St Sunday Crag
841m (2760ft)
The Eastern Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
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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: | 10ml (16km) |
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| Ascent: | 3,979ft (1,213m) |
| Time: | 7½ hrs |
| Grade: | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Patterdale - Grisedale Bridge - Ruthwaite Lodge - The Tongue - Dollywaggon Pike - Seat Sandal - Grisedale Tarn - Deepdale Hause - St Sunday Crag - Birks - Patterdale
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 11.5ml (18.5km) |
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| Ascent: | 4,582ft (1,396m) |
| Time: | 8.75hrs |
| Grade: |  (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Patterdale - Grisedale Bridge - Grisedale Beck - Brownends 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 - Grisedale Tarn - Deepdale Hause - St Sunday Crag - Birks - 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 St Sunday Crag
Victoria Bates walked up St Sunday Crag on July 25th, 2023 [from/via/route] Patterdale via Birks [with] Mark, Dominic and Tabitha [weather] Cool & cloudy. Some rain on the descent - Dominic walked the whole way at 6 years old!
Ian Ashton climbed St Sunday Crag on February 25th, 2023 [with] With jph
Christine Shepherd bagged St Sunday Crag during October, 1998 [from/via/route] Walked from Cow Bridge car park just North of Brother's Water [with] My friend Miriam [weather] Bright, sunny & cold; perfect walking weather. - Miriam & I had a glorious walk & were delighted to see a red squirrel in Deepdale on the way back to the car. The only bad part of the day was finding out that someone had broken into the boot of my car & stolen our trainers (not new or expensive) & our flask of coffee! I had to drive back to Leeds in my socks! I climbed this peak again in June 03 & 25.9.10.Climbed for a fourth time on 19.2.23 in deteriorating conditions. Was intending to do walk c235 but went down to Grisedale Tarn & walked back on the Coast to Coast; longer but much safer.
Angeline Grieveson hiked St Sunday Crag on February 19th, 2023 [with] Dotty
Martyn Atherton summited St Sunday Crag on September 18th, 2022 [from/via/route] C235 Arniston Crag, Birks, St Sunday Crag, Fairfield, Hart Crag & Hartsop Above How [with] Paul Atherton [weather] Misty, rain & Sunny - Loved the route 6 hrs 50 minutes
Richard Fulcher conquered St Sunday Crag on August 17th, 2022 [from/via/route] Parked in the Patterdale Cricket Club grounds (£5 all day - honesty box) & set off up the road/track through the Grisedale valley, ascending to Grisedale Tarn. After a coffee & biscuit we ascended the gradual path to St Sunday Crag. After a sandwich we followed the ridge down & up to Birks. The last stage was a steep but zigzag path down to the road & back to the car. [with] Jen [weather] Fresh in the morning with mist over the tops, gradually warming up & the skies turning blue. - A great walk taking us about 7 hours - slow, because we take a lot of photos & generally faff about!
Geoff Hand scaled St Sunday Crag on June 10th, 2022 [from/via/route] Walk c235 The Deepdale Horseshoe from Patterdale, completed after abandoning a couple of weeks before [with] Alone with Tess [weather] Cloudy, very windy but dry! Visibility good. - Completed the Deepdale Horseshoe today. Once down off the hills crossed over Deepdale bridge & followed the path to Beckstones, Crookabeck, Rooking & back to Patterdale. Very pleasant.
