View from Scar Crags to Grisedale Pike

Scar Crags

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Wainwright Hewitt
Height
672 m · 2,205 ft
Drop
54 m
Grid ref
NY 208 206
Region
Lake District
Range
Lake District C&W
County
Cumberland

Summit: Cairn.

Scar Crags is a Wainwright and Hewitt in Lake District, 672 m (2,205 ft) high. There is one mapped route up it on TRXO; the one with the least climbing, Sail, Whiteside, Hopegill Head and Scar Crags, is 16 km with 1,220 m of ascent and takes 6 to 8 hours.

Routes up Scar Crags

Rounds that include Scar Crags (1)

Map

Summit at NY 208 206 (54.5750, -3.2260). Dots are neighbouring listed hills.

Nearby hills

Questions about Scar Crags

How high is Scar Crags?
Scar Crags is 672 m (2,205 ft) high, a Wainwright and Hewitt in Lake District. The summit is at grid reference NY 208 206.
How long does it take to climb Scar Crags?
The quickest route on TRXO, Sail, Whiteside, Hopegill Head and Scar Crags, takes 6 to 8 hours: 16 km with 1,220 m of ascent. Allow longer in poor weather or winter conditions.
What is the easiest way up Scar Crags?
The route with the least climbing is Sail, Whiteside, Hopegill Head and Scar Crags, starting from Little Town, Newlands Pass (NY 229 200): 16 km and 1,220 m of ascent, graded hard.

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