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Name: | Rough Crag (Riggindale) |
Hill number: | 2568 |
Height: | 628m / 2060ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2528 High Street |
RHB Section: | 34C: Lake District - Eastern Fells |
Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Lake District - Far Eastern Fells |
County/UA: | Westmorland and Furness |
Catchment: | Eden (Carlisle) |
Class: | Simm, Hewitt, Nuttall, Birkett, Synge, Buxton & Lewis, Bridge (Tu,Sim,Hew,N,B,Sy,BL,Bg) |
Grid ref: | NY 45422 11243 |
Summit feature: | rock 4m W of cairn |
Drop: | 34m |
Col: | 594m NY450112 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 90 (1:25k) OL5S |
Observations: | rock is 20cm higher than cairn base |
Survey: | Abney level |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 710 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
On the way to First Wainright with Kelly. | paulh79 | 06/01/2024 |
From Mardale Head, Rough Crag, High Street, Thornthwaite Crag, Stony Cove Pike, Hartsop Dodd and down to Hartsop. In the clag and rain almost from the outset - only a view of Brothers Water on the descent from Hartsop Dodd. Slushy snow on High Street. With Gillian. Many thanks to Harriet for the drop off at Mardale and the wet pickup from Hartsop. | richard69 | 02/01/2024 |
Mardale circuit. 
1 of 9 | thekirkie pirate | 12/10/2023 |
Hike with hiking Manchester: Rough Crag, High Street, Mardale Ill Bell, Harter Fell, Little Harter Fell, Branstree, Branstree North East Top, Selside Pike. Winds up to 50mph, fog and rain at times but some good views at each end of the hike. | Lazylizzie | 07/10/2023 |
19 mile walk of Kentmere Horseshoe with a couple of out and back diversions. From Kentmere church, Sallows, Sour Howes, Yoke, Ill Bell, Froswick, Thornythwaite Beacon, High Street, Rough Crag, reascend to High Street, Mardale Ill Bell, Harter Fell, Kentmere Pike, Shipman Knotts. Last couple of hills with Doug and Jen from Wigan, lovely couple. | Longwojo | 17/06/2023 |
From Mardale Head. 
15 km, 900 m asc. 
Up The Rigg ridge to Rough Crag and High Street. N to The Knott and E and N to Rampsgill Head and Kidsty Pike, High Raise and Low Raise. SE down the pathless ridge to Castle Crag and back by the W shore path. 
Dry, sunny. 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/samandjo/albums/72177720309087293 | SalmonJoe | 03/06/2023 |
14 miles 4114ft walk, start at Mardale Head carpark Haweswater Reservoir to Rough Crag, High Street, Harter Fell, Kentmere Pike, Mardale III Bell, Goat Scar and Shipman Knotts return by Gatescarth Pass. | stephenbuda | 13/05/2023 |
Onto high street | emily | 02/01/2023 |
Wainwright Walk 16: Spider (High Street, Harter Fell, Mardale Ill Bell, Branstree & Selside Pike) | DavidHiner | 29/10/2022 |
From Mardale Head via The Rigg. Return via Long Stile, High Street, Mardale Ill Bell, Nan Bield Pass and Small Water. | afoster | 10/08/2022 |
Part of an unethical bagging day. Such a fine ridge walk merits a wholehearted traverse rather than the summit beeline I took. | Pete Pozman | 22/11/2021 |
Arrived early for parking at Haweswater end NY469107, The Rigg, Rough Crag, High Street, Rampsgill Head, High Raise, Raven How, Red Crag, Raven How, Low Raise, Castle Crag, back up and over Lady’s Seat to get an easy grassy descent down Band End until steep bracken near bottom hiding ankle wrecker holes, The Rigg, Wood Howe (water level low enough to walk out), parking. | Isbjorn | 29/09/2021 |
Early start to get parked up at Mardale Head car park. The reservoir is completely dried up at this end. People are walking along the old road and can get onto the islands north of The Rigg. 
