Rough Crag (Riggindale)
628m (2061ft)

The Far Eastern Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England

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Rough Crag (Riggindale) is on Ordnance Survey Maps:

OS Explorer Map OL5

1:25,000 scale (Orange Covers)

OS Landranger Map 90

1:50,000 scale (Pink Covers)

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*Version marked with the walk routes you need to follow to Walk all 214 Wainwrights in just 59 walks.

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Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Rough Crag (Riggindale)

Caroline Winter walked up 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 - Short cut taken 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.

Christine Shepherd climbed on February 9th, 2008 [from/via/route] Walked from Mardale Head using walk c276 Climbed again with Jenny on 7.9.19 [with] Garry and Jonathan [weather] Cold but bright

Kevin Foster bagged on April 28th, 2019 [from/via/route] Ridge connecting High Street & Rough crag. [with] Henry. [weather] Clouds but with sunny breaks & clear visibility. Very warm when the sun was out. - There is exactly 200metres height difference & a mile distance between High Street & Rough Crag. The majority of this difference is down hill some of it very rocky & steep. Rough crags elevated perch has great views down into Riggindale & of Blea water.

Anthony Scott hiked on November 28th, 2017 [from/via/route] Mardale Head car park & up onto High Street [with] me [weather] sunny but only just above freezing

Mark Davidson summited on March 6th, 2005 [with] MIke [weather] Bright sun but very cold with lots of snow on the tops. - First trip using my crampons & ice axe

Trevor Williams conquered on July 29th, 2015 [from/via/route] mardale [with] alone [weather] good

Carl Tosner scaled during April, 2014 [from/via/route] Mardale head [with] Windy

Darren Mortimer walked up on January 19th, 2014 [from/via/route] Mardale Head [with] Dermot Palmer [weather] Wet at first but overcast & misty so we didn't get to see a great deal.

Iain Taylor climbed on October 29th, 2011 [from/via/route] Mardale Head (NY 46974 10752)

Leon Potts, Louise Sandwith, Paul Booth, Jeanette Coward, Louis Smith, John Cuthbert, Ray O'hara and Simon Appleyard have all walked, climbed & bagged Rough Crag (Riggindale).

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