| Name: | High Spy |
| Hill number: | 2436 |
| Height: | 653.1m / 2143ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2400 Dale Head |
| County/UA: | Cumberland |
| Topographical area: | EL02 Gable-grasmoor |
| SMC/RHB section: | 34B: Lake District - Central & Western Fells |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Lake District - North Western Fells |
| Catchment: | Derwent (Workington) |
| Class: | Hump, Simm, Hewitt, Nuttall, Wainwright, Birkett, Synge, Fellranger, Submarilyn, Buxton & Lewis, Bridge, Clem (Hu,Tu,Sim,Hew,N,W,B,Sy,Fel,sMa,BL,Bg,Cm) |
| Grid ref: | NY 23414 16233 |
| Summit feature: | large cairn |
| Drop: | 147.8m |
| Col: | 505.3m NY 2330 1537  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 89 90 (1:25k) OL4S |
| Observations: | ground 7m NE and also 30m S at NY 23420 16200 is as high |
| Survey: | Abney level/Leica RX1250 |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 1841 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| From catbells car park to catbells - maiden moor - high spy and back. Very hard with sideways rain and strong wind. | matthewthomas16 | 26/09/2024 |
| Walk from Keswick to Borrowdale, Summer Holiday to Keswick with Simon Aug-24 | dancingqueen101 | 09/08/2024 |
| Clare dropped me off at Hawse End. Skelgill Bank, Cat Bells, Maiden Moor, High spy N.Top & High Spy. Descended by Rigghead Quarries and back to Seatoller. Solo. W40 Rnd7. | Dangerous Dave | 07/07/2024 |
| 9 mile hike with my 4 kids after a night in the Motorhome. From high scawdel along track to trig. Red hot day making good memories. Wainwright no. 108 | The-Z-Man | 11/05/2024 |
| Horseshoe with Phil H | danwalker1150 | 09/09/2023 |
| On a two day Wainwright bagging backpack around Borrowdale. Camped just south of summit cairn. Visited cairn at NY 23414 16233 and ground of similar height at NY 23420 16200 | alistairpooler | 03/09/2023 |
| From Upper Newlands | Benarbia_4 | 23/08/2023 |
| From Little Town with DW, Ds10 and DD8. Maiden Moor and High Spy N&S tops. So much quiter than Cat bells opposite and thankful for it. | nukeboy1 | 04/08/2023 |
| Loop up Cat Bells and Robinson from Little Town (09/07/2023 Cat Bells, Maiden Moor, High Spy, Dale Head, Hindscarth, Robinson) | nat571 | 09/07/2023 |
| Catbells to Robinson | trimarc2 | 21/06/2023 |
| From Dale Head as part of 10in10 | cjwilliams | 17/06/2023 |
| A Newlands Round from Little Town. Robinson, Hindscarth, Dale Head, High Spy, Maiden Moor & Cat Bells. | sms.37 | 26/05/2023 |
| Teenager with Altitude fell race. | paulcook2809 | 22/04/2023 |
| From Grange, Nitting Haw, Low Scawdel and on to High Spy North top. | PeterD | 20/04/2023 |
| walked with Dave W, Marc & Hannah. | jonsutterby71 | 15/04/2023 |
| Solo from Rosthwaite. Castle Crag, High Spy. | forsterfamily7 | 02/04/2023 |
| Wainwright Walk 42: Spider (Dale Head, Robinson, Hindscarth, High Spy, Maiden Moor & Catbells) | DavidHiner | 22/02/2023 |
| R K | Richard Tait | 05/02/2023 |
| Borrowdale YH-High Spy-High Spy N Top-Maiden Moor-Grange-Grange Crags-Borrowdale YH with Percy | campagvelocet | 25/01/2023 |
| Met person who made tracks, young lad on way back down. Great view of Dale Head. Perfect conditions. Company: Solo | iandesbottes | 16/01/2023 |
| Skelgill Bank - Cat Bells - Maiden Moor - High Spy - Dale Head - Hindscarth - High Crags - Red Knott - Scope End | JHes | 18/12/2022 |
| Stuart & Duke. | DukeNukem | 28/10/2022 |
| The Newlands Horseshoe anticlockwise from Little Town, with the aim of collecting 7 Birketts / Synges not yet visited on my countless walks along the main ridges. So rather than ascending Robinson, I took the Scope End ridge direct up to Hindscarth, visiting the summits of Scope End, Red Knott and High Crags enroute. Then the usual path to Dale Head. Descended part way towards Honister Pass, taking minor track in a long sweep across the boggy High Scawdel, dropping past the head of Tongue Gill. There then followed very tough terrain along the side of High Spy to bag Low Scawdel and Nitting Haws. From there used the track to bring me out onto the main ridge. Headed S to the main top, then returned N to the N Top. Followed the wonderful cliff edge track to the summit of Maiden Moor, then on along the main track, before dropping steeply down the east side of the crags and across the undulating shelf to High Crags, and back to Little Town. 18km with 1200m ascent, taking me 7 hours. | silverwolf_alan | 25/10/2022 |
