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The summit is a high perch from which there is a bird's-eye view down into
Ruthwaite Cove, flanked by the two eastern ridges of Nethermost Pike and Dollywaggon Pike, and with its tiny tarn, Hard Tarn. Then the view goes on down Grisedale to
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Walkers may reach the summit of High Crag by taking a short diversion from the ridge path. Small paths lead to and from the summit cairn, but are much less worn than the path that bypasses it, only 60 m from the cairn.
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marks the summit, which is 884 m high and has a prominence of 13 m from the ridge. To the west the ground slopes gradually away from the summit, merging with the western slope of
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of very hot gas and rock. Individual lapilli or pieces of semi-molten lava within the flow were flattened by the weight of deposits above them.
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High Crag is a rocky crag, over 100 m high, which rises abruptly above the head of
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The flat summit of High Crag is marked by a cairn which is visible from the neighbouring tops.
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485:Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map
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166:Location in Lake District, UK
517:"High Crag (Ruthwaite Cove)"
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543:Sheet E029, Keswick (Solid)
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443:References
402:Ordovician
362:Place Fell
269:Topography
231:Landranger
107:54°30′50″N
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255:Helvellyn
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135:Geography
110:3°00′57″W
53:Elevation
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223:Topo map
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176:Location
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