High Rigg
357m (1172ft)
The Central Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 5.25ml (8.5km) |
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| Ascent: | 1,414ft (431m) |
| Time: | 3½ hrs |
| Grade: |  (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Legburthwaite Car Park - A591 - Long Band - Cowrake Head - Moss Crag - High Rigg - Carlisle Diocese Youth Centre - St John's In The Vale Church - Low Bridge Farm - Legburthwaite Car Park
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 11.25ml (18km) |
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| Ascent: | 3,965ft (1,208m) |
| Time: | 8.25hrs |
| Grade: |  (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Legburthwaite Car Park - A591 - Long Band - Cowrake Head - Moss Crag - High Rigg - Carlisle Diocese Youth Centre - St John's In The Vale Church - B5322 - Wanthwaite Bank - Threlkeld Knotts - Buck Castles - Clough Head - Calfhow Pike - Great Dodd - Watson's Dodd - Stybarrow Dodd - Sticks Pass - Legburthwaite Car Park
Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged High Rigg
Nick Tippins walked up High Rigg on March 23rd, 2025 [from/via/route] c334: High Rigg from Legburthwaite [with] Fran
Sarah Gunn climbed High Rigg on February 26th, 2024 [from/via/route] From Littletown [with] Martin Gunn, Dan Gunn and Shannon Worton
James Hughes bagged High Rigg on March 19th, 2024 [from/via/route] c334 High Rigg from Legburthwaite [with] Sara [weather] Cloudy but cleared - Learned about infinity pool. Nice walk with jets flying over. Views out to Castlerigg Stone Circle
Angeline Grieveson hiked High Rigg on October 29th, 2023 [with] Rick & Dotty
Mr M A Blanchard summited High Rigg on June 26th, 2024 [from/via/route] With all the mutts [with] Florence, Millie and Woodie and Ted [weather] Sunny warm
Adrian Howard conquered High Rigg on May 13th, 2024 [from/via/route] From Castlerigg Stone Circle-Naddle Bridge- Tewet Tarn- Low Rigg- High Rigg- Memorial Stone- Nest Brow- Stone Circle.
David Higginbottom scaled High Rigg on April 28th, 2024 [from/via/route] Own 8.5k loop from burns campsite [with] Carolyn [weather] Clear
Andrew Thornton walked up High Rigg on August 9th, 2023 [from/via/route] A591 [with] Jenny [weather] Overcast - Lots of bracken.
Stephen Batson climbed High Rigg on April 15th, 2023 [from/via/route] The youth centre [weather] Sunny - Not a soul about until the very end
Ian Ashton bagged High Rigg on May 29th, 2023 [from/via/route] I [with] Family and taylors
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of High Rigg
Carl Side, Skiddaw and Lonscale Fell (centre left), Great Calva (centre) and Belncathra or Saddleback, Bannerdale Crags and Souther Fell (centre right) from the summit of High Rigg
Looking North along the High Rigg Ridge to Skiddaw (left) and Blencathra or Saddleback (Hallsfell Top) (right)
The North Western Fells (far left distance), Carl Side, Skiddaw and Lonscale Fell (centre left), Great Calva (centre) and Belncathra or Saddleback, Bannerdale Crags and Souther Fell (centre right) and the shoulder of Clough Head (far right) from the summit of High Rigg
Looking North along the High Rigg Ridge to Skiddaw (left) and Blencathra or Saddleback (Hallsfell Top) (right)
Clough Head, Fisher's Wife's Rake, Calfhow Pike, Great Dodd, Watson's Dodd, Stybarrow Dodd, Raise (Helvellyn) and Helvellyn from the summit of High Rigg
High Rigg summit cairn - with Blencathra or Saddleback (Hallsfell Top) beyond
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