| Name: | Blea Rigg |
| Hill number: | 2470 |
| Height: | 541.5m / 1777ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2396 High Raise [High White Stones] |
| County/UA: | Westmorland and Furness |
| Topographical area: | EL03 Scafell-illgill |
| SMC/RHB section: | 34B: Lake District - Central & Western Fells |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Lake District - Central Fells |
| Catchment: | Leven (Ulverston) |
| Class: | Wainwright, Birkett, Synge, Fellranger (W,B,Sy,Fel) |
| Grid ref: | NY 30166 07834 |
| Summit feature: | cairn |
| Drop: | 5.6m |
| Col: | 535.9m NY 3014 0784  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 90 (1:25k) OL6N OL7N |
| Observations: | Wainwright summit; rocky knoll 80m WSW at NY 30079 07807 is 3.6m higher |
| Survey: | Abney level |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 1297 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Blea Rigg- Sergeant man – High Raise – Tarn Crag | benarbia no 3 | 30/09/2024 |
| Pavey Ark, Thunacar Knott, High Raise, Sergeant Man and Blea Rigg from Langdale valley with Shaun | P333ebz | 10/08/2024 |
| Helm Crag - Gibson Knott - Calf Crag - Tarn Crag - Blea Rigg - Silver How from Grasmere. Done as a fell run - 17.8km, 3h20. Pretty wet underfoot for July, very warm | Rockdoctor | 28/07/2024 |
| With Matt and Anna from Silver How then down to easdale tarn (where Matt had a swim) and back to Grasmere. | djc36 | 17/06/2024 |
| Lakes trip with dad | visionset | 20/05/2024 |
| HWCSC walk 5 'A' group - Grasmere | Rumbo | 12/05/2024 |
| J.T. and M.T. with Rowan and Matthew | MTansley | 21/04/2024 |
| J.T. and M.T. with Rowan and Matthew | J_tansley | 21/04/2024 |
| Silver How, Swinescar Pike, Blea Rigg, Pavey Ark, Thunacar Knott, Harrison Stickle, Thorn Crag, Loft Crag, Pike of Stickle | keithouk | 14/04/2024 |
| Tarn Crag and Blea Rigg from NDG Hotel. Brief flurry of snow on summit of Tarn Crag. | Longwojo | 22/03/2024 |
| Blea Rigg,Silver How, Tarn Crag via Jack's rake Pavey Ark,Thunacar Knott and Sergeant Man. With Craig | Nicefish | 03/02/2024 |
| Quite easy walk to here. Detoured to here as too windy yesterday to visit | Adventurers5 | 01/02/2024 |
| Cold and blustery winters day up Blea Fell from Grasmere via Easdale Tarn. Clear skies but frozen turf and v icy paths across most areas apart from the very top. | Winter Round | 09/01/2024 |
| On a solo walk from Grasmere: Steel Fell, Calf Crag, Codale Head, Blea Rigg, Castle How, Swinescar Pike, Lang How & Silver How. Quiet day on the fells despite the mainly good weather. Visited highest point at NY 30079 07808 and Wainwright summit at NY 30165 07836. | alistairpooler | 26/12/2023 |
| From Grasmere. Silver How, Castle How, Blea Rigg, Easedale Tarn. With Tammy, Fudge, and Truffle. | Hippo | 21/10/2023 |
| Wintry Showers | siholden | 14/10/2023 |
| Grasmere to Langdale Walk. Summer Holiday with Simon to Ambleside August 2023. | dancingqueen101 | 09/08/2023 |
| From Grasmere, up towards Deer Bields, switch over to Tarn Crag, over to Belles Knott, via Codale Tarn then across to Blea rigg and back down to Easdale Town, good underfoot. | matty1971b | 09/07/2023 |
| From Sergeant Man. With Dad | M0YDH | 01/07/2023 |
| Walked on a really sunny day. Met Steve Wood at NT Langdale car park. Walked up Mark Gate to Loft Crag then to Pike of Stickle, over Harrison Combe to Thunacar Knott to Harrison Stickle, then over to Pavey Ark (which has Jacks Rake on it). Then finished off on Blea Rigg. Back down past waterfalls to NT car park. Long day so didnt even have a pint! Great fun though. | River-Girl | 20/05/2023 |
| 3 day hike and wild camps around the langdale fells Laura jay and flo great views over Grasmere and beyond | Lauralj84 | 19/04/2023 |
