High Raise (Mardale)
804m (2636ft)
The Far Eastern Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 11.25ml (18km) |
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| 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.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 12.5ml (20km) |
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| 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
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 14.5ml (23km) |
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| 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 (South Top) - Wether Hill - Bampton Common - Low Kop - Measand Beck - Haweswater Reservoir - Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk - Bowderthwaite Bridge - The Rigg - Mardale Head
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 14.5ml (23km) |
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| Ascent: | 4,555ft (1,388m) |
| Time: | 9.75hrs |
| Grade: |  (Very Hard) |
Route Summary:
St Peter's Church (Martindale) - 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 (Martindale) - Howtown
Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged High Raise (Mardale)
Simon Myerscough walked up High Raise (Mardale) on February 1st, 2025 [from/via/route] C159 - From Martindale Church - meal at The Crown Inn afterwards & stayed over. Good start to the walk, but wind really picked up by the time we reached Angle Tarn. Missed Bock Crags in the confusion. Was a long walk for Feb & Joanne suffering with bit of knee pain we did last half hour in the dark. [with] Joanne [weather] Bright start, very windy on the tops, bit of snow & ice as well, Joanne tried Crampons for first time
James Hughes climbed High Raise (Mardale) on September 17th, 2024 [from/via/route] c159 The Nab & Rest Dodd from Christy Bridge [weather] Beautiful clear warm day. - Long day added Beda Fell & Angletarn Pikes to start of walk. Slight variations up to Brock Crags & the Nab. Nab very boggy in places. Stags & Bucks mating calls in valley. Parked at Church at the Coombs below Hallin Hill. Stayed at Waterside Campsite.
Martin Hartshorne bagged High Raise (Mardale) on June 21st, 2024 [from/via/route] Mardale head [with] finley [weather] Sunshine then clouded over. Windy & cool higher up
Christine Shepherd hiked High Raise (Mardale) on April 12th, 2007 [from/via/route] Used walk c128 'The Hayeswater Round from Brother's water Climbed again on 20.04.2022 Hartsop using c128 as a guide but went up Gray Crag instead of Hartsop Dodd & added Rest Dodd, The Nab & Brock Crags after The Knott. [with] Rebecca once and solo twice [weather] Bright & 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.
Ian Ashton summited High Raise (Mardale) on November 11th, 2023 [from/via/route] Solo [with] Solo
Tim Winn conquered High Raise (Mardale) on May 14th, 2023 [from/via/route] Cow Bridge car park [with] Mountain Guides Group [weather] Sunny & dry
Angeline Grieveson scaled High Raise (Mardale) on February 23rd, 2023 [with] Dotty
Caroline Winter walked up High Raise (Mardale) on June 3rd, 2021 [from/via/route] Mardale head CP, Riggindale edge, Rough Crag, The Knott, Rest Dodd, Rampsgill Head, High Raise, Riggindale edge [with] Becky [weather] Cloudy & warm, with dense fog in afternoon - To the outlier Rest Dodd & back, before taking a short cut to Rampsgill head from The Knott, but fog rapidly descended & needed to find Rampsgill Head by gps. Eventually, found High Raise with assistance from man familiar with area, but visibility so poor that unable to find route to Kirsty Pike, so needed to back track down Riggindale. 1/12/22- tried again, as not convinced found actual high opting of High Raise due to fog last time. Headed up via Angel Tarn in Patterdale & what do you know, fog earlier than predicted. GPS at hand so certain this time, but I find it disorientating on High Street & glad to get down. My last 180/180 in an exact 180 months 🎉⭐️🌈… now to finish the Wainwrights
Richard Fulcher climbed High Raise (Mardale) on April 25th, 2022 [from/via/route] Parked next to St Martins church in Martindale. Walked to Dale End farm & ascended under Heck Crag up to the path above Angle Tarn. Walked on the main path until veering left up to Rest Dodd. I went on to The Nab whilst Jen waited by the wall. We then walked right around Rest Dodd & up to The Knott. From the Knott we crossed over to Rampsgill Head & on up to High Raise. We followed the ridge towards Low Raise before realising our mistake & correcting. We reached Red Crag & started to descend via Gowk Hill eventually reaching our car after 10h 20m of walking!! [with] Jen [weather] Still & breezy at times on the top with a cold wind. Temp on the tops was about 1 celcius. Some sun but lots of cloud. - Good packed lunch with coffee, fruit cake & chocolate biscuits.
