Knott Rigg and Ard Crags
Sat 6 Oct 2001
Route: Newlands Hause - Knott Rigg - Ard Crags - Aikin Knott - Rigg Beck - road - Newlands Hause
Distance: 7.50 miles
Ascent: 1,480ft
Time: 2 hours 50 minutes
With: Anne
Notes:
Windy, Dry.
The 3 miles with 560ft ascent back along the road took an hour.
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The path up Knott Rigg from Newlands Hause
Looking back down the Knott Rigg ridge and across to High Snockrigg with the High Stile ridge in the distance
Approaching Knott Rigg summit
Ard Crags with the ancient Keskadale oak wood on its eastern slopes
Panorama from Knott Rigg summit
Hindscarth and Robinson across Newlands valley from the ridge between Knott Rigg and Ard Crags
Looking down to Keskadale Farm from Ard Crags
Causey Pike from Ard Crags summit
The ridge northwards from Ard Crag
Knott Rigg, Ard Crags (summit above woodland) and Aikin Knott
Snab Bank with Hindscarth behind from the lower slopes of Ard Crags
Ard Crags ridge from Rigg Beck
The Purple House, Rigg Beck
Hindscarth from the Newlands Pass road
Robinson from the Newlands Pass road
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