C4 · Central
Borrowdale Round - Eagle Crag to Castle Crag
26.2 km · 1307 m · OS time 09:09 h · with dogs 10-12 h · Hard Red
This trip: 0/6 · Overall: 0 of 214
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Car park
Rosthwaite car park, Borrowdale (National Trust)
CA12 5XB · NY257148 · 54.52345, -3.14866
NT tariff, 21 spaces, often full by 10am. Seatoller (CA12 5XN) is the fallback.
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Sketch only — straight lines between summits. Follow the OS Maps route on the hill.
Fells
Route
Rosthwaite to Stonethwaite, up Langstrath to Eagle Crag, along to Sergeant's Crag, then across Greenup Edge to the boggy top of Ullscarf. Down past Blea Tarn to Watendlath, over Great Crag and Grange Fell (Brund Fell), back to Rosthwaite, then out to Castle Crag and back.
Dog hazards
AS PLOTTED this goes up Eagle Crag's direct line from Langstrath: a short gully with hand and foot holds, rock terraces that narrow to a drop, and an awkward step at a wall corner - dogs need lifting. To make it Amber: go up Greenup Gill first and reach Eagle Crag as an out-and-back from Sergeant's Crag, which is grassy. Castle Crag is a steep zig-zag up loose slate spoil; use the lower stile below the spoil heap. Ullscarf is very wet.
Scrambles
Eagle Crag direct - hands-on terraces and a gully. Reverse it via Greenup Gill and Sergeant's Crag with dogs.
Water
Becks throughout; Watendlath Tarn and Blea Tarn.
Livestock
Sheep; cattle in Borrowdale valley.
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