Summit Register

Lake District fell · Westmorland and Furness, England

Crinkle Crags – Long Top

859 m

Second Crinkle

2,818 ftDrop 139 mNY 248 048

Finder: 94 Wainwrights in Westmorland and Furness

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmCrinkle Crags – Long Top859Bowfell902.9Cold Pike700.1Pike of Blisco703Rossett Pike651
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmCrinkle Crags – Long Top859Bowfell902.9Cold Pike700.1
Looking north, 86 km wide, heights ×23 (method).

Crinkle Crags – Long Top is a Lake District fell of 859 m in Westmorland and Furness. Its key col leads to Scafell Pike, not to its nearest higher summit, Bowfell.

It shares its height of 859 m with Beinn Lair and Caisteal Abhail. Its drop of 139 m makes it a Hewitt but is short of the 150 m a Marilyn needs. It is 208 m above the average height of the 103 register hills in Westmorland and Furness. Its other name is Second Crinkle. It falls on two OS 1:50,000 sheets, 89 and 90.

To scale

Summit859 mKey col720 msea level
Key col NY 248 060, 1.2 km north of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

859 m18th highest of 242 in England

Drop

139 m904th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

1.6 km893rd most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Bowfell1.6 km north
    902.9 m
  2. 2
    Cold Pike1.9 km south-east
    700.1 m
  3. 3
    Pike of Blisco2.3 km east
    703 m
  4. 4
    Rossett Pike2.7 km north
    651 m
1234BowfellCold PikePike of BliscoRossett PikeN1 km

Lists

  • 17th highest of 214 Wainwrights
  • 33rd highest of the 275 Hewitts profiled here
  • 29th highest of the 193 Nuttalls profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Bowfell, 902.9 m, 1.6 km north
Parent Marilyn
Scafell Pike
Region
34B: Lake District C&W
OS map
89, 90
Summit
Cairn
DoBIH no.
2371
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Crinkle Crags - Long Top

Data: DoBIH v18.6, CC BY 4.0 (method). What prominence (drop) means, with real figures