Hartsop Above How (Gill Crag)

Overview
Height: 1,902 Feet - 580 Metres
Grid Ref: NY 383 120
Area: Eastern
Group: C/FAR
Ordnance Survey: OL5
Wainwright Guidebook: One
The long curving northeast ridge of Hart Crag rises to the separate summit midway, and this summit is generally referred to as Hartsop above How by guidebook writers and map makers.

 

Map and Photo Gallery

 

Views over Brothers Water towards Dovedale, Dove Crag, Hart Crag, Hartsop above How, Deepdale, Fairfield and St Sunday Crag.

The Hartsop Above Ridge taken below Hart Crag

Looking back on the Hartsop above How ridge towards Hart Crag and Fairfield

 

There are 7 walks to choose from including Hartsop above How

Hartsop above How, Dove Crag & Stangs

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23rd September 2023
ASCENT: 2,659 Feet - 810 Metres
MILES: 8.1
WAINWRIGHTS: 3, Hartsop above How - Hart Crag - Dove Crag
ROUTE: Deepdale Bridge - Gale Crag - Harstop above How - Hart Crag - Dove Crag - Bakestones Moss - Hunsett Cove - Stand Crags - Stangs - Dovedale Beck - Dovedale - Hartsop Hall - Brothers Water - Cow Bridge - Low Wood - Deepdale Bidge
 

The Deepdale Horseshoe

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1st August 2020
ASCENT: 3,267 Feet - 997 Metres
MILES: 7.5
WAINWRIGHTS: 4, Hartsop above Howe - Hart Crag - Fairfield - St Sunday Crag
ROUTE: Deepdale Bridge - Gale Crag - Hartsop above Howe - Hart Crag - Link Hause - Fairfield - Cofa Pike - St Sunday Crag - Gavel Pike - Lords Seat - Deepdale - Deepdale Bridge
 

Walking the Birketts, Deepdale Horseshoe

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14th April 2018
ASCENT: 3,521 Feet - 1,073 Metres
MILES: 9.5
BIRKETTS: 9, Arnison Crag - Birks - Gavel Pike - St Sunday Crag - Cofa Pike - Fairfield - Hart Crag - Giil Crag (Hartsop above How) - Gale Crag
ROUTE: Patterdale - Oxford Crag - Arnison Crag - Trough Head - Birks - Gavel Pike - St Sunday Crag - Deepdale Hause - Cofa Pike - Fairfield - Link Hause - Hart Crag - Giil Crag (Hartsop above How) - Gale Crag - Deepdale Bridge - Patterdale
 

A Deepdale Horseshoe

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8th October 2016
ASCENT: 3,448 Feet - 1,051 Meters
MILES: 10.2
WAINWRIGHTS: 6, Arnison Crag - Birks - St Sunday Crag - Fairfield - Hart Crag - Hartsop above How
ROUTE: Patterdale - Arnison Crag - Trough Head - Birks - St Sunday Crag - Deepdale Hause - Cofa Pike - Fairfield - Hart Crag - Hartsop Above How - Deepdale Bridge - A592 – Patterdale
 

Walking the Wainwrights in 30 Walks Walk 28 - A Scandale Skyline from Cow Bridge

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18th August 2016
ASCENT: 4,932 Feet - 1,504 Meters
MILES: 12.5
WAINWRIGHTS: 9, Hartsop Dodd - Caudale Moor (Stony Cove Pike) - Red Screes - Middle Dodd - Little Hart Crag - High Hartsop Dodd - Dove Crag - Hart Crag - Hartsop above How
ROUTE: Hartsop - Hartsop Dodd - Caudale Moor (Stony Cove Pike) - John Bell's Banner - St Raven's Edge - Kirkstone Pass - Red Screes - Smallthwaite Band - Middle Dodd - Top of Caiston Beck - Scandale Pass - Little Hart Crag - High Hartsop Dodd - Black Brow - Bakestones Moss - Dove Crag - Hart Crag - Hartsop above How - Gale Crag - Low Wood - Cow Bridge - Hartsop
 

The Deepdale Horseshoe

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8th September 2013
ASCENT: 3,450 Ft, 1,052 Meters
MILES: 10.2
WAINWRIGHTS: 5, Birks – St Sunday Crag – Fairfield – Hart Crag – Hartsop Above How
ROUTE: Bridgend – A592 – Glenamara Park – Thornhow End – Birks – St Sunday Crag – Deepdale Hause – Cofa Pike – Fairfield – Link Hause – Hart Crag – Hartsop Above How – Gale Crag – Bridgend
 

The Dovedale Horseshoe

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15th August 2010
ASCENT: 2,760 Ft 841 Mtrs
MILES: 7
WAINWRIGHTS: 5, Hartsop Above How, Hart Crag, Dove Crag, Little Hart Crag High Hartsop Dodd
ROUTE:  
 

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