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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 11¼mls (18km) |
| Ascent: | 3,965ft (1,208m) |
| Time: | 8¼hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route outline for walk c433:
Legburthwaite Car Park - A591 - Long Band - Cowrake Head - Moss Crag - High Rigg - Carlisle Diocese Youth Centre - St John's In The Vale Church - B5322 - Wanthwaite Bank - Threlkeld Knotts - Buck Castles - Clough Head - Calfhow Pike - Great Dodd - Watson's Dodd - Stybarrow Dodd - Sticks Pass - Legburthwaite Car Park
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
 3 English Mountains |
 5 Wainwrights |
 3 English Nuttalls |
 0 English Deweys |
 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
 1 Marilyn |
 1 Bridget |
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
The highest point of this walk is Great Dodd at 857m (2813ft). Great Dodd is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (22nd highest in England, 45th highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 19).
Great Dodd is also known as an English Nuttall (26th highest in England, 52nd highest in England & Wales).
Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Stybarrow Dodd at 843m (2767ft). Stybarrow Dodd is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (25th highest in England, 51st highest in England & Wales) and a Wainwright (No. 21).
Stybarrow Dodd is also known as an English Nuttall (31st highest in England, 59th highest in England & Wales).
You will also reach the summit of Watson's Dodd at 789m (2589ft). Watson's Dodd is classified as an Wainwright (No. 41).
Along the way you will also bag:
- Clough Head at 726m (2383ft). Clough Head is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (82nd highest in England, 141st highest in England & Wales), a Wainwright (No. 75) and an English Nuttall (103rd highest in England, 175th highest in England & Wales). The summit of Clough Head is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.
- Calfhow Pike at 650m (2133ft). Calfhow Pike is known as an English Bridget.
- High Rigg at 357m (1172ft). and an English Marilyn (106th highest in England, 1286th highest in the UK).
You can find this walk and other nearby walks on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps:
1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (orange/yellow covers):
1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (pink/magenta covers):
Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c433 The St John's in the Vale Skyline from Legburthwaite
In no particular order . . .
A cairn below Little Dodd (St John's Common) offering good views of Thirlmere in the valley below
Looking North along the High Rigg Ridge to Skiddaw (left) and Blencathra or Saddleback (Hallsfell Top) (right)
. . . load all 49 walk photos from Walk c433 The St John's in the Vale Skyline from Legburthwaite
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