Eagle Crag

Overview
Height: 1,706 Feet - 520 Metres
Grid Ref: NY 276 121
Area: Central
Ordnance Survey: OL4
Wainwright Guidebook: Three

Eagle Crag soars high above the confluence of the valleys of Langstrath and Greenup, its steep cliffs climbing in tiers from bracken slopes to the neat, tapering crest, This is a beautiful fell, often admired, seldom ascended.

 

Map and Photo Gallery

 

Eagle Crag from Stonthewaite.

Eagle Crag and Sergeant’s Crag from Greenup Gill

 

There are 4 walks to choose from including Eagle Crag

The Wainwrights in 30 Walks - Walk 22 Eagle Crag to Castle Crag via Greenup Edge

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8th July 2016
ASCENT: 3,643 Feet - 1,112 Meters
MILES: 14.3
WAINWRIGHTS: 6, Eagle Crag - Sergeant's Crag - UIlscarf - Great Crag - Grange Fell - Eagle Crag
ROUTE: Stonethwaite - Greenup Gill - Eagle Crag - Sergeants Crag - Long Crag - Greenup Edge - Ullscarth - High Saddle - Low Saddle - Dock Tarn - Great Crag - Top of Puddingstone Bank - Grange Fell - Puddingstone Bank -Rosthwaite - River Derwent - New Bridge - Castle Crag Lingy Bank - River Derwent - Rosthwaite - B5289 - Stonethwaite
 

Eagle Crag to Grange Fell via Greenup Edge

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31st August 2013
ASCENT: 2,464 Feet 751 Meters
MILES: 10.4
WAINWRIGHTS: 5, Eagle Crag – Sergeant’s Crag – Ullscarf – Great Crag – Grange Fell
ROUTE: Stonethwaite – Greenup Gill – Eagle Crag – Sergeant’s Crag – Beneath Long Crag – Greenup Edge – Ullscarth – High Saddle (Coldbarrow Fell) – Low Saddle – (Coldbarrow Fell) – Lords How -Green Combe – Dock Tarn – Great Crag – Puddingstone Bank – Grange Fell – Puddingstone Bank – Cumbrian Way – Stonethwaite Bridge – Stonethwaite
 

High on Langstrath

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20th May 2012
ASCENT: 3,850 Feet, 1,173 Metres
MILES: 12.5
WAINWRIGHTS: 4, Eagle Crag, Sergeant’s Crag, High Raise, Rossett Pike
ROUTE: Stonethwaite – Greenup Gill – Eagle Crag – Sergeant’s Crag – Low White Stones – High Raise – Stake Pass – Buck Pike – Rossett Pike – Angle Tarn – Langstrath Valley – Tray Dub – Blackmoss Pot – Stonethwaite
 

The Borrowdale Fell’s

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5th August 2011
ASCENT: 3,900 Feet, 1,188 Meters
MILES: 12.12
WAINWRIGHTS: 4, Great Crag, Grange Fell, Eagle Crag & Sergeant’s Crag
ROUTE:  
 

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