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 . . .

Blea Water from High Street

Photo: William Ringwood (49)

Riggindale and Haweswater Reservoir from Riggindale Crag

Photo: Phillip Houlton (9)

Yoke, Ill Bell and Froswick from High Street

Photo: Phillip Houlton (14)

Haweswater Reservoir from Mardale Head

Photo: Glenn Philpott (1)

Rough Crag (Riggindale) summit in the snow

Photo: Tim Hope (84)

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)

Wonky stile on the route up Eagle Crag

Photo: Christine Shepherd (845)

*Snow on Hayeswater from High Street

Photo: Richard Nicholls (62)

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

Photo: Andy Malcolm (25)

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)

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)

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

Photo: Tim Hope (79)

High Street Summit

Photo: William Ringwood (29)

Speaking Crag, Haweswater

Photo: Andy Malcolm (24)

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 - 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)

Eagle Crag Summit

Photo: David Hayter (13)

Hayeswater with the Fairfield and Helvellyn Ridges beyond from High Street

Photo: Andy Malcolm (22)

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

Photo: Phillip Houlton (22)

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

Photo: Tim Hope (83)

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