High Snockrigg
526m (1726ft)
The North Western Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
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See High Snockrigg and the surrounding tops on our free-to-access 'Google Style' Peak Bagging Maps:
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*Walk & bag all 29 Wainwrights in The North Western Fells area of The Lake District in just 7 easy-to-follow circular walks.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 4.75ml (7.5km) |
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| Ascent: | 2,363ft (720m) |
| Time: | 4.25hrs |
| Grade: |  (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Buttermere - Dalegarth - Hassnesshow Beck - Goat Crag - Goat Gills - Robinson - Buttermere Moss - High Snockrigg - Buttermere
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 14.5ml (23km) |
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| Ascent: | 5,409ft (1,648m) |
| Time: | 11 hrs |
| Grade: |  (Very Hard) |
Route Summary:
Hawes End - Derwent Water - Skelgill Bank - Woodford's Path - Cat Bells (Catbells) - Maiden Moor - High Spy (North Top) - High Spy - Dalehead Tarn - Dale Head (Newlands) - Hindscarth - Littledale Edge - Robinson - High Snockrigg - Moss Force - Newlands Hause - Knott Rigg - Ard Crags - Birkrigg - Keskerdale Beck - Newlands Church - Newlands Beck - Little Town - Skelgill Farm - Hawes End Derwent Water.
Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged High Snockrigg
Christine Shepherd walked up High Snockrigg on September 4th, 2018 [from/via/route] Buttermere [with] On my own [weather] Lovely walking weather - Brilliant views from this summit. An easy ascent from Newland Hawes. Climbed again from Buttermere as part of the 10 in 10 challenge in 2019 & again on 7.6.22
Mark Smith climbed High Snockrigg on April 5th, 2009 [from/via/route] Buttermere
Andrew Flynn bagged High Snockrigg on August 8th, 2020 [from/via/route] c459 The Greater Newlands Horseshoe from Hawes End [with] Nicola [weather] Very very sunny - Ran out of water with approx 7 miles to go. A lot of lessons learnt that day.
Mark Davidson hiked High Snockrigg on June 9th, 2003 [with] Alone [weather] Lovely & sunny
Louise Sandwith, Lindsay Goodall and Jeanette Coward have all walked, climbed & bagged High Snockrigg.
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of High Snockrigg
High Snockrigg and Robinson, Buttermere and Fleetwith Pike from the summit of Hen Comb
Rannerdale Knotts (foreground) and Crummack Water with Mellbreak beyond from High Snockrigg
Looking over Buttermere to High Snockrigg with Grasmoor in the distance from Scarth Gap
Whiteless Pike (left), High Snockrigg and Robinson (right) and Crummock Water from Black Beck (Mosedale)
Buttermere (below), Whitless Pike (left) and High Snockrigg (right) from Ling Comb
The summit of Ard Crags with the shoulder of Robinson and High Snockrigg beyond
High Snockrigg, Robinson, Hindscarth and Dale Head (Newlands) above Dodd (Buttermere) and Buttermere Lake from Red Pike (Buttermere)
Russ with High Snockrigg, Robinson and Buttermere in the background from above from Burtness Wood
The flank of Hay Stacks (Haystacks), High Crag and High Stile (left), Mellbreak, Buttermere and Crummock Water (centre) with Grasmoor and High Snockrigg (right) from Fleetwith Pike
High Stile (left) Buttermere, Mellbreak, Rannerdale Knotts, High Snockrigg and Grasmoor (right) from the summit of Fleetwith Pike
Buttermere Lake with High Snockrigg beyond from near High Wax Knott above Peggy's Bridge (on the way to Hay Stacks)
High Stile (left) Buttermere, Mellbreak, Rannerdale Knotts, High Snockrigg, Grasmoor and the shoulder of Robinson (right) from the summit of Fleetwith Pike
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