Rogan's Seat
672m (2205ft)
The Northern Dales Area, The Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 11ml (17.5km) |
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| Ascent: | 2,681ft (817m) |
| Time: | 6.75hrs |
| Grade: |  (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Keld - The Pennine Way - The Herriot Way - The River Swale - Swaledale - Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk - Kisdon Force - Crackpot Hall - Swinner Gill - Hind Hole Beck - Swinner Gill Lead Mines - East Grain - High Stone Man - Rogan's Seat - Moor Hen Nest - Water Crag (Arkengarthdale) - Blakethwaite Gill - Blakethwaite Meres - Blakethwaite Dams - Gunnerside Gill - Eweleap Scar - Bling Gill - Lownathwaite Mea - High Whim - Swinner Gill - Kisdon Force - Crackpot Hall - Keld
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Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Rogan's Seat
Caroline Winter walked up Rogan's Seat on August 29th, 2022 [from/via/route] Keld, river Swale, Crackpot hall, tracks north to Rogans seat, East Gill head, down gill. [with] Becky [weather] Warm & humid. Great views - Reported as an uninteresting top, but the walk most interesting & scenic. Stopped by waterfalls over the Swale. Wide, distinctive path all the way to the top.
Michael Naylor climbed it on April 3rd, 2019 [from/via/route] Keld, Crackpot, Swinners Gill [weather] Overcast
Margaret Richards bagged it on August 23rd, 2018 [from/via/route] Keld [with] Don [weather] Cool & dry till lunchtime then hard rain - got a bit lost despite following the river, climbing over & through fences, inadequate directions. Rogan's Seat itself is a tad disappointing, very small & the pipe is weird. But magnificent views.
Kevin Foster hiked Rogan's Seat on August 27th, 2017 [from/via/route] Muker [with] By myself [weather] Perfect conditions; sunny with a cool breeze - Crossing the Swale at Ramps Holme bridge I followed the old corpse way upstream in very pleasant surroundings. Nearing Swinner Gill I then climbed steeply from the path I was on to reach a higher path contouring the valley. This path although good at first became quite 'scrambly' as it dropped then climbed steeply out of the Swinner Gill gorge. Now on the left bank I followed a decent path again to the little bridge at the disused Swinner Gill Lead mine. Evidence, the first of many, of the lead mining activity that was prevalent around here in the 18th & 19th centuries. I now joined up with the Coast to Coast route briefly as it climbed beside East Grain out of Swinner Gill. The badly eroded path is undergoing repairs at the moment & it was strange to find a digger near the top of the climb. Route finding was easy now as I joined the shooters track to a gate then shortly after turned left on an unsigned shooters track heading North straight for Rogan's Seat. After about a mile & a half of easy walking I reached the summit & had a quick lunch before wandering across to the small cairn on a peaty knoll to the left of the path. The far reaching views were fantastic especially to the head of Swaledale & the Buttertubs pass. North the view was dominated by my next objective Water Crag.
Mark Davidson summited on September 25th, 2008 [with] Mike [weather] Bit cloudy but dry
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