Walk Route Map c433 The St John's in the Vale Skyline from Legburthwaite

Walk c433 The St John's in the Vale Skyline from Legburthwaite

A fine walk with fine views

Vital Statistics:

Length:	11¼mls (18km)
Ascent:	3,965ft (1,208m)
Time:	8¼hrs
Grade:

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Route outline for walk c433:

Legburthwaite Car Park - A591 - Long Band - Cowrake Head - Moss Crag - High Rigg - Carlisle Diocese Youth Centre - St John's In The Vale Church - B5322 - Wanthwaite Bank - Threlkeld Knotts - Buck Castles - Clough Head - Calfhow Pike - Great Dodd - Watson's Dodd - Stybarrow Dodd - Sticks Pass - Legburthwaite Car Park

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Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

3
English
Mountains

5
Wainwrights

3
English
Nuttalls

0
English
Deweys

0
Wainwright
Outlying Fells

1
Marilyn

1
Bridget

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The highest point of this walk is Great Dodd at 857m (2813ft). Great Dodd is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (22nd highest in England, 45th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 19).

Great Dodd is also known as an English Nuttall (26th highest in England, 52nd highest in England & Wales).

Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Stybarrow Dodd at 843m (2767ft). Stybarrow Dodd is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (25th highest in England, 51st highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 21).

Stybarrow Dodd is also known as an English Nuttall (31st highest in England, 59th highest in England & Wales).

You will also reach the summit of Watson's Dodd at 789m (2589ft). Watson's Dodd is classified as an Wainwright (No. 41).

Along the way you will also bag:

Clough Head at 726m (2383ft). Clough Head is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (82nd highest in England, 141st highest in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 75) and an English Nuttall (103rd highest in England, 175th highest in England & Wales). The summit of Clough Head is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.

Calfhow Pike at 650m (2133ft). Calfhow Pike is known as an English Bridget.

High Rigg at 357m (1172ft). and an English Marilyn (106th highest in England, 1286th highest in the UK).

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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c433 The St John's in the Vale Skyline from Legburthwaite

In no particular order . . .

The cairn on the summit of High Rigg

Photo: Christine Shepherd (509)

Approaching mist from Great Dodd summit

Photo: Jon Nuttalls (23)

Clough Head from High Rigg

Photo: David Hayter (291)

Cairn on Little Dodd (St John%s Common)

Photo: Jon Nuttalls (20)

Blencathra from High Rigg

Photo: David Hayter (287)

Walk c433 The St John's in the Vale Skyline from Legburthwaite - 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

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

Photo: Peter Crumpler (1)

Walk c433 The St John's in the Vale Skyline from Legburthwaite - 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)

Photo: David Baines (5)

High Rigg summit cairn - with Blencathra or Saddleback (Hallsfell Top) beyond

Photo: David Baines (7)

Castle Rock on St John's Common on the lower slopes of Watson's Dodd

Photo: Jon Nuttalls (25)

High Rigg from Watson's Dodd

Photo: David Hayter (244)

Walk c433 The St John's in the Vale Skyline from Legburthwaite - 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

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

Photo: Peter Crumpler (2)

Helvellyn and Thirlmere from High Rigg

Photo: Mark Jolley (5)

Walk c433 The St John's in the Vale Skyline from Legburthwaite - A cairn below Little Dodd (St John's Common) offering good views of Thirlmere in the valley below

A cairn below Little Dodd (St John's Common) offering good views of Thirlmere in the valley below

Photo: Jon Nuttalls (24)

Blencathra (or Saddleback) from Clough Head

Photo: Gerry Ball (26)

High Rigg summit cairn

Photo: Christine Shepherd (914)

Great Dodd summit cairn

Photo: Jon Nuttalls (21)

Calfhow Pike summit cairn

Photo: Jon Nuttalls (19)

Thirlmere from Stybarrow Dodd

Photo: Andy Malcolm (29)

High Rigg summit

Photo: David Hayter (290)

Skiddaw from High Rigg

Photo: David Hayter (289)

St John's in the Vale Church

Photo: Glynn Trueman (2)

Looking North along the High Rigg Ridge to Skiddaw (left) and Blencathra or Saddleback (Hallsfell Top) (right)

Photo: David Baines (6)

Helvellyn from High Rigg

Photo: Mark Jolley (4)

Walk c433 The St John's in the Vale Skyline from Legburthwaite - 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

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

Photo: Peter Crumpler (4)

Steel Fell (Dead Pike) summit cairn

Photo: Christine Shepherd (915)

Walk c433 The St John's in the Vale Skyline from Legburthwaite - 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

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

Photo: Peter Crumpler (3)

Thirlmere from Watson's Dodd

Photo: David Hayter (245)

Walk c433 The St John's in the Vale Skyline from Legburthwaite - Whiteless Pike, Wandhope, Eel Crag, Hobcarton Pike and Grizedale Pike - with Causey Pike, Barrow (Newlands) and Derwent Water in the foreground from Clough Head

Whiteless Pike, Wandhope, Eel Crag, Hobcarton Pike and Grizedale Pike - with Causey Pike, Barrow (Newlands) and Derwent Water in the foreground from Clough Head

Photo: Gerry Ball (25)

Dodd (Skiddaw), Carl Side, Skiddaw and Lonscale Fell from Clough Head

Photo: Gerry Ball (24)

Thirlmere from High Rigg

Photo: Stephen Dawson (39)

Skiddaw from Watson's Dodd

Photo: David Hayter (243)

Legburthwaite from High Rigg

Photo: Mark Jolley (1)

*Panorama looking North West from Stybarrow Dodd

Photo: Andy Malcolm (26)

*Looking across St John's in the Vale to Blencathra

Photo: Andy Malcolm (79)

Blencathra from Threlkeld

Photo: Chris Newton (1)

Watson's Dodd Summit

Photo: David Hayter (242)

Clough Head from High Rigg

Photo: Mark Jolley (3)

Blencathra (Saddleback) from High Rigg

Photo: Mark Jolley (2)

High Rigg

Photo: David Hayter (288)

The stone wind shelter on Great Dodd summit

Photo: Jon Nuttalls (22)

Blencathra from High Rigg

Photo: Stephen Dawson (38)

Heading for Sticks Pass from Raise

Photo: Paul Coulter (14)

Stybarrow Dodd from Sticks Pass

Photo: Roy Smith (6)

St John's in the Vale Church

Photo: Mark Jolley (6)

Skye (my fellow walker) on Clough Head

Photo: Peter Sykes (4)

Keswick and Bassenthaite Lake from High Rigg

Photo: Stephen Dawson (40)

Clough Head summit trig point and wind break

Photo: Jon Nuttalls (18)

Sticks Gill from Sticks Pass

Photo: Paul Coulter (15)

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