Richard Marshall walked up St Sunday Crag on September 17th, 2021 [from/via/route] From Patterdale [with] Me Dave Elsie and Roxy [weather] Cloudy over 2000 ft
Tim Winn climbed St Sunday Crag on August 12th, 2021 [from/via/route] Patterdale [with] Barry and Louise [weather] Good
Martin Woods bagged St Sunday Crag on June 6th, 2021 [from/via/route] From Patterdale - Birks to Fairfield round to Hellvelyn & down to Glenridding [with] Ackers and Crush [weather] Sun, 22 deegrees v.little breeze
Wayne Baxter hiked St Sunday Crag on April 29th, 2021 [from/via/route] From Patterdale by the hotel up to Arnison Crag. By the side of Birk to meet the path up to St Sunday Crag, followed the path back to the summit of Birk. Carried on from the summit down back into Patterdale. [with] Sue [weather] Cloudy & windy
Tony Kenny summited St Sunday Crag on August 20th, 2011 [with] Kitty
Andy Buxton conquered St Sunday Crag on April 25th, 1992 [from/via/route] From Patterdale. Circular walk: Birks, St.Sunday Crag, Fairfield,Dollywagon Pike, Nethermost Pike,Birkhouse Moor [with] SPI Lewis [weather] Cool, clear day, but windy. - Enjoyable route
Adrian Howard scaled St Sunday Crag on July 24th, 2019 [from/via/route] Patterdale
Andrew Johnson walked up St Sunday Crag on January 21st, 2020 [from/via/route] Patterdale [with] Ted [weather] Cleared to blue skies at some points, snow & ice on top - Tracked down Zena the lost husky & returned her to her owner.
Kevin Foster climbed St Sunday Crag on November 14th, 2019 [from/via/route] Patterdale [with] Henry. [weather] Grey skies (visibility good below 2000 feet) freezing hill mist above 2000 feet. - Beyond the col a slanting track to the left climbs gradually to the minor top of Gavel Pike. I was surprised how much snow & ice there was so early in the winter season making it a tough climb. The large summit cairn was covered in snow & frost sculpted by the biting northerly wind. Not lingering I left the summit by the well cairned main path. At the massive cairn on the edge of crags overlooking Grisedale below the views opened up again. From here on the walk back to Patterdale was a sheer delight with wonderful views of Ullswater in the distance. A lovely walk.
Richard Beardsley bagged St Sunday Crag on September 16th, 2019 [from/via/route] Route C211 starting from Patterdale. [with] Gillian. [weather] Clear, fine & a mostly sunny day. - Parked car at Patterdale car park, (£4.50 all day). Commenced walk at 0945hrs. Route too Arnison Crag & Birks was straight forward. Decided to divert SW from Birks & summit Saint Sunday Crag along a well defined path that climbed steeply to its top. Once completed we retraced back to Birks & continued with route C211 back to the car park. Arrived back at 1500hrs. Thoroughly enjoyable day.
Richard Marchant hiked St Sunday Crag on March 21st, 1996 [from/via/route] Glenridding-Birkhouse Moor-Striding Edge-Helvellyn-Nethermost Pike-High Crag-Dollywaggon-Grisedale Tarn-Fairfield-St Sunday Crag- Birks & eventually back to Glenridding. [with] Caryn Norman an old friend [weather] Very cold, icy & cloud level down to the 700m mark
John Tippins summited St Sunday Crag on October 25th, 2018 [from/via/route] Started from Patterdale car park. Walk c235 from go4awalk.com [with] Solo [weather] Windy with very low cloud & chilly on top. Walking in cloud most of the day - poor visibility.
Paul Talbot-Greaves conquered St Sunday Crag on October 6th, 2018 [from/via/route] Bridge End [with] Lee Ashworth [weather] Sunny spells to start then a blue sky day. Cool temps
Andrew Peate scaled St Sunday Crag on July 21st, 2018 [from/via/route] From Patterdale [weather] Cloudy & misty to summit. Clear, sunny, hot later.
Claire Oliver walked up St Sunday Crag on January 26th, 2018 [from/via/route] Start from Deepdale [with] Storm, D and I - Winter conditions requiring crampons & ice axes. Beautiful sunny day
Craig Steeland climbed St Sunday Crag on June 7th, 2018 [from/via/route] From Patterdale Hotel car park [with] Sue [weather] Sunny, blue, cloudless & hot.
Michael Nolan bagged St Sunday Crag on May 1st, 2018 [from/via/route] sleet gales mist...not so sure that 'only unsuitable clothing ' rather than bad weather is always true [weather] just awful! - still enjoyed it!
