Hard
·
New
Dollywaggon Pike, Birks, St Sunday Crag and Seat Sandal
Dunmail Raise
15 km · 1210 m · 5.5–7.5 h
Wainwright
- Height
- 624 m · 2,047 ft
- Drop
- 20 m
- Grid ref
- NY 380 143
- Region
- Lake District
- Range
- Lake District E
- County
- Westmorland and Furness
Summit: Grass mound.
Birks is a Wainwright in Lake District, 624 m (2,047 ft) high. There is one mapped route up it on TRXO; the one with the least climbing, Dollywaggon Pike, Birks, St Sunday Crag and Seat Sandal, is 15 km with 1,210 m of ascent and takes 5.5 to 7.5 hours.
Routes up Birks
Rounds that include Birks (1)
Map
Summit at NY 380 143 (54.5207, -2.9590). Dots are neighbouring listed hills.
Nearby hills
- St Sunday CragWainwright, Hewitt841 m · 1.5 km
- Arnison CragWainwright433 m · 1.5 km
- Birkhouse MoorWainwright718 m · 2.3 km
- Hartsop Above HowWainwright586 m · 2.4 km
- Striding EdgeHewitt863 m · 3.0 km
- Glenridding DoddWainwright442 m · 3.2 km
- Hart CragWainwright, Hewitt823 m · 3.3 km
- Angletarn PikesWainwright566 m · 3.3 km
Questions about Birks
- How high is Birks?
- Birks is 624 m (2,047 ft) high, a Wainwright in Lake District. The summit is at grid reference NY 380 143.
- How long does it take to climb Birks?
- The quickest route on TRXO, Dollywaggon Pike, Birks, St Sunday Crag and Seat Sandal, takes 5.5 to 7.5 hours: 15 km with 1,210 m of ascent. Allow longer in poor weather or winter conditions.
- What is the easiest way up Birks?
- The route with the least climbing is Dollywaggon Pike, Birks, St Sunday Crag and Seat Sandal, starting from Dunmail Raise (NY 327 117): 15 km and 1,210 m of ascent, graded hard.