| From Chapel Bridge, Little Town, Newlands. 15 km, 990 m asc. S along the Dale Head mine track to Goldscope Mines. Cross Newlands Beck and take the ridge path SW and S over Scope End, Red Knott and High Crags to the summit of Hindscarth. Continue by Hindscath Edge to Dale Head summit. E down to Dalehead Tarn and then N over High Spy and Maiden Moor and onto Catbells summit. Return S to Hause Gate and take the Yewthwaite Comb bridleway back to Little Town. Sunny. https://www.flickr.com/photos/samandjo/albums/72177720303032668 | SalmonJoe | 18/10/2022 |
| Veryhappybunny | 05/09/2022 | |
| Catbells, Maiden Moor, High Spy - North Top, High Spy, while supervising the GSAL Explorer Scouts on the second day of their Chief Scout's Diamond Award expedition along the Catbells - High Spy ridge. 14km with 700m scent in 7 hours from the camp site near Watendlath. | silverwolf_alan | 01/09/2022 |
| W/DC. Birkett CLF DAL 1. | Sedge | 09/06/2022 |
| Climbed returning to HF Derwent Bank from Hindscarth and Dale Head. | PeakyPete | 04/06/2022 |
| Simms on Nuttall 2.1. Parked at Little Town -> Robinson -> Hindsgarth -> Dale Head -> High Spy back via Hause Gate. | Peter_W_Mitchell | 01/06/2022 |
| From High Scawdel as part of Newlands round. | Andrew Pearson | 25/04/2022 |
| With Dad and Peter. From Maiden Moor. Descent to upper Newlands valley was rocky and difficult for us. Long walk back to Little Town. Good day out | M0YDH | 19/04/2022 |
| With Sue from Portinscale on second logged round of Wainwrights. Lakeside path and higher path to Grange via Nitting Haws avoiding mass ascent of Cat Bells, High Spy. Return along N Top and Maiden Moor to hause and down to terrace path and Portinscale. Warm sunny day. | Frank | 17/04/2022 |
| solo. Glorious weather | TrekClimbing | 08/04/2022 |
| Continued along from Catbells | thecoopers | 22/03/2022 |
| Modified Newlands Valley Horseshoe route (clockwise), including Catbells. Cut short before Robinson and came down the Hindscarth ridge due to light and conditions. Great views while clambering down. | Barns150 | 17/03/2022 |
| Bob & Duke | DukeNukem | 15/01/2022 |
| Grange - Nitting Haws - High Spy - Maiden Moor - Catbells - Grange. | Mark Jackson | 21/12/2021 |
| Newlands Round | LONGISHROPE46 | 10/09/2021 |
| Catbells, Maiden Moor, High Spy – North Top, High Spy, while supervising the GSAL Explorer Scouts on the second day of their Diamond Award expedition along the Catbells – High Spy ridge. 11km with 700m ascent in 6 hours. | silveracorn_alan | 03/09/2021 |
| Short warm up walk along part of the Newlands Horseshoe ridge with Sasha as far as High Spy. The first day of a few in the Lakes. | hjb68 | 21/08/2021 |
| Great day out if a bit hot in the sun. 24km loop for 8 wainwrights and a very warm swim in Derwant Water at the end. | atreides7887 | 18/07/2021 |
| With louise & mizzi | 2510chris | 15/05/2021 |
| Overcast/dry. | Amanda&JamesExplore | 15/05/2021 |
| 84 | windybilly | 21/04/2021 |
| After a chilly nights wild camping with Carl. Lovely views enroute High Spy, Dale Head and Castle Crag. Saw a red squirrel! 5.2 miles 1496 ft elevation | nell1583 | 18/04/2021 |
| With Mat | Theslayer | 24/12/2020 |
| Veryhappybunny | 27/11/2020 | |
| From Blea Crag. All easy and the sun peeping through. My 100th Nuttall. Onto Dale Head. | James McKnight | 22/11/2020 |
| with Rachel and Arthur | Madjonny | 17/10/2020 |
| On circular walk from HF Derwent Bank. | PeakyPete | 17/10/2020 |