High Raise was another of those Wainwright’s we had probably
done but did not have a record of doing, so we decided on a straightforward out
and back walk taking in Kidsty Pike and Rampsgill Head, both of which had
definitely been bagged previously.
Parking at Haweswater just before the sun came up we headed
along its eastern shore to Bowderthwaite Bridge. Here we left the main path and made our way diagonally up a very boggy section towards the broad ridge which connects
Kidsty Howes with Kidsty Pike.
Fortunately as the ground steepened the bogs were left behind and we
soon found ourselves on Kidsty Howes where we had a second breakfast as the sun
appeared.
It’s been a few weeks since we have had chance to bag a few
of the higher hills and despite noticing a loss of fitness it was still a pleasant
if rather tiring plod up onto the summit of Kidsty Pike.
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| The view back towards Kidsty Howes |
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| The summit of Kidsty Pike and the view towards Twopenny Crag and the col between High Street and Rampsgill Head. |
From here we headed up onto Rampsgill Head where we had some
spectacular if rather hazy views towards the Helvellyn range.
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| Summit of Rampsgill Head. (L to R) Fairfield, Helvellyn and the Dodds |
Moving on a pleasant wander in the sun took us up onto High Raise.
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| Low Raise from High Raise |
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| Helvellyn range from the Summit of High Raise |
After a relaxing lunch in the sun we took a diagonal course back to Kidsty Pike to avoid a re-ascent of Rampsgill Head and then retraced our route down.
That’s 3 Wainwright’s completed in total, but only one new
one we can tick off our list.
140 of 214 completed – 74 to go.
