Bagged Whin Rigg 535m (1756ft) The Southern Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England

The view from the summit of Whin Rigg Photograph by Mick Fox Whin Rigg is classified as a: Wainwright (No. 156) Dewey (103rd in Eng, 238th in Eng & Wales)   Whin Rigg is on interactive maps: OS Explorer (Orange Covers) sheet: OL6 OS Landranger (Pink Covers) sheet: 89

Whin Rigg is on Peak Bagging Map & Hill Tick List:

• The Southern Fells area of The Lake District

• *Walk all The Wainwrights in The Southern Fells area of The Lake District

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

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You can walk to the top of Whin Rigg by using any of these 3 easy to follow route maps:

Walk c440 Whin Rigg, Illgill Head and Boat How from Miterdale Bridge

Route Summary: - Miterdale Bridge, Porterthwaite, Miterdale Forest, Irton Fell, Greathall Gill, Whin Rigg, Illgill Head, Burnmoor Tarn, Burnmoor Lodge, Eskdale Moor, Ellerhow Moss, Boat How, Low Longrigg, River Mite, Low Place Farm, Miterdale Bridge.

Length: 14km (8¾ miles) | Ascent: 715m (2,347ft) | Allow at least: 5½hrs | Grade: Moderate

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Walk c116 Illgill Head and Whin Rigg from Wasdale Head, Wast Water

Route Summary: - Wasdale Head, (National Trust Campsite), Wast Water, Lingmell Gill, Illgill Head, Whin Rigg, Greathall Gill, Wasdale Hall Youth Hostel, Wast Water, Wasdale Head.

Length: 14.5km (9 miles) | Ascent: 732m (2,402ft) | Allow at least: 5¾hrs | Grade: Moderate

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Walk c423 The Wast Water Round from Wasdale Head, Wast Water

Route Summary: - Wasdale Head, (National Trust Campsite), Wast Water, Lingmell Gill, Illgill Head, Whin Rigg, Greathall Gill, Low Wood, Lund Bridge, Woodhow Farm, Woodhow Tarn, Scale Farm, Tosh Tarn, Gill Farm, Gill Beck, Buckbarrow, Cold Well, Nether Wasdale Common, Seatallan, Windscale Hows, Middle Fell (Wasdale), Greendale Farm, Nether Beck, Overbeck Bridge, Wasdale Head, Wast Water.

Length: 24.5km (15¼ miles) | Ascent: 1,475m (4,841ft) | Allow at least: 10½hrs | Grade: Very Hard

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Your Personal Mountain & Hill Bagging Record

If you LOG ON and then RELOAD this page it will display when you climbed, bagged and conquered Whin Rigg, what the weather was like, who you went with and any other comments you might like to add to remind you of that fantastic day. For more details see Your Personal Mountain, Top, Peak and Hill Bagging Record.

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Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Whin Rigg

John Almond walked up Whin Rigg on July 14th, 2018 [from/via/route] Solo walk from Wasdale Head NT car park - Illgill Head - WHIN RIGG - Illgill Head - Wainwright 144 [weather] Warm, but rather cloudy until mid afternoon

Chris Sheard climbed Whin Rigg on April 9th, 2018 [from/via/route] Up from Strands Inn through steep gill to ridge passing through to Ill gill. fabulous day [with] George [weather] Started and finished with broken cloud and sun - Very steep up and nice circuit

Tracey Cowell bagged Whin Rigg on March 27th, 2018 [from/via/route] Irton Pike [with] Andy and Billy [weather] cold and cloudy, rain showers

Craig Steeland hiked Whin Rigg on August 30th, 2017 [from/via/route] From car park near Santon Bridge below Irton Pike [with] Sue [weather] Partly cloudy and cool with light winds - Muddy and heavy going underfoot. Not a walk that will be repeated. Took and out and back route rather than walking along the road or along Wasdale Screes.

Simon Boddy summited Whin Rigg on June 25th, 2017 [from/via/route] Eskdale [with] HF Holidays [weather] Sunny and breezy

John Walter conquered Whin Rigg on May 6th, 2017 [from/via/route] . [with] Tricia

Richard Fulcher scaled Whin Rigg on May 2nd, 2017 [from/via/route] Wasdale Head [with] Jen [weather] Sunny, clear blue sky, windy - The path up from Wasdale Head was well marked & firm under foot. The tops were very pleasant but the walk down Greathall Gill was tricky and it wasn't easy to find the path near the bottom. However, by far the worst part of the walk (sometimes dangerous) was along the shore of the lake with many scree slopes to navigate across - loose boulders and rocks. We were late back after 10.5 hours.

Anthony Scott walked up Whin Rigg on May 2nd, 2017 [from/via/route] YHA Wasdale Hall [with] me [weather] White cloud, lots of sun. Lovely!

John Tippins climbed Whin Rigg on February 14th, 2017 [from/via/route] Scaly Moss [weather] Bright, beautiful, sunny day but with very strong winds gusting at 50mph. Made ascents difficult. - Didn't fancy the return walk along the screes, as suggested on this website. I don't like walking on screes and especially so close to the deepest lake in Cumbria - too eerie. Met a guy on the ridge who confirmed my view. "It's horrible, absolutely horrible", he said. Returned via the ridge. And the wind was still really fierce - kept well away from the edge.

Mark Davidson bagged Whin Rigg on April 16th, 2009 [with] Mike [weather] Good - nice and sunny - Had been up both Whin Rigg and Illgill Head before but the main purpose of the walk was to bag Boat How.

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