Scar Crags

Scar Crags is a fell in the north western part of the English Lake District in the county of Cumbria.

It is one of the Coledale group of fells situated seven kilometres (4+1⁄4 miles) south west of Keswick and reaches a height of 672 metres (2,205 ft).

Scar Crags is more usually approached from the east along the ridge from Causey Pike or from the west from Sail.

It is a busy fell as it is part of the Coledale Round, a 17.5-kilometre (11-mile) walk starting and finishing at Braithwaite or Stair in the Newlands valley and including the other nearby fells of Grisedale Pike, Hopegill Head, Eel Crag, Sail, and Causey Pike with over 1,300 metres (4,300 ft) of ascent.

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