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The fell is always climbed from the
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Birks reaches a height of 622 metres (2,041 feet) and is characterised by a grassy summit ridge which has precipitous craggy slopes to the north and west which fall away to the valley of
Grisedale, its southern flank is steep and grassy and ends in the valley of Deepdale and to the north east the
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Thornhow End and finds a way through Black Crags at attain the top of the fell. Most walkers who climb Birks will continue on to St Sunday Crag which is a comfortable climb of about 240 metres (790 ft) with a few small dips on the ridge.
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Birks seen across Hag Beck from
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92:Coordinates
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652:Patterdale
636:Categories
612:White Side
577:Red Screes
527:Heron Pike
502:Great Rigg
492:Great Dodd
341:References
312:sills and
306:sandstones
278:prominence
268:Topography
250:Patterdale
226:Landranger
102:54°31′12″N
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512:Hart Side
507:Hart Crag
477:Fairfield
472:Dove Crag
335:Ullswater
130:Geography
105:2°57′22″W
44:Elevation
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562:Nab Scar
552:Low Pike
310:andesite
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218:Topo map
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171:Location
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300:Geology
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175:Cumbria
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