Great Carrs
785m (2576ft)
The Southern Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
Great Carrs 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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Walk c303 Swirl How and Wetherlam from Little Langdale
A quieter alternative to the Coniston crowds.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 7.25ml (11.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 3,042ft (927m) | |
| Time: | 5.75hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
- Fell Foot Bridge, Little Langdale, Hollin Crag, Wet Side Edge, Little Carrs, Great Carrs, Swirl How, Swirl Hawse, Keld Gill Head, Black Sails, Red Dell Head Moss, Wetherlam, Wetherlam Edge, Birk Fell, Greenburn Beck, Fell Foot Bridge.
Walk c167 Wetherlam and Swirl How from Low Tilberthwaite
A quiet alternative to the usual honey pots
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 8.75ml (14km) | |
| Ascent: | 3,584ft (1,092m) | |
| Time: | 6.75hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
- Low Tilberthwaite, Steel Edge, Lad Stones, Wetherlam, Swirl Hawse, Prison Bank, Swirl How, Great Carrs, Little Carrs, Wet Side Edge, Low Tilberthwaite.
Walk c179 The Seathwaite Round from Seathwaite, Duddon Valley
Quiet and lonely (except for the Old Man!)
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9.5ml (15km) | |
| Ascent: | 3,523ft (1,074m) | |
| Time: | 7 hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
- Walna Scar Road (nr Seathwaite Duddon Valley), Long Houses, Brown Pike, Dow Crag, Goat's Hawse, The Old Man of Coniston, Brim Fell, Levers Hawse, Swirl Band, Swirl How, Great Carrs, Grey Friar, Seathwaite Tarn, Walna Scar Road.
Walk c420 The Coniston Fells from Walna Scar Road, Coniston
Superb high level route
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 12.25ml (19.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 4,191ft (1,277m) | |
| Time: | 8.75hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
- Coniston, Walna Scar Road, Boo Tarn, Torver Beck, Cove Bridge, Goat's Water, Goat's Hawse, Dow Crag, Goat's Hawse, The Old Man of Coniston, Brim Fell, Levers Hawse, Grey Friar, Great Carrs, Swirl How, Prison Band, Keld Gill Head, Wetherlam, Swirl Hawse, Levers Water, Crowberry Haws, Walna Scar Road, Coniston.
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Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Great Carrs
Jill Dean walked up on September 20th, 2020 [from/via/route] Staying in Coniston. Walk was a bit too far! [with] Grez & dexter [weather] Lovely day - Found a few trackables in geocaches
John Fenwick climbed on September 12th, 2020 [from/via/route] Walked from car park bottom of Walna Scar Road, Seathwaite and Duddon Valley. Followed walk c179 but went clockwise by mistake. [with] Romany [weather] Cloudy, super windy up top - Good circular walk. Easy to follow
Stephen Eddy bagged on August 7th, 2020 [from/via/route] Coniston [with] Mike Woodhouse, Tony Harris, Martin Bayliss [weather] cloudy - After the old man
Paul Macey hiked on July 11th, 2020 [from/via/route] Via grey friar [weather] Over caste windy on summit
Andrew Johnson summited on November 14th, 2019 [from/via/route] Coniston [weather] Some cloud, very windy, snow and ice on tops - Scary descent of Swirl How ridge.
Christina Lander conquered on June 29th, 2019 [from/via/route] Three Shires Stone - Wet Side Edge - Little Carrs - Great Carrs - Grey Friar - Little Carrs - Three Shires Stone [with] Dick & Meg [weather] Warm with sunny spells.
Elaine Evans scaled on February 11th, 2019 [from/via/route] From car park at Low Tilberthwaite, via Tilberthwaite Gill and Dry Cove Bottom, then ascent via Wetherlam Edge, continued to Swirl How via Prison Band then on to Great Carrs before descending along West Side Edge and back to car park. [with] Sue and Christine [weather] Very good weather for walking, dry and clear, good visibility. - Oh dear! Scramble up Wetherlam Edge was a bit tricky, made more difficult due to snow underfoot and unclear route to top.......but we did it! Prison Band looked more challenging than it was - a pleasant surprise after Wetherlam Edge!
David Watson walked up on August 29th, 2018 [from/via/route] Coniston [weather] Sunny
Phillip Bulley climbed on September 4th, 2018 [from/via/route] Via Grey Friars. [with] Ruby. [weather] Sunny
Vic Royle bagged on May 26th, 2018 [from/via/route] With Swirl Howe from Irish Cottageville [with] Team Wiggle [weather] T-shirt time until the top - Sick Mink pre peak jitters, Ulverston tapas gin, bank holiday wiggle, bun raid on Greggs was a game of 2 halves. Ulverston ice hunt
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Great Carrs
The S for Sugar Aircraft Crash Memorial between Swirl How, Great Carrs and Grey Friar
*Loft Crag (foreground far left), Lingmoor, Blea Tarn, Pike of Blisco (Pike o' Blisco), Cold Pike and Crinkle Crags (featuring Crinkle Crags (South Top), Crinkle Crags (Long Top) and Gunson Knott) (mid-distance left to right) and Wetherlam, Great Carrs and Grey Friar (far-distance centre to right) from the summit of Pike of Stickle (Langdale Pikes)
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