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Name: | Hawk Rigg |
Hill number: | 3876 |
Height: | 441m / 1447ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2634 The Old Man of Coniston [Coniston Old Man] |
RHB Section: | 34D: Southern Cumbria |
Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Lake District - Southern Fells |
County/UA: | Westmorland and Furness |
Catchment: | Leven (Ulverston) |
Class: | Birkett (B) |
Grid ref: | NY 29951 01487 |
Summit feature: | rock |
Drop: | 11m |
Col: | 430m NY299015 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 89 90 (1:25k) OL6N |
Observations: | highest point is N of little tarn at NY 29950 01524 |
Survey: | Abney level |
Comments: | Hawk Rigg (Synge) is hill 3879 High Fell [Hawk Rigg] |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 252 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
From the car park in Low free Tilberthwaite for Birketts Six and a quarter mile Tilberthwaite and Yewdale walk. Ten tops with aditional excursions to Birk fell man, Lad stones and Yewdale crag. Completed in around Six and half hours. | WAYNE ROWLETT | 27/01/2024 |
Started off at Tilberthwaite and walked up the Langdale Fells, then on to Wetherlam. From there, headed out to Grey Friar and descended Wet Side Edge. From there, a climb up to the Tilberthwaite Fells. | oldbagger27 | 18/04/2023 |
Round of Coniston Fells from Coniston. Path up by Long Crag, levelling out then diversion to Yewdale Crag. Continued on to Brackeny Crag, then NNW to cross Tilberthwaite Gill and climb Blake Rigg, Haystacks, Hawk Rigg, High Fell. Crossed a marshy area to climb Great Intake then return to cross Tilberthwaite Gill and head S to join path. At high point headed off to climb Kitty Crag, Long Crag, High Wythow, Low Wythow and descend SSE to rejoin outward route. Mist and continuous rain for much of route. | RobertP | 05/11/2022 |
A superb morning of Birketts and Synges from the Tilberthwaite CP. Blake Rigg, Haystacks, Hawk Rigg, High Fell, Birk Fell Man and Great Intake. Approached along Dry Cove path and returned via the Quarry track. | summitter | 18/10/2022 |
Parked at 30632 01012 and did Birkett walk CON 3. 7.22 miles, 4 hours 5 mins. | clivevilla | 16/10/2022 |
A really delightful circuit from Tilberthwaite of Blake Rigg, Haystacks, Hawk Rigg, both tops of Birk Fell Man, High Fell and both tops of Great Intake. Waterfalls, quarries being reclaimed by nature, mountain larches in dance-like poses and a succession of interesting tops. | Nick Down1 | 04/05/2022 |
From Haystacks. Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 23/03/2022 |
From the Tilberthwaite car park & Tilberthwaite Gill. Straightforward climb up from the path. Blake Rigg - Haystacks - Hawk Rigg - Birk Fell Man - High Fell - Great Intake | DanMaisieBex | 31/12/2021 |
An exploration of the Birketts and Synges on Wetherlam, including: Blake Rigg, Haystacks, Hawk Rigg, High Fell (Hawk Rigg), Great Intake – Low Fell, Birk Fell Man (Birk Fell), Wetherlam, Black Sails, Lad Stones, Kitty Crag, Long Crag – Yewdale Fells, High Wythow, Low Wythow, Yewdale Crag, and Brackeny Crag. 16km with 1000m of ascent in 6h 40m. (S) | silveracorn_alan | 10/07/2021 |
Yewdale and Tilberthwaite Birketts | tomd4 | 25/04/2021 |
Circular from Tilberthwaite with Jules and Jill ( including Wetherlam ) | Grey Hare | 11/07/2020 |
Revisit | Dave Geere | 04/02/2020 |
Birkett 3 with Pete | Dave Geere | 10/11/2019 |
From Birk Fell Man | Isbjorn | 14/10/2019 |
A clockwise circuit of the Tilberthwaite Fells while the clag clung to the higher hills.. Tilberthwaite-Yewdale Beck-Blake Rigg-Haystacks-Hawk Rigg-Birk Fell Man-High Fell-Great Intake then followed track down through quarry back to Tilberthwaite. On own. | MorecambeMonkey | 05/10/2019 |
LAST DAY OF A WEEK AT LANGDLAE CAMPSITE AND STILL FINE AND DRY. STARTED IN LITTLE LANGDALE AT FELL PLACE AND FOLLOWED TRACK AND WALL UP TO COL THEN LEFT OVER LADDER STILE TO GREAT INTAKE. THEN FOLLOWED BIRKETT'S ROUTE OVER HIGH FELL AND HAWK RIGG. DROPPED ONTO GOOD PATH TO DO BIRK FELL MAN AND BACK, THEN CONTINUED BIRKETT'S ROUTE OVER HAYSTACKS, BLAKE RIGG, KITTY CRAG, LONG CRAG, HIGH WYTHOW, LOW WYTHOW AND BRACKENY CRAG. A LONG DAY BUT COMPLETED 31 BIRKETTS IN A WEEK FROM LANGDALE. | BURGESS | 14/07/2019 |
From Tilberthwaite for a round of 11 Berketts. | rhalstead | 22/04/2019 |
From High Fell, on to Haystacks. | Wycombe Wanderer | 14/04/2019 |
A round of 6 Tilberthwaite hills from free parking area (NY 3063 0100). Blake Rigg -> Haystacks -> Hawk Rigg -> Birk Fell Man -> High Fell -> Great Intake. Returned via the (working) quarry track. Nice round over some rough and steep ground, minor scrambling invloved. | jonglew | 21/01/2019 |
A short day with Dave bagging the Tilberthwaite Birketts. Parked at High Tilberthwaite carpark, walked to Cathedral Quarry cavern and Slaters Bridge then up to Great Intake, High Fell, Hawk Rigg, Haystacks (Tilberthwaite) and Blake Rigg. Constant drizzle, some heavier showers, a grey wet day; but mild and no wind. | Skip | 01/12/2018 |
Debs and Tali. Birthday Birketts. 11 to the east and south of Wetherlam | Mountain Goat | 23/10/2018 |
Solo cause Lola, Hendrix, Helen & Ronnie didn't fancy the hill.... 