Paul Ward bagged High Raise (Mardale) on August 13th, 2021 [from/via/route] Started from Howtown Hotel Bonscale Pike, [with] Jamie [weather] Dry, overcast with strong winds on tops.
John Bryers hiked High Raise (Mardale) on May 11th, 2018 [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 & The Nab dropping back into Bannerdale & 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 Marshall summited High Raise (Mardale) on May 26th, 2021 [from/via/route] RM super route from Martindale 19 miles 6300ft ascent [with] Roxy & Bo [weather] Showers,fog, sun & very wet underfoot
Chris Sheard conquered High Raise (Mardale) on August 10th, 2020 [from/via/route] Up from Hartsop carpark [with] Jamie [weather] Quite warm start with light winds cleared for a glorious afternoon - Steep initial ascent & worth it for socialising with folks on CtC - Much water needed
Richard Grimshaw scaled High Raise (Mardale) on August 1st, 2020 [from/via/route] Mardale Head via Mardale Ill Bell, High Street & Rampsgill Head [with] Carol Brown [weather] Cloud covered summit
Adrian Howard walked up High Raise (Mardale) on September 28th, 2017 [from/via/route] Cow Bridge Car park
Andrew Johnson climbed High Raise (Mardale) on November 19th, 2019 [from/via/route] Hartsop [weather] Beautiful day, clear skies.
Nick Dobson bagged High Raise (Mardale) on October 28th, 2019 [from/via/route] Mardale Head [with] Margaret & Ralph [weather] cold but dry & sunny day - via ridge from Rampsgill Head then returned to start back over Kirsty Pike
David Butterfield hiked High Raise (Mardale) on October 2nd, 2019 [from/via/route] Howtown [with] Graham
Richard Marchant summited High Raise (Mardale) 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 & Sour Howes. [with] On my own for this trip [weather] Dry & 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 conquered High Raise (Mardale) on May 17th, 2019 [from/via/route] Kidsty Pike [with] Henry. [weather] Sunny & hot to begin with becoming cloudier later on with a cold northerly breeze. - A short stroll over grass from Kidsty Pike & then a gentle climb of about 200 feet. A large cairn & 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 scaled High Raise (Mardale) on October 30th, 2018 [from/via/route] From Hartsop via Hayeswater Gill to filter house & then the summit of The Knott, continued to Rampsgill Head, High Raise & Kidsty Pike, returned to Hayeswater & back to Hartsop via Hayeswater Gill. [with] Sue, Christine and Mark [weather] Fog, fog & 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!
Christina Lander walked up High Raise (Mardale) 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
Simon Boddy climbed High Raise (Mardale) on August 27th, 2017 [from/via/route] Mardale Head [with] My girlfriend [weather] Misty & drizzly
Paul Macey bagged High Raise (Mardale) on August 17th, 2017 [weather] Sunny becoming cloudy & windy
Derek Parkin hiked High Raise (Mardale) on April 10th, 2016 [from/via/route] Rampsgill Head [with] lynn parkin
Iain Jones summited High Raise (Mardale) on August 6th, 2017 [from/via/route] Mardale (The Wainwright 60 - Day 4 (Mardale)) [with] Graeme High
Wayne Baxter conquered High Raise (Mardale) on June 16th, 2017 [from/via/route] Mardale HD, up Rough Crag to High Street, Knott, Rampsgill HD, High Raise, Kidsty Pike, down to Kidsty Howe, Mardale HD [with] Sue, [weather] Very sunny & hot at the start Just reach the peak low cloud cane & that was it for the day
Phillip Bulley scaled High Raise (Mardale) on May 7th, 2017 [from/via/route] via Kidsty Pike. [with] Judith and Ruby. [weather] Sunny but windy.
