Blea Rigg
541m (1776ft)
The Central Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
Blea Rigg is on Ordnance Survey Maps:
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| OS Landranger Map 90 | |
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Walk c208 Harrison Stickle and High Raise from The New Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale
Steep scramble - strictly for the adventurous
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 7.25ml (11.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 3,046ft (928m) | |
| Time: | 5.75hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Great Langdale - The New Dungeon Ghyll - Stickle Ghyll - Whitegill Crag - Blea Rigg - Sergeant Man - High Raise (Langdale) - The Langdale Pikes - Thunacar Knott - Pavey Ark - Harrison Stickle - Pike of Stickle (Pike O' Stickle) - Loft Crag - Mark Gate - The New Dungeon Ghyll - Great Langdale
Walk c195 Castle How and Blea Rigg from Grasmere
Good views into Easedale and Langdale
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 8.5ml (13.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 2,402ft (732m) | |
| Time: | 5½ hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Grasmere - Castle How - Blea Rigg - Easedale Tarn - Sour Milk Gill - Easedale - Goody Bridge - Grasmere
Walk c144 Sergeant Man from Grasmere
Good ridge walk above Grasmere
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 10ml (16km) | |
| Ascent: | 2,936ft (895m) | |
| Time: | 6½ hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Grasmere - Sour Milk Gill - Sourmilk Gill Falls - Tarn Crag (Easedale) - Sergeant Man - Blea Rigg - Great Castle How - Little Castle How - Raw Pike - Swinescar Pike - Lang How - Silver How - Spedding Crag - Dow Bank - Huntingstile Crag - Grasmere
Walk c428 The Langdale Pikes, High Raise and The Easedale Fells from Grasmere
Long high level round
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 13.75ml (22km) | |
| Ascent: | 3,991ft (1,216m) | |
| Time: | 9 hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Grasmere - Allan Bank - Wray Gill - Silver How - Lang How - Sinescar Pike - Little Castle How - Great Castle How - Blea Rigg - Sergeant Man - Thunacar Knott - Pavey Ark - Harrison Stickle - Loft Crag - Pike of Stickle (Pike O' Stickle) - High Raise (Langdale) - Codale Head - Tarn Crag (Easedale) - Far Easedale Gill - Sourmilk Falls - Far Easedale Beck - Goody Bridge - Grasmere
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Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Blea Rigg
Carl Tillotson walked up on July 24th, 2021 [from/via/route] c144 route with High Raise added [with] June [weather] Slightly cloudy, warm day.
Richard Marshall climbed on July 16th, 2021 [from/via/route] Sergeant Man & others [with] Me, Bo and Roxy [weather] Sunny very Hot
Damian Gourlay bagged on June 22nd, 2021 [from/via/route] Grassmere walk c144 tarn cragg [with] Lee Grist [weather] Sunny - Great walk real leg burner, showing my age. Hope this gets easier
Paul Macey hiked on June 21st, 2021 [from/via/route] Walk 114 [with] Luke [weather] Cloudy
Christine Shepherd summited on October 31st, 2008 [from/via/route] Walked from Grasmere [with] On my own [weather] Sunshine, showers & rainbows. - Bagged this again using walk c144 on 2.9.10 Climbed again with a group from Head 4 the Hills 31.5.21
Claire Murray conquered on May 29th, 2021 [from/via/route] Parked in Grasmere. Silver How, Blea Rigg, Sergeant Man, High Raise & Tarn Crag. [with] Vitor [weather] Lovely day. Was sunny but not to hot. - Lovely walk. East to start with & some stunningly laid stone paths to follow. The last part of the track was a stone path beside a river with the sheep fenced it & it was so beautiful!
Neil Heywood scaled on April 25th, 2021 [with] logan Heywood Ellis Heywood
Angela Haworth walked up on March 24th, 2002 [from/via/route] From New Dungeon Ghyll car park [with] companion [weather] Dry
John Tippins climbed on September 22nd, 2020 [from/via/route] Grasmere [weather] Overcast, low cloud for most of the day, drizzle/rain all day.
Andy Buxton bagged during November, 1989 [from/via/route] From NDG: Blea Rigg, Sergeant Mann, High Raise & Thunacar Knott [with] Solo [weather] Very dreary - I was glad I didn't waste a decent day on this one!
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Blea Rigg
Blea Rigg, Castle How, Lang How and Silver How (far left) Great Langdale, Windermere and Elter Water (left), Lingmoor Fell and Side Pike (centre left), Blea Tarn and Little Langdale (centre right), Pike of Blisco (Pike o' Blisco) right and Crickle Crags (far right) from the summit of Harrison Stickle, The Langdale Pikes
Great Langdale with Blea Rigg, Lang How and Silver How (left) and Lingmoor Fell (right) from the foot of Oxendale
The view from Sergeant Man featuring Blea Rigg (centre left),Lingmoor Fell (distance centre), Stickle Tarn (partially hidden) and the shoulder of Pavey Ark (The Langdale Pikes) (right)
Grasmere, Silver How, Lang How, Blea Rigg, Easedale Tarn, The LAngdale Pikes, Codale Head, Gibson Knott and Calf Crag from Helm Crag summit cairn
Great Langdale and Blea Rigg with The Helvellyn Massiff in the distance under a deep blanket of snow from the lower slopes of Pike of Blisco (Pike o' Blisco)
*Codale Tarn (left) and Easedale Tarn from the Blea Rigg ridge with Helvellyn (left), Seat Sandal (centre) and Fairfield (right) on the horizon
*The view from Sergeant Man featuring Blea Rigg (centre left), Lingmoor Fell (centre distance), Stickle Tarn (partially hidden) and Pavey Ark with Harrison Stickle beyond (The Langdale Pikes) (centre right)
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