Old Dungeon Ghyll via Oxendale and Red Tarn up Crinkle Crags - Long Top: route map, distance and time

Climb out of Oxendale to the col by Red Tarn, then head north along the ridge over rough rock, taking or bypassing the Bad Step.

Old Dungeon Ghyll via Oxendale and Red Tarn at a glance

Old Dungeon Ghyll via Oxendale and Red Tarn map

The start (green) and the summit (blue). Peakify has no GPX track for this route yet, so follow the description and your map.

Height profile and getting to the start

How long Old Dungeon Ghyll via Oxendale and Red Tarn takes

Times leave out stops. Coming down the same way, the table counts the ascent once; steep descents on rough ground can be as slow as the climb.

• Today: sunrise 07:49, sunset 18:06. Start by 13:26 to be down before dark, allowing 3h 40m for the walk and an hour for stops.
• Tomorrow: sunrise 07:51, sunset 18:03. Start by 13:23 to be down before dark, allowing 3h 40m for the walk and an hour for stops.

Crinkle Crags - Long Top summit weather for this route

• Marginal Today Monday 19 October

  Moderate drizzle, up to 7°C at the summit, feeling as cold as -2°C, summit wind 35 mph gusting 44 mph, 39% chance of rain. Rated Marginal. Sunrise 07:49, sunset 18:06.

• Marginal Tomorrow Tuesday 20 October

  Slight rain, up to 6°C at the summit, feeling as cold as 2°C, summit wind 20 mph gusting 29 mph, 99% chance of rain. Rated Marginal. Sunrise 07:51, sunset 18:03.

Best day of the next seven for Old Dungeon Ghyll via Oxendale and Red Tarn: Monday 19 October, with summit gusts around 44 mph and a 39% chance of rain.

Hour-by-hour Crinkle Crags - Long Top forecast · 14-day forecast · Is it safe to climb Crinkle Crags - Long Top?

Before you go, also check: MWIS Lake District forecast · Met Office mountain forecast · Weatherline fell top conditions.

What to take today

• An insulated jacket, hat and warm gloves: it feels like -2°C on top.
• A waterproof jacket. It can rain on the tops in any forecast.
• A windproof layer, and poles for balance in gusts to 44 mph.
• Map and compass, and the skills to use them. A phone is a backup, not a plan.
• A head torch, food, water, a charged phone and a small first aid kit.

About Crinkle Crags - Long Top

Long Top is the highest of the Crinkle Crags, a rough, knobbly ridge above Great Langdale with a rock step known as the Bad Step. More about Crinkle Crags - Long Top, with the live forecast.

On the lists: Wainwright, Hewitt, Nuttall, HuMP, Birkett.

Extend the walk: tops near the summit

• Crinkle Crags South Top (834 m), 0.3 km south-east
• Shelter Crags (815 m), 0.5 km north
• Shelter Crags North Top (776 m), 0.9 km north
• Great Knott (695 m), 1.2 km south-east
• Cold Pike Far West Top (669 m), 1.4 km south-east
• Little Stand (740 m), 1.5 km south

Challenges that include Crinkle Crags - Long Top

• Hewitts · 523
• Nuttalls · 442
• Wainwrights · 214

More walks from Old Dungeon Ghyll car park, Great Langdale

Routes in Peakify's guides that start within 500 m of this one, for another day from the same car park.

• Great Langdale via Rossett Gill up Allen Crags
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• Climbers' Traverse up Bowfell
• Great Langdale via Red Tarn up Cold Pike
• Great Langdale via Rossett Gill and Esk Hause up Esk Pike
• Langdale via Rossett Ghyll and Angle Tarn up Glaramara
• Old Dungeon Ghyll and the Langdale Pikes up Harrison Stickle
• Mickleden via Stake Pass up High Raise
• Old Dungeon Ghyll and the Langdale Pikes up Loft Crag
• Great Langdale via Red Tarn up Pike of Blisco
• Old Dungeon Ghyll and the Langdale Pikes up Pike of Stickle
• Old Dungeon Ghyll via Rossett Gill up Rossett Pike

Other routes up Crinkle Crags - Long Top

In an emergency

Call 999, ask for the police and then mountain rescue. Give your location (the start is at NY 286 061, the summit at NY 248 048), what happened and how many are in your group. If you have no signal for a call, a text to 999 works once you have registered your phone with emergencySMS: text "register" to 999 before you go.

Old Dungeon Ghyll via Oxendale and Red Tarn: questions and answers

How far is Old Dungeon Ghyll via Oxendale and Red Tarn?

Old Dungeon Ghyll via Oxendale and Red Tarn is 6.0 km one way to the summit of Crinkle Crags - Long Top, with 782 m of ascent. There and back by the same way is about 12.0 km.

How long does Old Dungeon Ghyll via Oxendale and Red Tarn take?

About 2h 30m to the summit of Crinkle Crags - Long Top and 3h 40m there and back by Naismith's rule (5 km/h plus 10 minutes per 100 m of ascent), before stops. A relaxed group takes nearer 4h 35m for the round trip.

Where do you park for Old Dungeon Ghyll via Oxendale and Red Tarn?

Old Dungeon Ghyll via Oxendale and Red Tarn starts from Old Dungeon Ghyll car park, Great Langdale. The grid reference is NY 286 061.

Is Old Dungeon Ghyll via Oxendale and Red Tarn suitable for beginners?

Not as a first mountain. Peakify grades it Hard: steep, rough ground where a slip matters. Build up on an easier route first.

What time should I start Old Dungeon Ghyll via Oxendale and Red Tarn today?

By 13:26 at the latest. Sunset on Crinkle Crags - Long Top today is 18:06, Old Dungeon Ghyll via Oxendale and Red Tarn takes about 3h 40m there and back, and that leaves an hour for stops. Start earlier in winter or if the forecast turns.

Is there a GPX for Old Dungeon Ghyll via Oxendale and Red Tarn?

Not yet. The Peakify iPhone app can plan the route and export a GPX (Peakify Pro).