Walk Route Map c341 High Street via Rough Crag (Riggindale) from Mardale Head

Walk c341 High Street via Rough Crag (Riggindale) from Mardale Head

An easy scramble to unsurpassed views

Vital Statistics:

Length:	6mls (9.5km)
Ascent:	2,202ft (671m)
Time:	4½hrs
Grade:

Map with easy-to-follow route details for walk c341 High Street via Rough Crag (Riggindale) from Mardale Head pdf

Route outline for walk c341:

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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Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

2
English
Mountains

2
Wainwrights

2
English
Nuttalls

0
English
Deweys

0
Wainwright
Outlying Fells

1
Marilyn

0
Bridgets

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The highest point of this walk is High Street at 828m (2717ft). High Street is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (32nd highest in England, 61st highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 25).

High Street is also known as an English Nuttall (38th highest in England, 70th highest in England & Wales) and an English Marilyn (11th highest in England, 345th highest in the UK).

The summit of High Street is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.

Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Rough Crag (Riggindale) at 628m (2060ft). Rough Crag (Riggindale) is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (163rd highest in England, 282nd highest in England & Wales)

Rough Crag (Riggindale) is also known as an English Nuttall (219th highest in England, 382nd highest in England & Wales).

You will also reach the summit of Eagle Crag at 525m (1723ft). Eagle Crag is classified as an Wainwright (No. 160).

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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c341 High Street via Rough Crag (Riggindale) from Mardale Head

In no particular order . . .

Dudderwick and Rough Crag (Riggindale) from Mardale Head car park in the snow

Photo: Tim Hope (79)

Rough Crag (Riggindale) summit in the snow

Photo: Tim Hope (84)

Rough Crag (Riggindale) from Riggindale Crag

Photo: Phillip Houlton (12)

Looking West from the summit of High Street

Photo: Jason Greenall (1)

Walk c341 High Street via Rough Crag (Riggindale) from Mardale Head - Looking back to Kidsty Howes and Haweswater from Rough Crag (Riggindale) summit in the snow

Looking back to Kidsty Howes and Haweswater from Rough Crag (Riggindale) summit in the snow

Photo: Tim Hope (86)

Walk c341 High Street via Rough Crag (Riggindale) from Mardale Head - My wife Terry and two youngest daughters Emily & Elizabeth on their 1st Wainwright (High Street) taken on a Bank Holiday Sunday a couple of years ago

My wife Terry and two youngest daughters Emily & Elizabeth on their 1st Wainwright (High Street) taken on a Bank Holiday Sunday a couple of years ago

Photo: Stephen Ellaby (3)

Walk c341 High Street via Rough Crag (Riggindale) from Mardale Head - Haweswater Reservoir, The Rigg with Branstree (Artlecrag Pike) beyond from near Castle Crag

Haweswater Reservoir, The Rigg with Branstree (Artlecrag Pike) beyond from near Castle Crag

Photo: Mike Knipe (72)

Walk c341 High Street via Rough Crag (Riggindale) from Mardale Head - Rough Crag beyond Blea Water from above Blea Water Crag between High Street and Mardale Ill Bell

Rough Crag beyond Blea Water from above Blea Water Crag between High Street and Mardale Ill Bell

Photo: Andy Malcolm (233)

*Snow on Gray Crag (Hayeswater) from High Street

Photo: Richard Nicholls (61)

Mardale Beck and High Street from Mardale Head, Haweswater Reservoir

Photo: Phillip Houlton (1)

Me on the summit of High Street in the snow

Photo: Tim Hope (89)

High Street summit

Photo: William Ringwood (50)

Hayeswater with the Fairfield and Helvellyn Ridges beyond from High Street

Photo: Andy Malcolm (22)

Snow on High Street from Haweswater Reservoir

Photo: Peter Marsh (1)

John, Andy and myself on High Street in the snow

Photo: Richard Jennings (4)

Harter Fell, Mardale Head and Haweswater Reservoir

Photo: Phillip Houlton (3)

High Street, The Rigg and Rough Crag (Riggindale) across Haweswater Reservoir

Photo: Phillip Houlton (22)

Haweswater Reservoir near Mardale Head

Photo: Phillip Houlton (2)

Blea Water from High Street

Photo: William Ringwood (49)

Walk c341 High Street via Rough Crag (Riggindale) from Mardale Head - Blea Water with mist still shrouding High Street beyond from Rough Crag (Riggindale) summit in the snow

Blea Water with mist still shrouding High Street beyond from Rough Crag (Riggindale) summit in the snow

