The Mountain Boardroom Blog
St Sunday Crag
Towering above Patterdale, yet dwarfed by the peaks around it, the curiously-named St Sunday Crag provides an arduous, though never-overly challenging mountain walk with jaw-dropping views on a clear day.
This giant of the Lake District Fells, nestled in the mountains that tower above Ambleside, has two very different faces, and views out across the National Park.
One of Alfred Wainwright’s ‘best half dozen fells’, the panoramic views from the top across the entire Lake District help this mountain live up to its reputation.
Towering above Patterdale, yet dwarfed by the peaks around it, the curiously-named St Sunday Crag provides an arduous, though never-overly challenging mountain walk with jaw-dropping views on a clear day.
This often-neglected buttress lies less than 1km from the summit of England’s highest mountain, but tough terrain, its lack of classification as a Wainwright, means anyone who takes the time to visit the summit will often have it to themselves.