A walk up Green Crag from Eskdale

Started at the Woolpack Inn and headed down to the 17th century Doctor Bridge. The river Esk was clear as crystal and just after Low Birker I picked up one of the old peat tracks that took me steadily up to one of the stone peat shelters that dot Eskdale. A boggy tramp took me past Crook Crag and up to Green Crag. Great views to the Scafells, not so great to Sellafield! Returned via Low Birker Tarn and Birker Force waterfall. If you like you can read my full blog post of this walk here https://jimearl6.com/a-walk-up-green-crag-from-eskdale/

Doctor Bridge

Eskdale

one of the old peat huts

Approaching Green Crag

looking over to the Scafells

Green Crag summit

Low Birker Tarn

Birker Force

By MartinJ on 17/04/26 at 11:12am

Thanks for your pic of the old peat hut. At a glance, it looks as if it still has a bit of a thatched roof on it - but then that made me think that this was pretty much what they would have looked like. I imagine they were roughly thatched with bracken.

I've always enjoyed Green Crag, but I've previously approached it from the Keppel Crag side. I'll try your route next time I'm over that way - it looks interesting.

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By Jimearl6 on 18/04/26 at 1:29pm

Thanks Martin, no thatch as far as I can remember but well worth a visit

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