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Name: | Ulthwaite Rigg |
Hill number: | 2600 |
Height: | 502m / 1647ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2559 Tarn Crag (Sleddale) |
RHB Section: | 34C: Lake District - Eastern Fells |
Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Lake District - Far Eastern Fells |
County/UA: | Westmorland and Furness |
Catchment: | Eden (Carlisle) |
Class: | Wainwright Outlying Fell, Birkett, Synge (WO,B,Sy) |
Grid ref: | NY 51463 09333 |
Summit feature: | cairn |
Drop: | 2m |
Col: | 500m NY514092 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 90 (1:25k) OL5S OL7N |
Survey: | Abney level |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 243 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
Interesting circuit from the A6 parking area of High House Bank, Robin Hood, Lord's Seat, Great Yarlside (Sy), Ulthwaite Rigg, Great Saddle Crag, Sleddale Pike, Wasdale Pike, Great Yarlside, little Yarlside, Whatshaw Common & Whatshaw Common East Top | oldbagger27 | 21/11/2023 |
From Wet Sleddale Dam. 
14 km, 400 m asc. 
Up by Poorhag Gill, the Lunch House and Gray Bull to Sleddale Pike, Wasdale Pike, Great Saddle Crag and Ullthwaite Rigg. 
Back by the Sleddale Hall BW. 
Rough, boggy, pathless, unrelenting trudge. 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/samandjo/albums/72177720310490788 | SalmonJoe | 13/08/2023 |
10 mile circuit from high point parking spot on the A6. Whatshaw Common, Little Yarlside, Great Yarlside, Ulthwaite Rigg, Great Saddle Crag, Sleddale Pike, Wasdale Pike. Frozen underfoot so the cross country bits weren't so bad. | JulieB | 12/12/2022 |
with James Hurrell | GaynorSeymour | 02/05/2022 |
A6 layby - High House Bank - Robin Hood - Lord's Seat - Grey Crag - Harrop Pike - Ulthwaite Rigg - Great Saddle Crag - Wasdale Pike - Great Yarlside - Little Yarlside - Whatshaw Common (both tops) - A6 layby | Gary Heath | 29/04/2022 |
From Wet Sleddale car park Sleddale Pike, onto Tongue Rigg and then my final WO Ulthwaite Rigg. | Alan Caine | 18/09/2021 |
From Gt Yarlside and onto the track to the N which leads back to Wet Sleddale dam. Mainly pathless | trimarc2 | 29/08/2021 |
From reservoir CP. Sleddale Pike, Wasdale Pike, Great Saddle Crag & Ulthwaite Rigg | Slash3 | 27/06/2021 |
Started from Reservoir Car Park to Wasdale Pike (via Lunch House) - Low Saddle Crag - Great Saddle Crag - Brown Howe - Ulthwaite Rigg - Tongue Rigg with return beside intake wall above deer enclosures. | RobB | 02/06/2021 |
yorkielad | 22/04/2021 | |
Parking at Wet Sleddale reservoir - 'wet' is highly appropriate, only the very summits provided any semnlance of 'dryness'. Sleddale Hall, Scam Matthew, then almost trackless purgatory commenced - Ullthwaite Rigg, Tongue Rigg, Sleddale Pike, Wasdale Pike, Hazel Bank, Long Fell, quarry road, A6, Shap Lodge, track back to reservoir. After Scam Matthew intermittent ATV and An Tx provided a little relief from the interminable boot wrecking toody blussock grass. Having descended the quarry road, a sign says there is no public access (but it was a Sunday, so unoccupied), Only after having negotiated the bog to get onto it , a sign says that there is no public access along the cart track back to the reservoir, even though it is within an Open Access area. | Isbjorn | 27/08/2020 |