Photo: Tim Hope (85)

Kidsty Pike from Riggindale Crag

Photo: Phillip Houlton (11)

Wonky stile on the route up Eagle Crag

Photo: Christine Shepherd (845)

High Street Summit

Photo: William Ringwood (29)

Walk c341 High Street via Rough Crag (Riggindale) from Mardale Head - The Rigg and Haweswater Reservoir from the lower slopes of Branstree (Artlecrag Pike)

The Rigg and Haweswater Reservoir from the lower slopes of Branstree (Artlecrag Pike)

Photo: Peter Marsh (2)

Speaking Crag across Haweswater Reservoir from Rowantreethwaite Beck

Photo: Andy Malcolm (237)

Haweswater Reservoir from The Rigg

Photo: Phillip Houlton (5)

Blea Water with mist shrouding High Street beyond from Dudderwick in the snow

Photo: Tim Hope (83)

A distant Lake Windermere from the summit of High Street in the snow

Photo: Tim Hope (90)

Harter Fell from The Rigg, Haweswater Reservoir

Photo: Phillip Houlton (4)

Mardale Head and Haweswater Reservoir from Rowantreethwaite Beck

Photo: Andy Malcolm (238)

Kidsty Pike from Rough Crag (Riggindale)

Photo: Phillip Houlton (8)

Speaking Crag from The Rigg, Haweswater Reservoir

Photo: David Swales (18)

Harter Fell, Mardale Head and The Rigg across Haweswater Reservoir

Photo: Phillip Houlton (23)

*Hayeswater with the Fairfield and Helvellyn Ridges beyond from High Street

Photo: Andy Malcolm (25)

Yoke, Ill Bell and Froswick from High Street

Photo: Phillip Houlton (14)

Blea Water from Rough Crag (Riggindale)

Photo: Phillip Houlton (10)

Walk c341 High Street via Rough Crag (Riggindale) from Mardale Head - The Rigg with Rough Crag (Riggindale) and High Street beyond from near Rowantreethwaite Beck, Haweswater Reservoir

The Rigg with Rough Crag (Riggindale) and High Street beyond from near Rowantreethwaite Beck, Haweswater Reservoir

Photo: Alan Stancombe (5)

High Street summit

Photo: Phillip Houlton (13)

Riggindale and Haweswater Reservoir from Riggindale Crag

Photo: Phillip Houlton (9)

Eagle Crag Summit

Photo: David Hayter (13)

Haweswater Reservoir from Mardale Head

Photo: Glenn Philpott (1)

Walk c341 High Street via Rough Crag (Riggindale) from Mardale Head - High Street (behind the tree). Straits of Riggindale, Head of Riggindale Beck and Kidsty Pike from Haweswater Reservoir

High Street (behind the tree). Straits of Riggindale, Head of Riggindale Beck and Kidsty Pike from Haweswater Reservoir

Photo: Mike Knipe (73)

Riggindale Crags in the snow

Photo: Tim Hope (88)

Eagle Crag

Photo: David Hayter (12)

Haweswater Reservoir from Rough Crag (Riggindale)

Photo: Phillip Houlton (7)

The Rigg and Haweswater Reservoir from Mardale Head car park in the snow

Photo: Tim Hope (78)

Speaking Crag, Haweswater

Photo: Andy Malcolm (24)

Blea Tarn from High Street

Photo: Matt Delemare (7)

Rough Crag (Riggindale) from High Street

Photo: William Ringwood (48)

Walk c341 High Street via Rough Crag (Riggindale) from Mardale Head - *High Street, Blea Water, Rough Crag (Riggindale), Riggindale, Kidsty Pike and Haweswater Reservoir from The Rigg

*High Street, Blea Water, Rough Crag (Riggindale), Riggindale, Kidsty Pike and Haweswater Reservoir from The Rigg

Photo: Phillip Houlton (6)

High Street summit Trig Point

Photo: Christine Shepherd (518)

Walk c341 High Street via Rough Crag (Riggindale) from Mardale Head - Overlooking the ruins of Riggindale Farm with Haweswater Reservoir beyond from the lower slopes of Rough Crag (Riggindale)

Overlooking the ruins of Riggindale Farm with Haweswater Reservoir beyond from the lower slopes of Rough Crag (Riggindale)

Photo: Andy Malcolm (236)

*Snow on Hayeswater from High Street

Photo: Richard Nicholls (62)

Kidsty Pike from Rough Crag (Riggindale) summit in the snow

Photo: Tim Hope (87)

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