codale Head, Gibson Knott and Calf Crag from Helm Crag summit cairn
Helm Crag, Gibson Knott, Calf Crag, Greenup Edge and The Wythburn Fells from Steel Fell (Dead Pike) summit cairn
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