With Sue and NB from the reservoir, via Lunch House and Grey Bull, Sleddale Pike, Great Saddle Crag, Ulthwaite Rigg Tongue Rigg returning past deer enclosure. Another wet summer day. | Frank | 07/07/2020 |
Parked at highpoint of A6. Extended round of Crookdale taking in 10 Wainwright Outliers. | PGCE | 06/06/2020 |
From the reservoir: Sleddale Pike, Great Saddle Crag and Ulthwaite Rigg, taking in the Lunch House and the Grey Bull, and returning by Tongue Rogg then Sleddale hall. Very hard walk going through heather and bog, windy and cold for June | Lazylizzie | 03/06/2020 |
Parked on top of Shap Fell in the big layby, Little Yarlside, Great Yarlside, Brown Howe, Ulthwaite Rigg, Great Saddle Crag and back via Great and Little Yarlside to layby. | Chipstertrain | 14/05/2020 |
A6 Shap Summit, Hazel Bank, Shap Quarry Mast, Wasdale Pike, Great Sleddale Crag, Sleddale Pike, Tongue Rigg, Ulthwaite Rigg, Harrop Pike, Lawyers Brow, Great Yarlside, Little Yarlside, Whatshaw Common, A6. Great area for solitude & marsh plants! | Vin | 05/03/2020 |
From wet sledale reservoir | cjo | 02/12/2019 |
Langhowe Pike, Great Lad Stones, Seat Robert, High Wether Howe, Fewling Stones, Nabs Moor, Howes, Ulthwaite Rigg, Great Saddle Crag, and Sleddale Pike. | Walkingmurphy | 14/09/2019 |
From Tailbert followed footpath into Swindale via Trussgap Brow. On to Swindale Head and Dodd Bottom. Ascent of Nabs Moor and on to Howes. Descent in Mosedale, crossing Mosedale Beck and climb of Ulthwaite Rigg. On to High Wether Howe, Fewling Stones, Seat Robert, Great Ladstones and Langhowe Pike. Descent back to car via track over Ralfland Forest. | raymooremanx | 22/06/2019 |
From reservoir car park for a round of Ulthwaite, Great Saddle Crag, Wasdale Pike and Sleddale Pike. | rhalstead | 25/05/2019 |
As I had already repeated Sleddale Pike, I used the high-level bridleway for the ascent. In retrospect, not a sensible decision. | David Purchase | 15/05/2019 |
Wet Sleddale Reservoir CP -> Sleddale Pike -> Wasdale Pike -> Great Saddle Crag -> Ulthwaite Rigg -> Scam Matthew -> High Wether Howe -> Seat Robert -> Great Ladstones -> Wet Sleddale Reservoir CP | briandiggle | 29/04/2019 |
Bob & Duke Bob & Duke Wednesday 27th/3/2019 Z 1643 hrs. | DukeNukem | 27/03/2019 |
From Crookdale Bridge. Fifth of 11 hills on a 17km round; from Harrop Pike and on to Great Saddle Crag. | jonglew | 19/12/2018 |
Wet Sleddale Run | Littledave | 02/10/2018 |
Crookdale and Wet Sleddale Horseshoes | tomd4 | 23/09/2018 |
Circuit from Wet Sleddale Reservoir | Ajm0310 | 07/09/2018 |
hard going on these little fells with so much wet ground solo | colinfielding | 19/05/2018 |
AW's round from the reservoir: Sleddale Pike, Great Saddle Crag and Ulthwaite Rigg, taking in the Lunch House and the Grey Bull, and returning by Sleddale hall. Tough going through heather and bog. | Nick Down1 | 06/05/2018 |
tough & wet | Dunks | 02/09/2017 |
cj | chrisj1965 | 13/08/2017 |
WOs 92,93,94 and 95. Bs 79.80,81 and 82. A hard day. Easy walk by path and track from the dam to the Lunch House, then very rough and boggy going up stream to Gray Bull. Drier but rough and heathery over Sleddale Pike, Wasdale Pike, Great Saddle Crag and Ulthwaite Rigg with little of interest. Back along very boggy Mosedale bridleway and even boggier path around reservoir. Sunny all day but was it worth it? | BURGESS | 10/08/2017 |
