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