⛰️ Crinkle Crags - Gunson Knott (Fifth Crinkle)

822 m · Birkett — Southern (not a Wainwright summit) · Birketts to bag nearby, parking, buses, my hikes and live summit weather.

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822 mBirkett — Southern (not a Wainwright summit)+14 bonus Birketts within 3 km

📖 Key Information

Gunson Knott at 790m (2,592ft) is the craggy top on the Crinkle Crags ridge between the main crinkles, a rocky prominence that gives excellent views of the central Crinkle Crags complex. Part of the entertaining ridge traverse above Great Langdale, this top is most naturally visited as part of the full Crinkle Crags circuit from Langdale. The views across to Bowfell's buttresses are particularly fine from this point on the ridge.

Free mapping: OpenTopoMap / OpenStreetMap (switch layers top-right). Parking positions are approximate.

🎯 Bonus Birketts within 3 km

These Birkett tops are not Wainwright summits — detour to them on this walk and they are pure profit. Distances are straight-line; allow extra for terrain.

0.1 km SSWCrinkle Crags - Fourth Crinkle832 m · Southern
0.2 km NShelter Crags815 m · Southern
0.6 km SCrinkle Crags South Top (First Crinkle)834 m · Southern
1.0 km SStonesty Pike765 m · Southern
1.3 km SEGreat Knott695 m · Southern
1.4 km NEWhite Stones - The Band568 m · Southern
1.8 km SLittle Stand740 m · Southern
2.1 km WNWHigh Gait Crags572 m · Southern
2.2 km NWPike de Bield810 m · Southern
2.4 km WScar Lathing439 m · Southern
2.4 km WSWThrostlehow Crag404 m · Southern
2.6 km NBuck Pike (Mickleden)606 m · Southern
2.7 km SWYew Bank499 m · Southern
3.0 km NBlack Crags (Mickleden)588 m · Southern

⚠️ Hazard & Incident Information

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🦶 My hikes over Crinkle Crags - Gunson Knott (Fifth Crinkle) (Strava)

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🅿️ Potential parking

Three Shire Stone, Wrynose Pass (verge) — 3.8 km from summit (straight line)
High-level start for Pike o' Blisco, Cold Pike, Wet Side Edge and the Greenburn fells.
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Old Dungeon Ghyll (NT, paid) — 4.2 km from summit (straight line)
Head of Great Langdale — Bowfell, Crinkle Crags, Pike o' Blisco, the Langdale Pikes.
Directions ↗

Positions are approximate — zoom the map to confirm. Lakeland car parks fill before 9am on fine weekends.

🚌 Buses from Penrith / Ambleside / Windermere

Stagecoach 516 “Langdale Rambler”
Ambleside – Skelwith Bridge – Elterwater – New Dungeon Ghyll – Old Dungeon Ghyll
Catch it from: Ambleside · Windermere (change at Ambleside)
The Langdale bus — Pikes, Bowfell, Crinkle Crags, Pike o' Blisco all walkable from the Dungeon Ghyll stops. Seasonal frequency varies; check before relying on the last bus back.

Rural routes change seasonally — confirm on stagecoachbus.com or Traveline before relying on a last bus.

🌦️ 7-day summit forecast

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