Rough Crag (Riggindale)
628m (2060ft)
The Far Eastern Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 6ml (9.5km) |
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| Ascent: | 2,202ft (671m) |
| Time: | 4½ hrs |
| Grade: |  (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Mardale Head - Haweswater Reservoir - The Rigg - Swine Crag (Riggindale) - Heron Crag (Riggindale) - Eagle Crag (Riggindale) - Rough Crag (Riggindale) - Caspel Gate - Riggindale Crag - Long Stile - High Street - Rough Crag (Riggindale) - Eagle Crag (Riggindale) - Heron Crag (Riggindale) - Swine Crag (Riggindale) - Dudderwick - The Rigg - Mardale Head
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 7.25ml (11.5km) |
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| Ascent: | 2,745ft (837m) |
| Time: | 5½ hrs |
| Grade: |  (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Mardale Head - Haweswater Reservoir - The Rigg - Dudderwick - Swine Crag (Riggindale) - Heron Crag (Riggindale) - Rough Crag (Riggindale) - Caspel Gate - Riggindale Crag - Long Stile - High Street - Mardale Ill Bell - Nan Bield Pass - Harter Fell (Mardale) - Adam Seat - Gatescarth Pass - Mardale Head
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 11.25ml (18km) |
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| Ascent: | 3,436ft (1,047m) |
| Time: | 7½ hrs |
| Grade: | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Mardale Head - Haweswater Reservoir - Rowantreethwaite Beck - Old Corpse Road - Selside Pike - Branstree (North East Top) - Branstree (Artlecrag Pike) - Gatescarth Pass - Adam Seat - Harter Fell (Mardale) - Nan Bield Pass - Mardale Ill Bell - High Street - Riggindale Crag - Caspel Gate - Rough Crag (Riggindale) - Eagle Crag (Riggindale) - Heron Crag (Riggindale) - Swine Crag (Riggindale) - Dudderwick - The Rigg - Mardale Head
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Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Rough Crag (Riggindale)
Paul Macey walked up Rough Crag (Riggindale) on July 24th, 2018 [from/via/route] From Brothers Water using walks c251 & c204
Caroline Winter climbed it on June 3rd, 2021 [from/via/route] Mardale head CP, Riggindale edge, Rough Crag, The Knott, Rest Dodd, Rampsgill Head, High Raise, Riggindale edge [with] Becky [weather] Cloudy & warm, with dense fog in afternoon - Short cut taken to Rampsgill head from The Knott, but fog rapidly descended & needed to find Rampsgill Head by gps. Eventually, found High Raise with assistance from man familiar with area, but visibility so poor that unable to find route to Kirsty Pike, so needed to back track down Riggindale.
Christine Shepherd bagged it on February 9th, 2008 [from/via/route] Walked from Mardale Head using walk c276 Climbed again with Jenny on 7.9.19 [with] Garry and Jonathan [weather] Cold but bright
Kevin Foster hiked Rough Crag (Riggindale) on April 28th, 2019 [from/via/route] Ridge connecting High Street & Rough crag. [with] Henry. [weather] Clouds but with sunny breaks & clear visibility. Very warm when the sun was out. - There is exactly 200metres height difference & a mile distance between High Street & Rough Crag. The majority of this difference is down hill some of it very rocky & steep. Rough crags elevated perch has great views down into Riggindale & of Blea water.
Anthony Scott summited on November 28th, 2017 [from/via/route] Mardale Head car park & up onto High Street [with] me [weather] sunny but only just above freezing
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Rough Crag (Riggindale)
Blea Water with mist still shrouding High Street beyond from Rough Crag (Riggindale) summit in the snow
High Street, The Rigg and Rough Crag (Riggindale) across Haweswater Reservoir
Dudderwick and Rough Crag (Riggindale) from Mardale Head car park in the snow
The Rigg (bottom left), Rough Crag (Riggindale) and High Street with a touch of snow on it across Haweswater Reservoir from near Rowantreethwaite Beck on Mardale Banks
Overlooking the ruins of Riggindale Farm with Haweswater Reservoir beyond from the lower slopes of Rough Crag (Riggindale)
*High Street, Blea Water, Rough Crag (Riggindale), Riggindale, Kidsty Pike and Haweswater Reservoir from The Rigg
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