Ulthwaite Rigg
500m (1641ft)
The Far Eastern Marches, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
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You can walk/hike to the top of Ulthwaite Rigg by using either of these 2 easy‑to‑follow route maps:
Walk c492 Sleddale Pike, Wasdale Pike, Great Yarlside, Great Saddle Crag and Ulthwaite Rigg from Wet Sleddale Reservoir
Wild, pathless fells - blissfully quiet
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 10.5mls (17km) |
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| Ascent: | 1,411ft (430m) |
| Time: | 2.25hrs |
| Grade: |  (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Wet Sleddale Reservoir - Poor Hag Wood - Poorhag Gill - Wetsleddale Moor Lunch House - Howe Gill - The Shap Fells - Gray Bull - Sherry Gill - Sleddale Pike - Wasdale Pike - Great Yarlside - Great Saddle Crag - Ulthwaite Rigg - Sleddale Hall - Michael Moss - Sleddale Beck - Wet Sleddale Reservoir
Walk c431 The Wet Sleddale Wainwright Outlying Fells
Wild, pathless fells - blissfully quiet
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 11.25mls (18km) |
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| Ascent: | 1,614ft (492m) |
| Time: | 5.75hrs |
| Grade: |  (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Wet Sladdale Reservoir - Poor Hag Wood - Poorhag Gill - Wetsleddale Moor Lunch House - Howe Gill - The Shap Fells - Gray Bull - Sherry Gill - Sleddale Pike - Wasdale Pike - Great Yarlside - Great Saddle Crag - Ulthwaite Rigg - Scam Matthew - High Wether Howe - Haskew Tarn - Seat Robert - Gambling Crag - Willy Winder Hill - Great Ladstones - Bleak Hill - Willy Fold - White Crag - Michael Moss - Sleddale Hall - Sleddale Beck - Wet Sladdale Reservoir.
See Ulthwaite Rigg and the surrounding tops on our free-to-access 'Google Style' Peak Bagging Maps:
The Far Eastern Marches area of The Lake District National Park
Less data - quicker to download
The Whole of The Lake District National Park
More data - might take a little longer to download
A go4awalk.com downloadable Peak Bagging Map in PDF format featuring Ulthwaite Rigg should be available soon.
You can find Ulthwaite Rigg & all the walks that climb it on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps:
1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Maps (orange/yellow covers):
1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (pink/magenta covers):
Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, scaled, summited, hiked & bagged Ulthwaite Rigg
Christine Shepherd walked up Ulthwaite Rigg on September 22nd, 2015 [from/via/route] Walked from the car park at the dam end of Wet Sleddale Reservoir using Wainwright's outlying fells. [with] On my own [weather] Lovely & sunny with a light breeze.
Mark Davidson climbed it on September 22nd, 2014 [with] Alone [weather] Nice & sunny for late September - Lots of tussocky grass & bog - not many paths
Louise Sandwith and David Preston have both walked, climbed & bagged Ulthwaite Rigg.
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