Anyway, I love walking up this ridge and should do it more often. Round 2 of Birketts. Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 22/09/2021 |
Started and finished at the Haweswater head carpark and took an anti-clockwise circuit around the surrounding tops to reduce the impact of the strong gusting wind - Rough Crag, High Street, Mardale Ill Bell, Lingmell End, Harter Fell, Little Harter Fell, Adam Seat, Branstree, High Howes, Selside Pike and Brown Howe; returning via the Old Corpse Road. Great walk, superb views, good terrain, just under 5 hours with lots of stops for waterproofs on and off. | summitter | 13/08/2021 |
Short walk over Rough crag in lovely winter conditions. | atreides7887 | 28/12/2020 |
Solo fell run | Madjonny | 22/09/2020 |
From Mardale Head. Path a little close to the edge a few times but only steep grass to the left. | peter4lc | 31/08/2020 |
Rough Crag to Selside Pike from Haweswater. A lovely climb with light scrambling up from Mardale Head on a rare sunny day for this summer. Perfect conditions: warm, sunny, a bit of cloud and superb visibility. Would perhaps do this in descent in future to fully enjoy the views eastwards. | Jake994 | 24/08/2020 |
walked with James (Mardale Ill Bell & High Street) | jonsutterby71 | 16/08/2020 |
Parked at Kentmere church. Simms today: Yoke - Ill Bell - Froswick - Thornthwaite Crag - Stony Cove Pike - (Thornthwaite Crag again) - High Street - Rough Crag - Harter Fell (Nuttall's route 7.1 - not sure I'd recommend it: rough, boggy and mostly undefined from Caspel Gate to Small Water) - Kentmere Pike. | Peter_W_Mitchell | 13/08/2020 |
4 of 4 With my lad Cody on his first outing in the lakes and 2 wainwright’s under his belt with lingmell end, mardale, high street | The-Z-Man | 21/07/2020 |
4 of 4 on my first trip to the lakes with my dad | CodyZ | 21/07/2020 |
from Haweswater end and up east ridge. | IanHHill | 05/07/2020 |
from Mardale Head Car Park, in a round withLittle Harter Fell, Hater Fell, Mardale Ill Bell and High Street descending down Long Stile. | rossdrummond | 19/06/2020 |
With ernie | studuncan | 30/05/2020 |
With B and R. | jenx | 28/05/2020 |
Hike up on high street from Haweswater | jmistry86 | 14/05/2020 |
TW etc after AC dinner on icy day | HardenC | 24/11/2019 |
Alone, on way home from Martin's birthday weekend. | Grinner | 29/09/2019 |
Mardale Head - ROUGH CRAG - High Street - Rampsgill Head - Kidsty Pike - High Raise - Low Raise - Castle Crag - Mardale Head | citygent | 08/08/2019 |
From Haweswater, to Rough Crag, High Street N Top, High Street Trig, Rampsgill Head, High Raise and Kidsty Pike | Wayne Mac | 22/06/2019 |
Glorious Good Friday the lakes at their best.Picked up a couple of stragglers Rough Grag and Low raise. 
Never seen so many cars at the bottom of the road at Mardale head. | jocks1 | 19/04/2019 |
REPEAT | Steve Q | 23/03/2019 |
From Hawswater Car Park (Mardale Head) edge of lake - Rough Crag (summit) - Caspel Gate - Long Stile - High Street (summit and trig) - Thornthwaite Crag (beacon and summit) - above Bleathwaite Crag looking down into Kentmere - Nan Bield Pass - Harter Fell - Gatescarth Pass back to Hawswater. | briandavies | 02/01/2019 |
Mardale Head - Rough Crag - High Street - Mardale Ill Bell - Nan Bield - Small Water - Mardale Head | Mark Jackson | 27/12/2018 |
Bob & Duke Sunday 7th/10/2018 Z 1423 hrs. | DukeNukem | 07/10/2018 |
Part of loop with Ian, Jane, gus | Theslayer | 11/06/2018 |
With Mary | Chet1962 | 31/03/2018 |
Ascent from Haweswater, circular walk via High St | nell1583 | 25/03/2018 |
From Mardale Head, round of 10 hills this the first. On to High Street. | jonglew | 07/01/2018 |
From Mardale Head cp, too many false summits to count! | bardolph | 08/11/2017 |
Walked as part of Ringindale Round for our annual AW walk. Misty on the tops but cleared on the descent. Very pleasant for a time but got caught in rain at the end. | rwinrow | 09/09/2017 |
Round from Mardale of Rough Crag, High Street, Thornthwakite Crag, Gray Crag, Mardale Ill Bell. | lenman | 03/07/2017 |
Cj bw | chrisj1965 | 03/06/2017 |
Parked at Southern end of Haweswater, Rough Crag, High Street, Rampsgill Head, Kidsty Pike. Sunn, hot conditions with clear views and Haweswater was particularly blue. | Fell_wanderer | 24/05/2017 |
With Keith and Mark | christine99 | 08/05/2017 |
Kentmere Horseshoe but from Mardale head | Ruth | 08/04/2017 |
nice ridge route | BevSim | 25/03/2017 |
Nuttall Walk EN 7.1 The Kentmere Horseshoe from Kentmere, visiting Yoke, Ill Bell, Froswick, Thornthwaite Crag, High Street, Rough Crag, Harter Fell and Kentmere Pike. 23km with 1500m ascent in 8h30m. (S) | silveracorn_alan | 13/03/2017 |
Circular from Mardale Head with Kidsty Pike & High Street | Neilb | 18/08/2016 |