John Tippins walked up High Raise (Mardale) on April 13th, 2016 [from/via/route] Christy Bridge [with] Solo [weather] The day started overcast & dull, the sort of day you want to stay in front of a fire. However, by late morning it was sunny, very little cloud cover & the warmest it's been all week. It didn't last long. By early afternoon it was complete cloud cover, chilly & windy, & from mid/late afternoon there was also a light rain. But still a good day for walking. - Brock Crags was my 107th Wainwright, so I completed half of all the Wainwrights with the first peak of the day.
Mark Davidson climbed High Raise (Mardale) on February 3rd, 2005 [with] Mike [weather] Bit grey & cold - but not bad for February
Michael Nolan bagged High Raise (Mardale) on September 18th, 2016 [from/via/route] mardale c114 [weather] low cloud
Adrian Sherriff hiked High Raise (Mardale) on September 13th, 2016 [from/via/route] c159
Anthony Scott summited High Raise (Mardale) on September 19th, 2016 [from/via/route] Cow Bridge car park, Hartsop [weather] Sunny spells & 16 degrees - Bit of a dull summit
John Almond conquered High Raise (Mardale) on August 29th, 2016 [from/via/route] go4awalk c159 - solo walk from the Old Martindale Church - Angle Tarn - Brock Crags - The Nab - Rest Dodd - The Knott - Rampsgill Head - Kidsty Pike - High Raise - Red Crag [weather] Good
Craig Steeland scaled High Raise (Mardale) on August 5th, 2016 [from/via/route] Haweswater [with] Sue and Jake [weather] Warm, sunny & light winds
Colin Egan walked up High Raise (Mardale) on April 18th, 2016 [from/via/route] Continuation from Kidsty Pike [with] My wife Faith and friends John & Jo Cocker [weather] Cold, very windy but sunny
Charlie Housley climbed High Raise (Mardale) on March 7th, 2016 [from/via/route] From Kirsty Pike after ascending Riggindale Crag, & Rampsgill Head. [with] Daz, Candy and Roxy. [weather] Fabulous day. Lots of lying snow & a cloudless sky made this one of the best days on the fells.
Tony Rogerson bagged High Raise (Mardale) on May 5th, 2010 [from/via/route] Angle Tarn Camp from Howtown [with] John [weather] High cloud
David Baines hiked High Raise (Mardale) on May 19th, 2015 [from/via/route] From Hartsop via The Knott & Rampsgill Head [with] Alone [weather] Driving wind with squally. showers. A sharp contrast to the lighter showers & bits of sun down in Hartsop.
Victoria Bates summited High Raise (Mardale) on September 3rd, 2015 [from/via/route] c297 with Wether Hill & Loadpot Hill [with] Mark
Tracey Cowell conquered High Raise (Mardale) on May 7th, 2015 [from/via/route] Hayeswater/ Rampsgill Head [with] solo [weather] sunny & cloudy, glad of the wind shelter! - Good views all around off The Pennines, High Street ridge, Dove Crag, Fairfield, St,Sunday Crag & Helvellyn & in the distance Great Gable & Scafells.
David Noble scaled High Raise (Mardale) on March 29th, 2015 [from/via/route] Christy Bridge [with] Jack [weather] 40mph winds rain & sleet
Clive Ward walked up High Raise (Mardale) on February 7th, 2015 [from/via/route] Marcela Head, High Street, Knott, Rampsgill Head, Kidsty - see Knott [with] Ben, Graham [weather] See Knott
Kevin Parnham climbed High Raise (Mardale) on September 21st, 2014 [from/via/route] Kidsty Pike & main high street path [with] Jo [weather] Warm & sunny - rocky summit top compared to other peaks around
Dave Eyes bagged High Raise (Mardale) on July 12th, 2014 [from/via/route] From Hartsop. Up Hartsop Dodd, to Stony Cove Pike, to Gray Crag, to Thornecroft Crag, to High Street, to Kidsty Pike, to High Raise, to Rampsgill Head back down the valley & back to Hartsop [with] Christine Eyes [weather] Fine all day with great views. Windy on Top. Rained in last 5 minutes
Keith Eastman hiked High Raise (Mardale) on June 8th, 2014 [from/via/route] c159
Jon Mapp summited High Raise (Mardale) on May 3rd, 2014 [from/via/route] go4awalk route c251 [with] Suzzanne [weather] Cold & slightly windy but no rain - Walked 9 wainwrights & did 18.5 miles on this walk
Glenda Dodds conquered High Raise (Mardale) on June 4th, 2012 [from/via/route] From Patterdale via Kidsty Pike. [with] Alan [weather] lovely sunny day - This was on our route down from Kidsty Pike to Burnbanks, avoiding having to walk the whole length of Haweswater. On the Coast to Coast Walk!
