Summit Register

Lake District fell · Westmorland and Furness, England

Loft Crag

681.7 m

2,237 ftDrop 23.6 mNY 277 071

Finder: 94 Wainwrights in Westmorland and Furness

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmLoft Crag681.7Pike of Stickle708.4Harrison Stickle735.3Thunacar Knott723Pavey Ark701.6
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmLoft Crag681.7Pike of Stickle708.4Harrison Stickle735.3
Looking north, 86 km wide, heights ×24 (method).

Loft Crag is a Lake District fell of 681.7 m in Westmorland and Furness. Higher ground is only 0.4 km away: Pike of Stickle (708.4 m) to the north-west.

It rises only 23.6 m above its key col, 3.5% of its height. All four of its nearest neighbours are higher, up to Harrison Stickle at 735.3 m. Its key col leads to High Raise, not to its nearest higher summit, Pike of Stickle. All four of its nearest neighbours lie to the north, so it stands at the southern edge of its group. Pike of Stickle stands only 0.4 km to the north-west. The key col is close by, only 0.1 km to the north-west at 658.1 m. It falls on two OS 1:50,000 sheets, 89 and 90.

To scale

Summit681.7 mKey col658.1 msea level
Key col NY 2765 0722, 0.1 km north-west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

681.7 m111th highest of 242 in England

Drop

23.6 m1092nd of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

0.4 km1128th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Pike of Stickle0.4 km north-west
    708.4 m
  2. 2
    Harrison Stickle0.5 km north-east
    735.3 m
  3. 3
    Thunacar Knott0.9 km north
    723 m
  4. 4
    Pavey Ark1.0 km north-east
    701.6 m
1234Thunacar KnottPavey ArkN1 km

Lists

  • 98th highest of 214 Wainwrights
  • 139th highest of the 193 Nuttalls profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Pike of Stickle, 708.4 m, 0.4 km north-west
Parent Marilyn
High Raise
Region
34B: Lake District C&W
OS map
89, 90
Summit
Small cairn on outcrop
DoBIH no.
2430
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Loft Crag

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