Simon Myerscough hiked St Sunday Crag on August 3rd, 2008 [from/via/route] C235 [weather] rain getting heavier - waterproofs on
Christina Lander summited St Sunday Crag on June 7th, 2017 [from/via/route] Patterdale, Birks, St Sunday Crag, Cofa Pike, Fairfield, Hart Crag, Hartsop above Howe, Patterdale [with] Dick [weather] Beautiful day, but quite windy
Simon Boddy conquered St Sunday Crag on October 9th, 2017 [from/via/route] Patterdale [with] My girlfriend [weather] Sunny but low cloud at the summit
Colin Egan scaled St Sunday Crag on September 26th, 2017 [from/via/route] From summit of Birks along ridge. Return to col between them & then via the path that skirts to the north west side of Birks & hence back to Patterdale. [with] My wife Faith, friends - Mike & Linda Robinson and John & Jo Cocker, and son Peter and his fiancée Alex. [weather] Fine. No rain, sporadic sunshine & moderate winds. Visibility poor at summit, a pity! - This is our final Wainwright & friends & family had gathered to celebrate the occasion. We had to wait three days to do it as high winds & fog made the previous two days too risky to ask others to come with us. We celebrated with glasses of Prosecco carried up in little bottles so we each shared the load of bringing the booze up! A good feeling having bagged the lot only marred by poor visibility on top of no 214! From now on we can climb those fells that we like rather than the next on the list. On to the next challenge, we are starting to look for long distance trails starting with an easy taster, White to Dark in our own Peak District, 25 miles over 3 days, with a view to something more challenging next year.
Paul Macey walked up St Sunday Crag on August 24th, 2016 [from/via/route] Arnistan [with] Alone [weather] Cloudy start then sunny
Andy Jakob climbed St Sunday Crag on June 17th, 2017 [from/via/route] glenridding to patterdale [with] AFWC
Iain Jones bagged St Sunday Crag on August 5th, 2017 [from/via/route] Kirkstone Pass (The Wainwright 60 - Day 3 (Helvellyn)) [with] Graeme High
Beth Webster hiked St Sunday Crag on June 19th, 2014 [with] Hannah phillips
Chris Sheard summited St Sunday Crag on June 6th, 1998 [from/via/route] From Grisedale [with] John & Paul [weather] Fairly pleasant day turning cooler - Good views very steep off - nice team
Simon Neilson-Clark conquered St Sunday Crag on March 25th, 2017 [from/via/route] Deepdale horseshoe from Patterdale [with] Mrs H [weather] Sunny very hot - Beautiful views from top Right out to Morecambe Bay
Leon Harvey scaled St Sunday Crag on August 14th, 2016 [with] Solo
Gillian Atkinson walked up St Sunday Crag on October 6th, 2016 [from/via/route] from patterdale [with] hf holiday
Mark Davidson climbed St Sunday Crag on May 7th, 2008 [with] Alone - though I had scattered Jack's ashes on Helvellyn as were his wishes [weather] Nice & sunny
Phillip Bulley bagged St Sunday Crag on September 6th, 2016 [from/via/route] Birks [with] Ruby [weather] Mist down & driving rain.
Elaine Evans hiked St Sunday Crag on July 4th, 2016 [from/via/route] From Patterdale, alongside Grizedale Beck, past Ruthwaite Lodge to Grizedale Tarn, then up to St Sunday Crag. Returned to Patterdale via Birks & Arnison Crag. [with] Sue [weather] Beautiful until we were approaching the summit of St Sunday Crag then hailstones. Cleared as we were leaving. - Lost the path on way up St Sunday Crag but persevered to summit. Invited to accompany Sue as she was assessing a D of E group in the area today
Caroline Winter summited St Sunday Crag on June 25th, 2016 [from/via/route] Swan pub lay by on A591, Stone Arthur, Great Rigg, Fairfield, St Sunday, Grisedale Tarn, Seat Sandal, Great Tongue [with] Solo [weather] Clear views, wind picking up late afternoon - Unplanned extension to bag peak- forgot about Cofa Pike slowing my progress, so on return to Seat Sandal, I descended track at Deepdale Hause towards Grisedale
Elaine Grayson conquered St Sunday Crag on September 4th, 2010 [from/via/route] From Grasmere over Cofa Pike - Done as part of Coast to Coast Walk
Mike Jackson scaled St Sunday Crag on May 7th, 2016 [from/via/route] Patterdale [with] Me.. [weather] Glorious
Nick Dobson walked up St Sunday Crag on April 16th, 2016 [from/via/route] Patterdale [with] Margaret & Ralph [weather] Cold but clear blue skies with a couple of hail wintry hail showers - Included Birks on the way back down, nice meal in the white lion at the end
David Watson climbed St Sunday Crag on August 25th, 2015 [from/via/route] Patterdale. Following the route "Deepdale Round" (Walk 24) in the Vivienne Crow book "Lake District: High Level & Fell Walks". [with] Tilda Watson [weather] Sunny early on but cloudy by the end.
