Walk : High Rigg (1,163ft) from St.Johns in the Vale Church
Date : 25th June 2016
Weather : Dry, variable cloud, cool @ 11 °C
Distance : 1.2 miles round trip
Difficulty : 1 – A very simple climb
(1=easy 5=hard)
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area of Lakeland is this walk situated?
Terrain
Overview
Walk
Overview
The first day of our week long stay
in Ambleside and after the unpack and Grocery shop we
seized the opportunity of a quick walk whilst the
weather was dry. High Rigg is an
excellent small fell to introduce to novice fell walkers and offers fantastic
views out towards Keswick
From
the A591 Northbound take the B5322 towards St Johns in the Vale and turn left
at a sign posted for the Church and Diocesan Youth centre
There
is free parking for several cars
Passing
St. Johns Church
Carry
on down the path and through the gate that leads on to the open fell side
immediately on the left
The
path climbs gently past a bench and skirts the left hand
side of the crags
Stay
on the grass path towards an area of ferns
Looking
North towards Skiddaw from the path
A
path cut out in the area of ferns is clearly visible
The
path through the ferns zig-zags its way towards the summit mound which is approached
from the left
Cloud
tumbling down the South face of Skiddaw
Looking
over to Grizedale Pike and the fells around Derwent
Water
Sue
takes a breather to look out towards Bassenthwaite
Lake
In
the opposite direction, Thirlmere
Blencathra summit shrouded in cloud
The
summit of High Rigg
A
360 degree view from the summit
Skiddaw
A
close up on Blencathra, the central ridge is Halls
Fell that leads directly to the summit
Taking
in the views from the summit
Strange
light over Bassenthwaite Lake. We stayed on top for
about 30 minutes just admiring the views and watching the changing mid
evening
light. Unfortunately this gave way to rain showers
which was to be the feature of the week
Back
down at the car to be greeted by this rainbow
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