AW's outliers last of four tops today on a 9 mile walk setting off from the Wet Sleddale car park sign posted from the A6 just before you enter Shap. Taking in Sleddale Pike, Wasdale Pike, Great Saddle crag and Ulthwaite Rigg. | WAYNE ROWLETT | 06/08/2017 |
From the reservoir cp, bagging the 3 Wainwright outliers | bardolph | 26/06/2017 |
Done with Richard T & Stuart W + dogs as part of the Wet Sleddale Horseshoe, also taking in Sleddale Pike & Great Saddle Crag. Weather was cloudy with moderate visibility and a very cold 17mph wind. It's in the name the conditions under foot were very wet and boggy making for a tough slog. | falunty | 20/12/2016 |
Done with Richard T & Stuart W + dogs as part of the Wet Sleddale Horseshoe, also taking in Sleddale Pike & Great Saddle Crag. Weather was cloudy with moderate visibility and a very cold 17mph wind. It's in the name the conditions under foot were very wet and boggy making for a tough slog. | nitranrenrut | 20/12/2016 |
Last of 4 for the day with GB. We headed directly north to pick up the path to Sleddale Hall and the dam. A lovely walk back. The clockwise distance is just under 9 miles and well under 5 hours. Clear weather with GB. | bolton | 30/11/2016 |
Wet Sleddale dam car park (Space for 12-15 cars) - Up track past Lunch House to Gray Bull - Sleddale Pike - Wasdale Pike - Great Saddle Crag - Ulthwaite Rigg - Excellent bridleway down Sleddale & then across stepping stones SE of Sleddale Hall. Echo Wycombe Wanderer's sentiments. (PM) | gerrybowes | 30/11/2016 |
Rain stopped and sun illuminating Wet Sleddale and beyond. Nice feeling of remoteness. | Wycombe Wanderer | 12/08/2016 |
selside pike, branstree north top, branstree, tarn crag, grey crag, harrop pike, ulthwaite rigg,scam matthew, high wether howe, seat robert, glde howe, from swindale. | robertphillips | 30/07/2016 |
Round of Long Fell, Sleddale Pike, Tongue Rigg, Ulthwaite Rigg, Great Saddle Crag, Wasdale Pike and Hazel Bank from Shap Pink Quarry. | Eddie | 07/03/2016 |
Walked on my own from the car park at the dam end of Wet Sleddale Reservoir using Wainwright's outlying fells. Lovely and sunny with a light breeze. | flockwatcher | 22/09/2015 |
Outlying Fells walk incorporating Scam Matthew on beautiful sunny day.Wouldn't recommend this walk after any rain in last few days.With Oscar. | catman | 22/04/2015 |
With Catman. | oscarrosie | 22/04/2015 |
With Katy. Cloudy then sunny. | George Thompson | 03/09/2014 |
Birkett route from Wet Sleddale. With David on lovely sunny day | citygent | 26/07/2014 |
From Wet Sleddale dam via Great Saddle Crag | Anduril | 19/05/2014 |
Included this at end of a round taking in Birketts and Wainwrights Outlying Fells from Truss Gap Swindale and finishing at Wet Sleddale Dam. I wish that tops like this were not in lists. A tick but nowt else. | iredale | 03/05/2014 |
Parked at the top of the A6 > Whatshaw Common E Top > Whatshaw Common > Little Yarlside > Great Yarlside (s5) > Wasdale Pike > Sleddale Pike > Tongue Rigg > ULTHWAITE RIGG unmarked grassy mound > Great Saddle Crag > Great Yarlside (W,B) > Lord's Seat > Robin Hood > High House Bank > NY 55371 06322 | Tony Hartry II | 10/03/2014 |
From A6 summit. Combined with the Yarlside fells. | jeffurz | 01/08/2013 |