Rock Climbing
Dow Crag is composed of rhyolite and has an approximately 100 metre rock face with over 100 recognised climbing routes including:
- Giant's Crawl
- 'C' Ordinary Route
- Hopkinson's Crack
- Eliminate 'A'
- Leopard's Crawl
- Nimrod
- Side Walk
- Holocaust
- Tumble
- The Shining Path
South Rake is a scree filled gully towards the south of the crag, and is the easiest way up the crag, being a fairly easy scramble, especially for the less agile.
Dow is noted for being particularly cold, bleak and exposed, especially in summer, typical of the Cumbrian season. Dow Crag is usually approached from the Walna Scar road which connects the Duddon Valley with Coniston.
See UK Climbing crag database
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