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The summit lies a little way back from the brink, the smooth heather-clad hinterland then dropping to the broad depression of Low Moss. Beyond here the ground rises again to
Bleaberry Fell. The southern boundary of the fell is formed by Cat Gill, which flows west from Loss Moss to the lake. The gill
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Walla Crag makes a half day or evening walk from
Keswick and can be climbed via Brockle Beck, Great Wood (a traverse under the face) or Cat Gill. There is also a clear path from Bleaberry Fell.
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separates Walla Crag from the neighbouring Falcon Crag, popular with rock climbers. Brockle Beck flows north from Low Moss, before turning west to enter
Derwentwater at Strandshag Bay.
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404:A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells
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166:Location in Lake District, UK
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514:Grange Fell
287:plagioclase
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97:Coordinates
73:Parent peak
614:Walla Crag
594:Steel Fell
589:Silver How
574:Raven Crag
534:High Raise
519:Great Crag
504:Eagle Crag
373:References
349:The summit
335:Borrowdale
265:Topography
240:Walla Crag
160:Walla Crag
107:54°34′51″N
90:Wainwright
63:Prominence
37:Hause Gate
24:Walla Crag
599:Tarn Crag
564:Pavey Ark
554:Loft Crag
549:High Tove
544:High Seat
539:High Rigg
529:Helm Crag
499:Calf Crag
494:Blea Rigg
135:Geography
110:3°07′18″W
53:Elevation
638:Category
609:Ullscarf
401:(1958).
291:andesite
289:-phyric
231:Explorer
223:Topo map
215:NY276212
176:Location
341:Ascents
327:Keswick
319:Skiddaw
281:Geology
255:Keswick
253:, near
248:English
246:in the
209:OS grid
184:England
180:Cumbria
85:Listing
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357:Height
300:Summit
39:on the
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242:is a
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325:and
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233:OL4
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