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Climbing towards High Street from the Straits of Riggindale

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The view from the summit of Thornthwaite Crag

High Street from Patterdale

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Difficulty:	Exposure:
A longer walk but easy walking on very good path with good views throughout
Distance: 12km / 7.5 miles	Ascent: 980m / 3200ft
Duration: 7 hours	Maximum Group Ratio: 10:1

High Street from Patterdale private guiding

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Event Description

"Any person so favoured may recline on the turf and witness, in his minds eye, a varied pageant of history."

A. Wainwright

The huge grassy ridge of High Street is the highest point of the Far Eastern Fells and the grassy slopes give some great ridge walking.

Along the High Street ridge runs a Roman Road, the road between Brougham Fort at Penrith and the fort at Ambleside.

Let our experienced guides take you from Patterdale on a circuit of these fells with their stunning scenery where we often see Red Deer in the valleys and even the occasional sighting of a Golden Eagle.

Summits included on this route:

The Angletarn Pikes	567 metres/1860 feet
Brock Crags (Optional)	561 metres/1841 feet
The Knott	739 metres/2425 feet
Rampsgill Head (Optional)	792 metres/2598 feet
High Street	828 metres/2717 feet
Thornthwaite Crag	784 metres/2572 feet
Gray Crag	699 metres/2293 feet

Riggindale, the valley to the east of High Street is the only place in the England where Golden Eagles can still be seen. Nowadays there is only one Golden Eagle remaining which can be seen occasionally above the valley as we climb to the summit of High Street. As well as the Golden Eagle we often see Red Deer on this walk.

From Patterdale we will climb the track to Boredale Hause, the pass between Patterdale and Martindale where a good path will climb up alongside the Angletarn Pikes and Angle Tarn, several great smaller peaks can be climbed from this path including Brock Crags and Rest Dodd. The path climbs by The Knott to reach the old Roman Road along the summit ridge of High Street, we will follow the ridge to the summit of High Street, with wonderful views over Patterdale to the west and Riggindale and Haweswater to the east before continuing to the summit of Thornthwaite Crag.

A good ridge now descends north from Thornthwaite Crag over Gray Crag to the village of Hartsop. From here we will follow the track back along the valley to Patterdale.

Each participant will be required to bring suitable equipment for their chosen event, please see Kit List tab above.

Meet Point	Outside the Patterdale Hotel, Patterdale
Postcode / GR	CA11 0NL / NY 397 158
Location Info	From the South Lakes: From the A591 between Ambleside and Windermere turn onto the A592. Follow this road over the Kirkstone Pass descending to Brothers Water. After the road passes a turning to the right, continue past Brothers Water to the village of Patterdale where the Patterdale Hotel will be seen to the left, we will meet outside the Hotel entrance, a pay and display car park is opposite the hotel. From the North Lakes: From the A66 between Keswick and Penrith turn off onto the A592, near the Rheged Centre, signposted to Ullswater, follow this road south along the shore of Ullswater past the villages of Glenridding to Patterdale. The Patterdale Hotel will be seen on the right hand side, we will meet outside the Hotel entrance, a pay and display car park is opposite the hotel.