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Name: | High Fell [Hawk Rigg] |
Hill number: | 3879 |
Height: | 428m / 1404ft |
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, Synge (B,Sy) |
Grid ref: | NY 30023 01704 |
Summit feature: | small cairn on rock |
Drop: | 20m |
Col: | 408m NY 29959 01654 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 90 (1:25k) OL6N OL7N |
Survey: | obvious summit |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 251 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
GuyF | 04/04/3879 | |
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 |
PhilD96 | 24/11/2023 | |
skeletonjo | 10/07/2023 | |
Hootsjimmie | 21/06/2023 | |
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 |
Scott Morley 86 | 18/03/2023 | |
ALHEJ Wilkins | 29/01/2023 | |
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 |
Wainwright Walk 6: Spider (Swirl How, Great Carrs, Grey Friar & Wetherlam) | DavidHiner | 02/10/2022 |
Michael Hood | 19/06/2022 | |
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 |
SteveG | 25/04/2022 | |
From Hawk Rigg. Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 23/03/2022 |
nigelcmason2 | 18/03/2022 | |
Dawn Oldham | 13/03/2022 | |
David Bell | 05/01/2022 | |
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 |
iainwalton | 20/12/2021 | |
RobB | 17/11/2021 | |
Lucky | 23/09/2021 | |
JohnG888 | 03/09/2021 | |
Merchant | 27/08/2021 | |
Craggy | 24/07/2021 | |
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 |
Nick Caunt | 24/05/2021 | |
adriancowl | 14/05/2021 | |
Yewdale and Tilberthwaite Birketts | tomd4 | 25/04/2021 |
Em's 2nd round | 07/12/2020 | |
Si's 2nd round | 07/12/2020 | |
davidsharpe23 | 12/09/2020 | |
Circular from Tilberthwaite (Including Wetherlam ) with Jules and Jill. | Grey Hare | 11/07/2020 |
nigelcmason | 09/07/2020 | |
Jill Robertson | 24/06/2020 | |
amblemark | 24/06/2020 | |
dickiewren | 01/06/2020 | |
ALHEJ Wilkins | 18/02/2020 | |
Revisit | Dave Geere | 04/02/2020 |
jef | 15/01/2020 | |
conanharrod | 01/01/2020 | |
Grey, then windier, then wetter 23 Km traverse of Coniston Wainwrights with a few Birkenstock’s added towards end. | davechaffey | 30/12/2019 |
Birkett 3 with Pete | Dave Geere | 10/11/2019 |
pedro1 | 10/11/2019 | |
From RoW high point at NY301018 | Isbjorn | 14/10/2019 |
Sham Sharrock | 08/10/2019 | |
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 |
DukeNukem | 16/09/2019 | |
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 |