High Street, Rampsgill Head, High Raise & Kidsty Pike
         

     

HIGH STREET - most of the high places in Lakeland have no mention in history books; not so High Street, which has been known and trodden, down through the ages, by a miscellany of travellers on an odd variety of missions: by marching soldiers, marauding brigands, carousing shepherds, officials of governments, and now by modern hikers. Its summit has been in turn a highway and a sports arena and a racecourse, as well as, as it is today, a grazing ground for sheep.

RAMPSGILL HEAD - on the right sort of day the top is a pleasant place to linger for a while

HIGH RAISE - its top is crowned with stone in a quantity uncommon amongst the heights of the High Street range, which are usually grassy

KIDSTY PIKE - the summit is the best feature of the fell, the Riggindale face is everywhere steep

A. Wainwright

 
Date                   30/5/2004    
Walks done by: Jed, Susan Pam and Paul    
Weather:  Glorious after a cloudy start. Very warm    
Distance 8.75 miles    
Started at: Mardale Head car park
Height:-  
High Street 2718'
Rampsgill Head 2581'    
High Raise 2634''    
Kidsty Pike 2560'    

 
The start of the walk with the steep ascent of Rough Crag on the far side of the ridge
 
Haweswater from near Swine Crag
Looking down on Haweswater. It's a very steep as you climb up Rough Crag, but wonderful views
 
.. ....even an Air Sea Rescue Helicopter flew below us
 
Looking back on Haweswater from near Eagle Crag
 
First sighting of Blea Water from Rough Crag
 
Susan, Paul and Pam approaching Rough Crag summit, with High Street beyond.
 
All of us on Rough Crag summit. Blea Water to the left.
 
Just the little matter of climbing Long Stile to get to High Street summit
 
Looking back along Rough Crag and the tarn at Caspel Gate clearly visible
 
Paul takes a rest on Long Stile
 
Blea Water from Long Stile
 
With Long Stile conquered we pose on High Street summit
 
Looking down Riggindale from the top of Short Stile
 
Our next destination is Rampsgill Head summit, where the people are stood
 
A distant High Raise
 
Looking back to Rampsgill Head
 
The Helvellyn Range from near Rampsgill Head summit
 
Looking down on The Nab and Ramps Gill
 
High Raise from the slopes of Ramsgill Head. The Roman road High Street passes just to the left of Hgh Raise summit
 
Looking West from High Raise towards Helvellyn with a group of cyclists in front of the dark green summit of Rest Dodd
 
Susan, Paul and Pam on High Raise
 
High Street from Kidsty Pike
 
Kidsty Pike summit with the ridge of Rough Crag beyond and Gatescarth Pass (l) Harter Fell (c) and Nan Bield Pass (r) on the skyline
 
Jed, Susan and Pam on Kidsty Pike summit
 
Looking back to High Raise from Kidsty Pike
 
The Rigg from the lower slopes of Kidsty Howes
 
Harter Fell
 
Harter Fell from near the Rigg
 
.. and another shot from a little  nearer with Haweswater in the foreground
 
The church at Bampton Grange from the Crown.