Walk Route Map c368 Nine Standards Rigg from Kirkby Stephen

Walk c368 Nine Standards Rigg from Kirkby Stephen

The route Wainwright should have taken

Vital Statistics:

Length:	13¾mls (22km)
Ascent:	2,507ft (764m)
Time:	7½hrs
Grade:

Map with easy-to-follow route details for walk c368 Nine Standards Rigg from Kirkby Stephen pdf

Route outline for walk c368:

Kirkby Stephen - Market Square - Frank's Bridge - The River Eden - Ladthwaite Beck - Ewbank Scar - Birkett Hill - Ladthwaite Farm - Faraday Gill - Nine Standards Rigg - White Mossy Hill - Coldbergh Scar - Dukerdale Head - Dukerdale Pots - Rigg Beck - Nateby Common (Tailbridge Hill) - Green Hill - Stank Hill - Great Bell (Long Crag) - Kitchen Gill - B6259 - Nateby - The River Eden - Kirkby Stephen

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Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

1
English
Mountain

0
Wainwrights

1
English
Nuttall

1
English
Dewey

0
Wainwright
Outlying Fells

1
Marilyn

0
Bridgets

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is Nine Standards Rigg at 662m (2172ft). Nine Standards Rigg is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (134th highest in England, 229th highest in England & Wales)

Nine Standards Rigg is also known as an English Nuttall (180th highest in England, 306th highest in England & Wales) and an English Marilyn (43rd highest in England, 673rd highest in the UK).

The summit of Nine Standards Rigg is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.

Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Nateby Common (Tailbridge Hill) at 547m (1795ft). Nateby Common (Tailbridge Hill) is also known as an English Dewey (76th highest in England, 178th in England & Wales)

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1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (the ones with orange/yellow covers):

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1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (the ones with pink/magenta covers):

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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c368 Nine Standards Rigg from Kirkby Stephen

In no particular order . . .

Glenridding and The Helvellyn Massiff from Long Crag on the shores of Ullswater

Photo: Alex Malcolm (28)

Nine Standards Rigg

Photo: Alan Wainwright (96)

High Dukerdale from Birkett Hill

Photo: Alan Wainwright (88)

Hartley Birkett from Birkett Hill

Photo: Alan Wainwright (90)

Nine Standards Rigg summit in mist

Photo: Christine Shepherd (49)

Birkett Fell from Ladthwaite Beck

Photo: Alan Wainwright (85)

Birkett Fell from near Ladthwaite Farm

Photo: Alan Wainwright (92)

Jack Standards Cairn on White Mossy Hill

Photo: Alan Wainwright (101)

The Vale of Eden from Birkett Hill

Photo: Alan Wainwright (91)

Ladthwaite Beck

Photo: Alan Wainwright (86)

Nine Standards Rigg trig point

Photo: Alan Wainwright (99)

High Dukerdale from Birkett Hill summit

Photo: Alan Wainwright (87)

Wild Boar Fell from Great Bell (Long Crag)

Photo: Alan Wainwright (105)

Birkett Hill summit rocks

Photo: Alan Wainwright (89)

Coldbergh Scar

Photo: Alan Wainwright (102)

Ladthwaite Beck

Photo: Alan Wainwright (84)

On Nine Standards Rigg

Photo: Alan Wainwright (97)

Faraday Gill on the way to Nine Standards Rigg

Photo: Alan Wainwright (95)

Ewbank Scar, Ladthwaite Beck

Photo: Alan Wainwright (83)

Nine Standards Rigg from White Mossy Hill summit cairn

Photo: Alan Wainwright (100)

Looking down Rigg Beck from Dukerdale Head

Photo: Paul Holroyd (13)

Early morning above Rigg Beck

Photo: David Hayter (81)

The River Eden from Frank's Bridge, Kirkby Stephen

Photo: Alan Wainwright (79)

The River Eden, Kirkby Stephen

Photo: Alan Wainwright (81)

Nateby Common (Tailbridge Hill) summit cairn

Photo: Alan Wainwright (104)

Nine Standards Rigg trig point

Photo: Alan Wainwright (98)

Frank's Bridge over The River Eden, Kirkby Stephen

Photo: Alan Wainwright (80)

Dukerdale Head

Photo: Alan Wainwright (103)

Podgill Viaduct and the Vale of Eden

Photo: Alan Wainwright (82)

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