Falcon Craig

About Falcon Craig

Standing as a rugged, craggy shoulder of Swatte Fell within the Moffat Hills, this summit offers a dramatic contrast to the region’s typically rounded slopes. Its steep eastern face drops sharply into the deep glacial corrie of Blackhope, providing an impressive vantage point over the Hart Fell Horseshoe.

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• •The name Falcon Craig is literal, referring to the Peregrine falcons that have historically nested in the steep, inaccessible rock faces of the eastern corrie. 'Craig' is the Scots variant of the Gaelic 'creag', meaning a rocky outcrop or cliff.
• •The hill is home to the Coomb Craig ridge, a classic Southern Uplands scramble that once featured on the cover of an Ordnance Survey map. It provides a much more direct and exciting ascent than the grassy slopes found to the west.
• •Below the summit lies the impressive Blackhope, one of the deepest and most dramatic glacial corries in the Southern Uplands. From the top, you can look directly across the abyss to the sharp, narrow ridge of Saddle Yoke.
• •While the Southern Uplands are often dismissed as mere rolling green hills, the eastern face of Falcon Craig is quite happy to prove otherwise to anyone who misjudges their footing in the mist.