St Sunday Crag

[1] St Sunday Crag is the high point on the north-eastern ridge of Fairfield, which runs for two miles before descending to the valley floor behind Patterdale village.

From the flat Fairfield summit a rough slope descends over the subsidiary top of Cofa Pike to the col at Deepdale Hause at about 680 metres (2,200 ft).

Below Gavel Pike is the further top of Lord's Seat before the short east ridge falls away over rough ground to Deepdale.

A series of vertical gullies slice through the crags, which together with the intervening ridges provide sport for scramblers and climbers.

Geologically the summit area is andesite, overlaying the St Sunday Crag Member, a 50-metre-thick layer of rhyodactic lapilli tuff which breaks the surface on the east ridge.

A quartz cross, now hard to find amid the bilberry, lies above the crags marking the top of East Chockstone Gully.

Arnison Crag can also be thrown in for good measure and the north-east ridge gives fantastic rearward views of Ullswater.