High Raise (Mardale)
802m (2632ft)
The Far Eastern Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
High Raise (Mardale) is on Ordnance Survey Maps:
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High Raise (Mardale) is on Peak Bagging Map & Hill Tick List:
*Version marked with the walk routes you need to follow to Walk all 214 Wainwrights in just 59 walks.
Walk c128 The Hayswater Round from Hartsop
Popular mountain walk
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 11.25ml (18km) | |
| Ascent: | 3,843ft (1,171m) | |
| Time: | 8 hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
- Cow Bridge, Brothers Water, Hartsop, Hartsop Dodd, Caudale Moor, Stony Cove Pike (Caudale Moor), Caudale Head, Stony Cove Pike, Threshthwaite Mouth, Thornthwaite Crag, High Street, Straits of Riggindale, Rampsgill Head, Kidsty Pike, High Raise (Mardale), The Knott, Hayeswater Reservoir, Hayeswater Gill, Hartsop, Cow Bridge, Brothers Water.
Walk c159 The Nab and Rest Dodd from Christy Bridge
Long mountain walk over multiple tops
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 12.5ml (20km) | |
| Ascent: | 3,769ft (1,149m) | |
| Time: | 8½ hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
- Christy Bridge, Martindale, Dale Head Farm, Heck Crag, Angle Tarn, Buck Crag, Brock Crags, Satura Crag, The Nab (Martindale), Rest Dodd, The Knott, Rampsgill Head, Kidsty Pike, High Raise (Mardale), Red Crag, Keasgill Head, Christy Bridge.
Walk c114 High Street from Mardale Head
Superb high level route with great views
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 14.5ml (23km) | |
| Ascent: | 3,364ft (1,025m) | |
| Time: | 8½ hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Hard) |
Route Summary:
- Mardale Head (Haweswater Reservoir), Small Water, Nan Bield Pass, Mardale Ill Bell, High Street, Straits of Riggindale, The Knott, Rampsgill Head, Kidsty Pike, High Raise (Mardale), Raven Howe, Red Crag, Keasgill Head, Wether Hill, Bampton Common, Low Kop, Measand Beck, Haweswater Reservoir, Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk, Bowderthwaite Bridge, The Rigg, Mardale Head.
Walk c297 The Martindale Horseshoe from Howtown
Fantastic high level walk with glorious views
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 14.5ml (23km) | |
| Ascent: | 4,555ft (1,388m) | |
| Time: | 9.75hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Very Hard) |
Route Summary:
- St Peter's Church, Howtown, Steel Knotts (Pikeawassa), Keasgill Head, High Raise (Mardale), Kidsty Pike, Rampsgill Head, The Knott, Rest Dodd, The Nab, Satura Crag, Brock Crags, Angle Tarn (Martindale), Angletarn Pikes, Bedafel Knott, Beda Head (Beda Fell), Winter Crag, Christy Bridge, Howegrain Beck, Martindale, St Peter's Church, Howtown.
Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged High Raise (Mardale)
Adrian Howard walked up on September 28th, 2017 [from/via/route] Cow Bridge Car park
Andrew Johnson climbed on November 19th, 2019 [from/via/route] Hartsop [weather] Beautiful day, clear skies.
Nick Dobson bagged on October 28th, 2019 [from/via/route] Mardale Head [with] Margaret & Ralph [weather] cold but dry and sunny day - via ridge from Rampsgill Head then returned to start back over Kirsty Pike
David Butterfield hiked on October 2nd, 2019 [from/via/route] Howtown [with] Graham
John Bryers has summited [from/via/route] Walked from St. Peter's church up front of Bonscale Pike, Arthur's Pike, Loadpot Hill, Wether Hill, High Raise, Kidsty Pike, Rampsgill Head, Rest Dodd and The Nab dropping back into Bannerdale and road back to church. [with] With Mya my faithful 12 year old Patterdale Terrier. [weather] Weather sunny to start, slight wind on ridges with light rain at times ending with some warm sunshine.
Richard Marchant conquered during August, 1989 [from/via/route] This was a two day trip with an overnight camp on top of High Street. The route took me from Penrith along High Street the old Roman Road to Windermere via the following Wainwrights. Loadpot Hill, Whether Hill, High Raise, Rampsgill Head, High Street, Thornthwaite Crag, Froswick, Ill Bell, Yoke and Sour Howes. [with] On my own for this trip [weather] Dry and fine weather but extremely windy overnight to a point that I thought my tent was going to be blown away, but alas it survived.
Kevin Foster scaled on May 17th, 2019 [from/via/route] Kidsty Pike [with] Henry. [weather] Sunny and hot to begin with becoming cloudier later on with a cold northerly breeze. - A short stroll over grass from Kidsty Pike and then a gentle climb of about 200 feet. A large cairn and wind shelter adorn the top but there is nothing else of immediate interest round about. The views although great are all long distance.
Elaine Evans walked up on October 30th, 2018 [from/via/route] From Hartsop via Hayeswater Gill to filter house and then the summit of The Knott, continued to Rampsgill Head, High Raise and Kidsty Pike, returned to Hayeswater and back to Hartsop via Hayeswater Gill. [with] Sue, Christine and Mark [weather] Fog, fog and more fog! Occasional glimpse of sunshine. Cold but dry. - Four peaks in a very short time. Shame we missed out on the views again - maybe next time!
Christine Shepherd climbed on April 12th, 2007 [from/via/route] Used walk c128 'The Hayeswater Round from Brother's water [with] Rebecca [weather] Bright and windy - Climbed on 12.4.07 from Brothers Water with my daughter, Rebecca. A great day's walking. I climbed High Raise again by myself using walk c159 from Christy Bridge on 15.4.09. This was another brilliant walk.
Christina Lander bagged on June 7th, 2018 [from/via/route] Martindale - Steel Knotts - High Raise - Kidsty Pike - Rampsgill Head - The Knott - Rest Dodd - Angletarn Pikes - Beda Fell - Martindale [with] Dick [weather] A perfect sunny day on the fells
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of High Raise (Mardale)
Rest Dodd (far left), The Nab (left), The Ramps Gill Valley, Wether Hill (right), Keasgill Head, Red Crag, Raven Howe and High Raise (Mardale) from Rampsgill Head
High Street, Kidsty Pike and High Raise (Mardale) from the summit cairn on Harper Hills
The view from the summit of Branstree (Artlecrag Pike) featuring Harter Fell (Mardale) (left), High Street, Rough Crag, High Raise (Mardale) and Whether How above Haweswater Reservoir
Harter Fell (Mardale) (far left), Nan Bield Pass, Rough Crag, Riggindale Crag, High Street, Kidsty Pike, High Raise (Mardale) and Wether Hill from the cairn marking the high point on the Old Corpse Road (Haweswater)
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