As you approach the Lake District via Ullswater’s shores, the landscape evolves from verdant pastures, to craggy hills and then, in spectacular fashion, mountains are seen rising into the sky. Hikes to St Sunday Crag deliver you to the top of one of these hulking giants at the lake’s head. They are adventures you will not forget in a hurry.

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Location: Patterdale, Eden, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom

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Trail Magazine

December 13, 2019

Hiking

St Sunday Crag is an outlier of the Fairfield Horseshoe. But with sheer cliffs that plunge into Grisedale (home to the thrilling Pinnacle Ridge), summit views that stretch over the Helvellyn massif and Ullswater, and a lakeside presence that sees it referred to as ‘the Ullswater Fell’, St Sunday is very much a Crag worth bagging.

dobermann

August 10, 2018

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It continues promising on a narrow mountain ridge above Deepdake Common. Good to walk. It now Helvellyn in the view, behind Raise and of course in the valley Grisdale Tarn.

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Kàyto Adventure

May 18, 2021

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Great round from Patterdale including St Sunday Crag, Cofa Pike, Fairfield and Hartsop Above How. Great views of Striding Edge and Ullswater.

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1. The Deepdale Horseshoe from Patterdale

18.0km

06:36

940m

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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2. St Sunday Crag, Fairfield & Grisedale Tarn loop from Patterdale — Lake District National Park

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900m

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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3. Birks Summit – St Sunday Crag loop from Patterdale

9.45km

04:23

700m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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Elevation 890 m

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Location: Patterdale, Eden, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom

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St Sunday Crag

1. The Deepdale Horseshoe from Patterdale

2. St Sunday Crag, Fairfield & Grisedale Tarn loop from Patterdale — Lake District National Park

3. Birks Summit – St Sunday Crag loop from Patterdale

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