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Birkett — Eastern (not a Wainwright summit)Birkett top

High Crag (Grisedale)

High Crag at 884m (2,900ft) is a dramatic Birkett top on the ridge between Nethermost Pike and St Sunday Crag above Grisedale in the Eastern Fells, its craggy character giving views into the wild upper Grisedale valley and across Ullswater.

884 m
Height
+3
Bonus Birketts
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884 mBirkett — Eastern (not a Wainwright summit)+3 bonus Birketts within 3 km

Is it worth going? — Today’s conditions & 7-day summit forecast

Modelled guidance for the 884 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

On the summit today (Tue 28 Jul): 13° to 12°C, gusts to 38 mph, 8.4 mm of rain forecast.

Tue 28 Jul
🌧️
13° / 12°
💨 38 mph
🌧 8.4 mm (100%)
Wed 29 Jul
🌧️
13° / 10°
💨 31 mph
🌧 5.1 mm (100%)
Thu 30 Jul
🌦️
12° / 3°
💨 27 mph
🌧 1.1 mm (78%)
Fri 31 Jul
🌤️
13° / 0°
💨 24 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (78%)
Sat 1 Aug
🌦️
13° / 1°
💨 15 mph
🌧 3.0 mm (54%)
Sun 2 Aug
☁️
14° / 2°
💨 18 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (24%)
Mon 3 Aug
🌦️
14° / 3°
💨 12 mph
🌧 0.2 mm (23%)

Forecast snapshot from 28 Jul 2026, 04:58 UTC — refreshed nightly and updated live in your browser. Temperatures and gusts adjusted to the 884 m summit altitude via Open-Meteo. Summit conditions are always harsher than the valley — check the professional mountain forecasts before you go.

About the walk

Key information

High Crag (Grisedale)

High Crag at 884m (2,900ft) is a dramatic Birkett top on the ridge between Nethermost Pike and St Sunday Crag above Grisedale in the Eastern Fells, its craggy character giving views into the wild upper Grisedale valley and across Ullswater. Part of the high ground between Helvellyn and St Sunday Crag. A fine, airy position on one of Lakeland's classic high ridges.

Routes up High Crag (Grisedale)

Hand-mapped, with GPX to download — full maps further down.

Classifications & hill data
Birkett
Synge
884 m
Height
2,900 ft
In feet
NY 3433 1366
Grid ref

Map & nearby Birketts

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

Nearest parking: Steel End, Thirlmere (paid), about 1.5 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near High Crag (Grisedale) (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.

2.0 km NNWHelvellyn Lower Man924 m · Eastern
2.2 km SECofa Pike823 m · Eastern
3.0 km EGavel Pike784 m · Eastern

Routes over High Crag (Grisedale)

15.66 km · ~1121 m ascent · loop · ~5–6.5 h

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Full route guide ↗

A planned line is a suggestion, not a guarantee — conditions change. Navigate independently and carry a map & compass.

Best parking to hike High Crag (Grisedale)

Where we have the data, each parking spot also shows the nearest public toilets and facilities (cafés, pubs, shops).

Steel End, Thirlmere (paid) — 1.5 km from summit (straight line)
South end of Thirlmere for the Wythburn valley and Armboth fells.
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Wythburn Church, Thirlmere (paid) — 1.9 km from summit (straight line)
Direct forest path up Helvellyn's south ridge (Comb Crags).
Directions (opens in new tab)

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

Tip: pan and zoom the interactive map at the top of this page to spot other potential parking near your route.

Water & shelter on the way up

On-route facilities © OpenStreetMap contributors, per route — an absent marker doesn’t mean none.

Buses to High Crag (Grisedale) from Penrith / Ambleside / Windermere

Stagecoach 555
Kendal – Staveley – Windermere – Ambleside – Rydal – Grasmere – Thirlmere (Wythburn & Swirls) – Keswick
Catch it from: Windermere · Ambleside
Year-round, roughly hourly. The backbone bus of the A591 — ideal for Helvellyn (Wythburn/Swirls), Fairfield, the Central fells and anything around Grasmere/Rydal. From Penrith, take the X4/X5 to Keswick and change.

Rural routes change seasonally — confirm on stagecoachbus.com (opens in new tab) or Traveline before relying on a last bus.

My hikes over High Crag (Grisedale) (Strava)

1 logged hike pass over this summit:

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Maps & guidebooks for High Crag (Grisedale)

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