Philip Layton bagged St Sunday Crag on October 26th, 2015 [from/via/route] Patterdale (Deepdale horseshoe) [with] Karen, Ana, Josh [weather] Very good - 7.5 hours (several peaks)
Anthony Scott hiked St Sunday Crag on October 14th, 2015 [from/via/route] yha patterdale [with] me [weather] frosty start, then blue sky & light winds
Kevin Parnham summited St Sunday Crag on September 27th, 2015 [from/via/route] Patterdale via Birks [with] Jo [weather] Lovely & sunny,some wind
Denis Hoyle conquered St Sunday Crag on September 20th, 2015 [from/via/route] Rydal [with] Burnley mountaineering club [weather] Overcast - Hard day walked to Glenridding
Ian Woodford has scaled St Sunday Crag [from/via/route] Bagged when I climbed Helvellyn [with] Alone [weather] Sunny - Use a map as these mountains are easily missed when bagging
David Baines walked up St Sunday Crag on May 21st, 2014 [from/via/route] From Patterdale & flanks of Birks. [with] Alone [weather] Bright sunny day. - Excellent climb with great views across Grisedale & back to Ullswater.
Keith Eastman climbed St Sunday Crag on July 13th, 2014 [from/via/route] c235
David Noble bagged St Sunday Crag on July 10th, 2014 [from/via/route] Patterdale [with] Jack [weather] Sunny & Warm
Michael Vaughn hiked St Sunday Crag on June 8th, 2014 [from/via/route] Patterdale [with] alone [weather] clear
Joanne Mcgawley summited St Sunday Crag on May 26th, 2014 [with] Rich [weather] Muggy & windy - 9.4 miles
Les Wrightson conquered St Sunday Crag on April 19th, 2014 [from/via/route] patterdale c235 [with] tan [weather] good sunny
Lee Maddison scaled St Sunday Crag on February 23rd, 2014 [with] Walked with my son
Derek Parkin walked up St Sunday Crag on September 22nd, 2012 [with] lynn parkin
Steve Frank climbed St Sunday Crag on July 13th, 2008 [from/via/route] Glenridding [with] Jackie Frank [weather] Nice
Charlie Housley bagged St Sunday Crag on November 25th, 2013 [from/via/route] From Birks via the eastern face. [with] Solo. [weather] Superb. Cold & bright with views for miles.
Ann Davis hiked St Sunday Crag on November 3rd, 2013 [from/via/route] arnison & birks [with] just me [weather] omg......the buffeting was full on, gusts, rain, hail & sun! - exHILLarating!
Clive Ward summited St Sunday Crag on August 2nd, 2011 [from/via/route] Patterdale, Birks Fell. Return via Grisedale Tarn [with] Anna, Johnny, Hazel [weather] Wet morning, then cleared becoming sunny. Summit was in cloud so did't get views from top
Dave Eyes conquered St Sunday Crag on August 24th, 2011 [from/via/route] Glenridding, Patterdale, Grisedale Tarn, Fairfield, St Sundays Crag, down to Glenridding [with] Christine Eyes [weather] Rain, windy, no views
Harry Meijer scaled St Sunday Crag on April 19th, 2013 [from/via/route] Fairfield from Patterdale [with] The Lake District Walker
Doug Martin walked up St Sunday Crag on May 1st, 2013 [from/via/route] Patterdale - Parting Stone - Deepdale Hause [with] Fellwalkers [weather] Rain at start of walk up to lunch by which toime cloud had come down. At start of ascent from Parting Stone cloud started to bereak & by time we reached summit clear skies & sunshine.