Harry Meijer scaled High Raise (Mardale) on June 17th, 2014 [from/via/route] The Martindale Skyline [with] The Lake District Walker
Gill Watson walked up High Raise (Mardale) on April 2nd, 2007 [with] Gill
Martin Hobson climbed High Raise (Mardale) on October 1st, 2013 [from/via/route] The Eastern Martindale Fells (GR 436192)
Iain Taylor bagged High Raise (Mardale) on June 3rd, 2011 [from/via/route] Nr Howtown (NY 43577 19207)
Les Wrightson hiked High Raise (Mardale) on October 13th, 2012 [from/via/route] c159 from Howtown [with] work mates [weather] sunny dry
Christine Knowles summited High Raise (Mardale) on September 23rd, 2012 [from/via/route] from Hartsop [with] Graham [weather] Cloudy,not cold
Chris Bramley conquered High Raise (Mardale) on July 15th, 2012 [from/via/route] Mardale head high street [with] Janet my beuiful wife [weather] Cold overcast
Darren Mortimer scaled High Raise (Mardale) on May 5th, 2012 [from/via/route] Hartsop [with] Dermot Palmer [weather] Sunny
Stephen Littlewood walked up High Raise (Mardale) on June 10th, 2009 [from/via/route] from Howtown
Jayne Phelps climbed High Raise (Mardale) on September 15th, 2011 [from/via/route] Hartsop
Stephen Byrne, David Hallam, Jenny Godfrey, Patrick Rogozinski, Peter Thwaites, Wendy Sockett, Jane Wilkinson, Dale Sexton, Matthew Thomas, Paul Woodhouse, Mr M A Blanchard, Louis Smith, David Watson, Jo Dixon, Alan Fowler, Louise Sandwith, John Walter, Peter Clark, Elaine Grayson, Steven Woodroffe, Peter O'sullivan, Patricia Dilley, Simon Duerden, Jonathan Tobin, Steve Frank, Paul Booth, Mark Smith, Linda Mckeogh, Trevor Williams, Paul Henderson, Colin Bullen, John Cuthbert, G Philpott, Patrick Buckland, Wendy Sockett, Stephen Millington, Rob Barklamb, Jeanette Coward, Ray O'hara, Libby Burns and Rebecca Hardy have all walked, climbed & bagged High Raise (Mardale).To add (or remove) your name and experiences on this page - Log On and edit your Personal Mountain Bagging Record
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of High Raise (Mardale)
Harter Fell (Mardale) (far left), Nan Bield Pass, Rough Crag, Riggindale Crag, High Street, Kidsty Pike, High Raise (Mardale) Wether Hill and Wether Hill (South Top) from the cairn marking the high point on the Old Corpse Road (Haweswater)
Harter Fell (Mardale) (left), High Street, Kidsty Pike, High Raise (Mardale), Haweswater Reservoir and Selside Pike (far right) from Branstree (Artlecrag Pike)
Rest Dodd (far left), The Nab (left), The Ramps Gill Valley, Wether Hill, Wether Hill (South Top) Keasgill Head, Red Crag, Raven Howe and High Raise (Mardale) (right) 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
High Street (left), Kidsty Pike (centre), High Raise (Mardale) and Raven Howe on the horizon with Riggindale Crag in the mid-distance from Branstree (Artlecrag Pike)
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