Whoap
Whoap at 511m (1,677ft) is a small, heathery summit above Ennerdale, its open top giving views of the western fells and towards the coast. A Birkett fell in the remote western Lake District above Ennerdale. The ascent is across open moorland.
Summit conditions on Whoap
On the summit on Tuesday 27 October: 12° to 6°C, gusts to 60 mph, 1.2 mm of rain forecast over the whole day, midnight to midnight.
The forecast figures are Open-Meteo’s, worked out for the summit’s height. How we check →
Routes up Whoap
Hand-mapped, with GPX to download — full maps further down.
Four tops in the far western fells — Grike, Crag Fell, Whoap and Lank Rigg — in 13.1 km and 623 m.
Distance and climb are measured from the route’s GPX track, and the time from them by Naismith’s rule; the route page says what each grade rests on. How we check →
How hard is Whoap?
The shortest way up we hold is Grike, Crag Fell and Lank Rigg — 13.07 km, 623 m of ascent, ~3½–5 h. On our scale its hardest axes are distance, steepness and navigation — Moderate.
All axes: length: Moderate · steepness: Moderate · navigation: Moderate · terrain: Easy · exposure: Easy.
These are the route page’s grades, set by the rules on how we grade: length and steepness measured from its GPX track, the others set on the ground, judged from the map or estimated from OpenStreetMap. The route page says which. How we check →
Conditions and 7-day summit forecast
Modelled for the 511 m summit (Open-Meteo). Check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.
Full 7-day forecast
Taken 27 October 2026, 20:59 UTC; the live forecast replaces it when it loads. Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (opens in new tab)
Parking & buses for Whoap
Parking
Route starts first, then the car parks nearest the summit, which are not always a way up.
3 more places to park near Whoap
Positions are approximate.
Vehicles are left at their owner’s risk: we list places people park and cannot vouch for any of them. Take valuables with you and leave nothing on show.
Buses
The nearest bus stop we hold is the 77 and 77A stop at Buttermere, outside Court Hotel, 14.3 km of walking from the start — no bus route we hold serves it. It is a seasonal service too: 1 November 2026 is its last day of the year (confirmed with the operator, 29 August 2026); it returns on 22 March 2027.
Getting there across the Lake District: Buses · Parking map · By train · By boat
Hazards on Whoap
Notes from the Grike, Crag Fell and Lank Rigg route
If you need to get off (the leg from Crag Fell): No way off between Crag Fell and Whoap has been checked for this guide. The way back that this guide describes is the way you came, along the fence to Crag Fell and Grike.
Quoted from the route page: the note for the leg that reaches Whoap.
We have not written a hazard card for this fell yet, and that is not a sign that it is low-hazard. Read the warnings on the route pages that climb it, check the forecast, carry a map and compass, and turn back in cloud if the ground is not what you expected. The National Park Authority’s What to pack page, AdventureSmart’s hill walking kit list and Mountain Rescue England and Wales’s safety page are linked from our what to carry guide.
If you need Mountain Rescue
Dial 999 or 112 and ask for the Police, then Mountain Rescue.
Before you call, have ready: where you are (a grid reference if you can – the OS Locate app shows yours on your phone), what has happened, how many of you there are, and your mobile number.
Then stay where you are until the rescue team contacts you.
If you cannot make a voice call because of a hearing or speech impairment, emergency SMS works only if you have registered first: text “register” to 999.
From Mountain Rescue England and Wales’s guidance on calling them out (opens in new tab) (read 26 October 2026).
Map, GPX and nearby Birketts
Skip mapFree mapping: OpenTopoMap / OpenStreetMap, with SRTM elevation data (switch layers top-right).
Parking, toilets and buses: Parking & buses ↑.
Birketts within 3 km of Whoap
These Birkett tops are not Wainwright summits. Distances are straight lines: check the ground and access on a map before adding one.
Routes over Whoap
Download GPX Walked by Lee, May 2025
Every line here is a guide, not a guarantee — conditions change. Navigate for yourself and carry a map and compass. How to use this guide.
About Whoap
My Strava hikes over Whoap
1 logged hike pass over this summit:
- Grike, Crag Fell and Lank Rigg (opens in new tab) — 13.1 km · 630 m ascent · 2h 48m moving · 24 May 2025
Data from Strava.
Classifications & hill data
Is Whoap a Wainwright?
Whoap is not a Wainwright. It is on the Birkett list and the Synge list.
Selected lists
This is the summit’s grid reference. If you call from anywhere else, give your own position, not this one.
Lists, height and summit position from the Database of British and Irish Hills; the feet are converted from its metres and the grid reference from that position. How we check →