Raymond Barnett climbed St Sunday Crag on March 31st, 2013 [from/via/route] patterdale [with] jake [weather] snow
Brian Laverty bagged St Sunday Crag on October 30th, 2010 [from/via/route] patterdale [with] wendy [weather] rainy
Chris Bramley hiked St Sunday Crag on March 2nd, 2013 [from/via/route] Patterdale & deep dale Hause [with] Jaqui, Blake and jan [weather] Cloudy but warm for time of year
Dale Verrall summited St Sunday Crag on October 27th, 2010 [from/via/route] Fairfield horseshoe -Walk number C235 [weather] Fine
Iain Taylor conquered St Sunday Crag on June 5th, 2011 [from/via/route] Glenridding (NY 38992 16932)
Carole Walton scaled St Sunday Crag on October 29th, 2012 [from/via/route] Patterdale, Arniston Crag, Birks, St Sunday Crag Grisdale Tarn & Seat Sandal [with] Ian [weather] Good at first with heavy rain for last half - Shower
Christine Knowles walked up St Sunday Crag on September 28th, 2012 [from/via/route] Glenridding [with] Graham [weather] Heavy rain & strong winds - Had to come down same way we went up because of weather.
Robert Logan climbed St Sunday Crag on September 8th, 2012 [from/via/route] Sykeside campsite [with] Judith [weather] Low Cloud, driizzle. Breezy on tops. Clearing later to bright sunshine
Bay Wan bagged St Sunday Crag on September 5th, 2012 [from/via/route] Start from Patterdale towards Fairfield & down via Hart Crag [with] Cocoa Pops (the pup) [weather] Warm, sunny & calm :)
Tony Aspden hiked St Sunday Crag on June 13th, 2012 [from/via/route] Coast to Coast [with] Andy [weather] Sunny
Stella Nuttall summited St Sunday Crag on May 25th, 2012 [from/via/route] patterdale [with] c s and a [weather] dry & sunny - birks, fairfield hart crag & hartsop above how
Stephen Littlewood conquered St Sunday Crag on June 6th, 2008 [from/via/route] from Birks
Darren Mortimer scaled St Sunday Crag on March 24th, 2012 [from/via/route] Patterdale [with] Dermot Palmer [weather] Sunny
David Hallam, Jenny Godfrey, Dale Sexton, Patrick Rogozinski, Paul Roddam, Melanie Dunn, Matthew Thomas, Wendy Sockett, Jim Derby, Adrian Roberts, John Grimes, Jo Dixon, Louise Sandwith, David Shaw, John Walter, Claire Rigg, Edward Wells, Peter O'sullivan, James Munroe, Gordon Lee, Patricia Dilley, Simon Duerden, Jonathan Tobin, Tracey Cowell, Paul Booth, Louis Smith, Helen Marrs, Mark Smith, Linda Mckeogh, Trevor Williams, John Powell, Tracey Cordes, John Buckley, John Cuthbert, Simon Vandersteen, Patrick Buckland, Jeffrey Hall, Stephen Millington, Rob Barklamb, Paul Warren, Jeanette Coward, Jacqui Smith, Sam Mercer, Adam Shewry, Ray O'hara, Libby Burns and Rebecca Hardy have all walked, climbed & bagged St Sunday Crag.
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of St Sunday Crag
Looking down Grisdale from Dollywaggon Pike with St Sunday Crag on the right and Ullswater in the distance
Looking up Grisedale with St Sunday Crag (left) and Dollywagon Pike (centre)
Storms brewing over St Sunday Crag (far left), Fairfield (left) and Dollywaggon Pike (right) and Grisedale from Brownend Plantation
Looking up Grisedale to St Sunday Crag & Fairfield (left), Grisedale Hause, Dollywaggon Pike, High Crag (Helvellyn) & Nethermost Pike from below Hole-in-the-Wall
St Sunday Crag (left), Fairfield (right) and Grisedale Hause from Seat Sandal
Dollywaggon Pike (right) with The Langdale Pikes (mid distance) and Bow Fell (Bowfell) and Scafell Pike (far distance) from St Sunday 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
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