Sharkey's Dream - Whin Rigg


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Whin Rigg

Overview

Height:	1,755 Feet - 535 Metres
Grid Ref:	NY 151 034
Area:	Southern
Ordnance Survey:	OL6
Wainwright Guidebook:	Four
	No mountain in Lakeland, not even Great Gable nor Blencathra nor the Langdale Pikes, can show a grandeur front than Whin Rigg, modest in elevation though the latter is, and so little known that most visitors to the district will not have heard the name.

Map and Photo Gallery

Whin Rigg from Illgill Head.

Illgill Head from Whin Rigg.

There are 5 walks to choose from including Whin Rigg

Illgill Head Wild Camp

		9th-10th June 2023
ASCENT:		2,050 Feet - 762 Metres
MILES:		10
WAINWRIGHTS:		2, Whin Rigg - Illgill Head
ROUTE:		Irton Pike Car Park - Irton Fell - Top of Greathall Gill - Whin Rigg - Illgill Head - CAMP - Straighthead Gill - Brakenclose - Overbeck Bridge - Road Back to Greendale Junction

Illgill Head via Miterdale

		23rd April 2022
ASCENT:		2,417 Feet - 737 Metres
MILES:		10.5
WAINWRIGHTS:		2, Illgill Head - Whin Rigg
ROUTE:		Giggle Alley - Porterthwaite - River Mite - Low Place - Miterdale - Burnmoor Lodge - Burnmoor Tarn - IIIgill Head - Whin Rigg - Irton Fell - Miterdale Forest - Porterthwaite - River Mite - Giggle Alley

Walking the Wainwrights in 30 Walks - Walk 24 The Scafells and Illgill Head

		23rd July 2016
ASCENT:		5,413 Feet - 1,650 Meters
MILES:		13
WAINWRIGHTS:		6, Lingmell - Scafell Pike - Scafell - Slight Side - IIIgill Head - Whin Rigg
ROUTE:		Wasdale Head - Brackenclose - Lingmell - Lingmell Col - Scafell Pike - Mickledore - Foxs Tarn Gully - Foxs Tarn - Scafell - Long Green - Slight Side - Hardrigg Gill - Maiden Castle Cairn - IIIgill Head - Whin Rigg - Greathall Gill - Wast Water

Whin Rigg, Illgill Head & Eskdale Moor

		4th November 2013
ASCENT:		2,519, Feet
MILES:		10.9
WAINWRIGHTS:		2 Whin Rigg – Illgill Head
ROUTE:		Porterthwaite – Miterdale Forest – Whin Rigg – Illgill Head – Burnmoor Tarn – Miterdale Head – Boat How – Brat’s Hill – Blea Tarn – Blind Tarn – Siney Tarn – Porterthwaite

Whin Rigg & Illgill Head

		23rd October 2011
ASCENT:		2,500 Feet, 762 Meters
MILES:		9
WAINWRIGHTS:		2, Whin Rigg & lllgill Head
ROUTE:		Wast Water Low Wood Lund Bridge Greathall Gill Whin Rigg Illgill Head Brackenclose Wasdale Head Hall Farm Wast Water Screes