The name comes from the Old English cringol, meaning twisted or wrinkled, and that's just what the skyline looks like from Great Langdale: five rocky bumps in a row. The highest is Long Top, the second crinkle, and it's topped by a cairn, and heading north to south, many walkers are caught out by the Bad Step, a short, awkward drop that can be avoided, while Three Tarns sits in the gap below Bowfell.
New to the Wainwrights?Read our guide: What Are The Wainwrights?Cairn
Rough Borrowdale volcanic tuffs and ignimbrite, a broken ridge of knolls, gullies and scree.
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Also on this route: Bowfell, Pike o' Blisco, Cold Pike, Rossett Pike
Safety: Routes are a guide only. Carry a map and compass and know how to use them, check the weather before you go, and turn back if in doubt. You use this route at your own risk.
