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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 5¼mls (8.5km) |
| Ascent: | 1,414ft (431m) |
| Time: | 3½hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route outline for walk c334:
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
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
 0 English Mountains |
 1 Wainwright |
 0 English Nuttalls |
 0 English Deweys |
 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
 1 Marilyn |
 0 Bridgets |
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
The highest point of this walk is High Rigg at 357m (1172ft). High Rigg is classified as an Wainwright (No. 209).
High Rigg is also known as English Marilyn (106th highest in England, 1286th highest in the UK).
You can find more walks near this one on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps: (click/TAP to select)
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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c334 High Rigg from Legburthwaite
In no particular order . . .
Looking North along the High Rigg Ridge to Skiddaw (left) and Blencathra or Saddleback (Hallsfell Top) (right)
Looking North along the High Rigg Ridge to Skiddaw (left) and Blencathra or Saddleback (Hallsfell Top) (right)
Blencathra or Saddleback (left), Clough Head, Fisher's Wife's Rake, Calfhow Pike, Great Dodd, Watson's Dodd, Stybarrow Dodd, Raise (Helvellyn) and Helvellyn in the centre with a glimpse of Thirlmere (right) from the summit of High Rigg
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
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
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
A cairn below Little Dodd (St John's Common) offering good views of Thirlmere in the valley below
High Rigg summit cairn - with Blencathra or Saddleback (Hallsfell Top) beyond
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