Elter Wether bad weather route | Littledave | 05/10/2018 |
On the Wetherlam round from Tilberthwaite. | BobHancock | 25/08/2018 |
Steep path up through Larch trees to a Rupert bear summit. | Karmakarl | 14/04/2018 |
CJ BW MJ KJ SW JW LISHA | chrisj1965 | 13/04/2018 |
KeithByTheC | 24/11/2017 | |
#3 of the 6 local Birketts | bardolph | 17/04/2017 |
Start Low Tilberthwaite,Great intake, High Fell,Birk Fell Man,Hawk Rigg,Haystacks,Blake Rigg,Kitty Crag,Long Crag,High Wythow,Low Wythow,Brackeny Crag,Low Tilberthwaite.Sunny spells and breezy.Approx 8.5 miles and over 2,000 ft of climbing. | jocks1 | 06/04/2017 |
Parked in the large car park in Tilberthwaite. The 4th summit in a round of the 11 Tilberthwaite & Yewdale Fell Birketts (inc. Birk Fell Man), starting with Great Intake & finishing on Brackeny Crag. (PM) | gerrybowes | 24/03/2017 |
Last Lakes day of 2016, bagging a few Birketts north of Coniston from Tilberthwaite. Nice morning with mist above 550m so stuck to lower fells. Blake Rigg - Haystacks - HAWK RIGG - High Fell - Birk Man - Great Intake | citygent | 29/12/2016 |
Wetherlam Birketts Circuit | Ajm0310 | 07/11/2016 |
On Birkett round from Tilberthwaite | Northender | 26/03/2016 |
Wetherlam, Birk fell, Hawk Rigg, High Fell, Low Fell, Haystacks and Blake Rigg then back to Coniston bus stop via Yewdale Fells. | Eddie | 03/02/2016 |
From Tilberthwaite with A,C,M &N on way up to Wetherlam via a few Birketts. | PeterD | 27/12/2015 |
Circular walk from Tilberthwaite on very sunny(but not overly warm)day-Hawk Rigg-High Fell-Birk Fell Man-Wetherlam(revisit)-Lad Stones-Tilberthwaite.With Oscar and Catman. | rosiebridge | 06/09/2015 |
With Bridget and Catman. | oscarrosie | 06/09/2015 |
With Bridget and Oscar. | catman | 06/09/2015 |
From Tilberthwaite car park. Blake Rigg, Haystacks, Hawk Rigg, Birk Fell Man, High Fell, Great Intake - Low Fell and Holme Fell. Some great views over the Wrynose pass and out to the Langdale Pikes. | AlunRees31 | 22/07/2015 |
From Tilberthwaite car park. Blake Rigg, Haystacks, Hawk Rigg, Birk Fell Man, High Fell, Great Intake - Low Fell and Holme Fell. Some great views over the Wrynose pass and out to the Langdale Pikes. | Alunrees33 | 22/07/2015 |
Solo | simon and co | 19/06/2015 |
R run Rob Trev | Richard Tait | 12/05/2015 |
On a fine but windy day with Viv, Barbara, Kath, Roger and Peter from East Lancs LDWA. Kath's 50th birthday walk. | Phreerunner | 11/12/2014 |
After Blake Rigg and Haystacks on circuit. Think the top 35m or so further N on other side of summit pond looks higher than 'official' one. | Aye Jimmy | 04/08/2014 |
Climbed from Tilberthwate using Birketts route over 10 tops | robert | 23/07/2014 |
From High Fell | rb | 28/03/2014 |
Part of a long day bagging Birketts and other tops, Fifteen summits thirteen of which were new and about a dozen cairns destroyed. Great result. | thenomad | 27/03/2014 |
with Tony from little langdale low clouds never saw top of any high fells all day very wet | colinfielding | 25/03/2014 |
Brown Pike, Buck Pike, Dow Crag, The Old Man of Coniston, Brim Fell, Little How Crags, Great How, Grey Friar, Great Carrs, Swirl How, Wetherlam, Birk Fell Man, High Fell, Hawk Rigg, Haystacks, Blake Rigg. | keithouk | 16/03/2014 |
From Tilberthwaite and as part of the way to Birk Fell Man | moorsman | 06/03/2014 |
From Haystacks with Éire, Evan, Sail, Danú, Coel & Alfie. | Dangerous Dave | 09/07/2013 |