| With Sergeant Man, Thunacar Knott, Pavey Ark and Harrison Stickle. | Peterb | 18/03/2023 |
| RRDPTH Becca bday celeb snow ice | Richard Tait | 11/03/2023 |
| with Ben, Lexi & Ollie (and Anne to the tarn) | Dave Sargent | 02/03/2023 |
| R | Richard Tait | 28/02/2023 |
| Via Easedale Tarn and on to Silver How | trimarc2 | 26/02/2023 |
| The Langdale Pikes from the New Dungeon Ghyll: Visiting Pike Howe, Loft Crag, Pike O'Stickle, Harrison Stickle, Pavey Ark, Thunacar Knott, High White Stones, Low White Stones, Sergeant Man, Codale Head, Blea Rigg, Tarn Crag. 17.2km with 1160m ascent in 7h 50m. | silverwolf_alan | 13/02/2023 |
| Todd Crag, Loughrigg Fell, Silver How, Blea Rigg | keithouk | 22/01/2023 |
| From Grasmere. 12 km, 650 m asc. Up by Easedale Tarn and the SW path under Blea Crag to Blea Rigg. E and SE along the ridge over Great Castle How, Castle How (Raw Pike), Little Castle How, Swinescar Pike, Lang How and Silver How. Back by Wray Gill and Allan Bank. Sunny, frosty. https://www.flickr.com/photos/samandjo/albums/72177720304916571 | SalmonJoe | 02/01/2023 |
| On my own very wet | Daisy Dee | 01/01/2023 |
| Wainwright Walk 3: Spider (High Raise, Sergeant Man, Harrison Stickle, Thunacar Knott, Pike Of Stickle, Pavey Ark, Loft Crag & Blea Rigg) | DavidHiner | 24/09/2022 |
| Langdale Pikes - Pavey Ark via Jack's Rake, Langdale Pikes, High Raise & Blea Rigg | Barns150 | 15/09/2022 |
| With MarkS. | DaveT | 09/09/2022 |
| Walked up from Grasmere | billames | 12/08/2022 |
| Grasmere - High Raise - Seargant Man - Thunacar Knott - Harrison Stickle - Tarn Crag (camp) - Blea Rigg - Grasmere | hannah&steven | 04/08/2022 |
| Part of 7 peaks on 03/08/2022. Silver how > Blea Rigg > Sergeant man > Pavey ark > Harrison Sickle >Loft Crag > pike of stickle | matthewthomas16 | 03/08/2022 |
| From Grasmere. 10 km, 530 m asc. Up by Easedale Road, across Easedale Beck and by the bridleway to Easedale Tarn. SW up the path under Blea Crag and on to the summit of Blea Rigg. E along the ridge to Brigstone Moss and down the Wray Gill path to Allan Bank. Hot, sunny. https://www.flickr.com/photos/samandjo/albums/72177720300512971 | SalmonJoe | 10/07/2022 |
| Langdale - Pavey Ark, Jacks Rake Scramble Thunacar Knot, High Raise, Sergeant Man. | Dave Manley | 23/05/2022 |
| Out and back from Grassmere in the mist. With K. | sebastiencale | 03/05/2022 |
| From Grasmere via Silver How | geoffh12 | 02/05/2022 |
| 17.5 mile run - 5400ft elevation. Lovely sunny run from YHA at Rosthwaite. Bessyboot, Eagle Crag, Sergeant’s Crag Crag, High Raise, Sergeant Man, Thurnocar Knott, Pike of stickle, Loft Crag, Harrison Crag, Pavey Ark, Blea Rigg and Silver How. Down into Grasmere to finish. | nell1583 | 23/04/2022 |
| Easedale circuit with Cliff | BB8_Mountains | 17/04/2022 |
| Part of a nice circular loop from YHA Langdale. | Gerry the Ranger | 12/03/2022 |
| Silver How and Blea Rigg in the wet. | atreides7887 | 13/02/2022 |
| Climbed with Phoebe on Boxing Day. Snow from Easedale Tarn, very poor visibility from 500m and extremely cold. Navigated from here to Sergeant Man, but very slow going with almost zero visibility. | MrD | 26/12/2021 |
| With Scott Rumbold from The Stickle barn. | DARRENG | 20/12/2021 |
| Lakes with Daz | Rumbo | 20/12/2021 |
| With Luna. CW Loop, up Blea Rigg ridge & down Helm Crag ridge. From Red Bank Road car park Grasmere. | masmith | 25/09/2021 |
| Visited Wainwright cairn first for some photographs, then up to high point. W168 Rnd6. | Dangerous Dave | 20/09/2021 |
| 1st new Wainwright of the day coming up from Chapel Stile and along the knobbly ridge on a West Brom Mountaineering Club coach meet. | signyred | 12/09/2021 |