Rough Crag - Route One

 

Start - The Birker Fell Road SD 171 977 Distance - 0.77 mile Ascent - 253 feet Time - 25 minutes

 

 

The walk starts from the access lane to High Ground Farm where there is room to park half a dozen cars on the verge
Directly opposite the car parking area is the start of the bridleway track to Devoke Water
Seat How from the bridleway
 Great Worm Crag from the bridleway
Looking back to Harter Fell over Crook Crag with Green Crag on the right
Devoke Water comes into view
Just before the bridleway begins to descend towards Devoke Water a path turns off it to climb the gentle south eastern slopes of Rough Crag 
Seat How and Woodend Height from the start of the path to Rough Crag
Looking over towards Water Crag from the path to Rough Crag
On the path to Rough Crag which becomes a little indistict in places and almost disappears on reaching a level shoulder
Looking back to Hesk Fell and Seat How
Woodend Height and White Pike across Devoke Water
Looking back to Caw and Sticke Pike on the horizon
On reaching the level shoulder the summit of Rough Crag comes into view, veer half right to avoid the low crags ahead
Harter Fell and Green Crag from the level shoulder
Scafell from the level shoulder
Crinkle Crags from the level shoulder
We join a much clearer path which rises along the broad and ill-defined east ridge from Pike How
Whin Rigg, Illgill Head, Kirk Fell and Great Gable from the east ridge
Looking down the east ridge to Pike How
The path from Pike How leads directly to the summit of Rough Crag
Devoke Water from the path to the summit
Seat How and Hesk Fell from the path to the summit
Approaching the summit of Rough Crag
The summit cairn on Rough Crag looking towards Muncaster Fell
Whin Rigg and Illgill Head from the summit of Rough Crag
Kirk Fell, Great Gable, Scafell, Esk Pike and Bowfell from the summit of Rough Crag
Esk Pike, Bowfell and Crinkle Crags from the summit of Rough Crag
Harter Fell, Crook Crag and Green Crag from the summit of Rough Crag
The Coniston Fells over the ridge between Green Crag and Great Worm Crag
Seat How and Hesk Fell from the summit of Rough Crag
Devoke water backed by Woodend Height and White Pike from the summit of Rough Crag
The connecting ridge to Water Crag

 

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