Crinkle Crags
Local highlightThe highest of the five rocky humps that make up Crinkle Crags, on the wild ridge between Langdale and the Duddon valley
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Crinkle Crags is a line of five rocky humps — the crinkles — along a high ridge in the southern Lake District, and Long Top, at 859m, is the highest of them. The switchback of little ups and downs makes it one of the more enjoyable ridge walks in the fells, with Great Langdale on one side and the Duddon Valley on the other. Coming from the south you meet the Bad Step, a short rock scramble that can be avoided by an easier path just to the left. It’s rough, rocky ground, awkward to navigate in mist, most often walked as a long day from Great Langdale or up over Wrynose Pass.
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