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Birkett — North Western (not a Wainwright summit)Birkett top

High Snockrigg

High Snockrigg at 610m (2,001ft) is a broad grassy summit above Buttermere on the Robinson-Hindscarth ridge, giving good views of Buttermere and Crummock Water.

526 m
Height
+5
Bonus Birketts
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526 mBirkett — North Western (not a Wainwright summit)+5 bonus Birketts within 3 km

Is it worth going? — Today’s conditions & 7-day summit forecast

Modelled guidance for the 526 m summit. Always check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

On the summit today (Tue 28 Jul): 15° to 14°C, gusts to 37 mph, 4.7 mm of rain forecast.

Tue 28 Jul
🌧️
15° / 14°
💨 37 mph
🌧 4.7 mm (99%)
Wed 29 Jul
🌧️
15° / 12°
💨 27 mph
🌧 11.9 mm (100%)
Thu 30 Jul
🌦️
13° / 5°
💨 29 mph
🌧 3.0 mm (87%)
Fri 31 Jul
🌤️
15° / 3°
💨 22 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (86%)
Sat 1 Aug
🌦️
15° / 6°
💨 15 mph
🌧 2.7 mm (82%)
Sun 2 Aug
☁️
16° / 6°
💨 17 mph
🌧 0.0 mm (35%)
Mon 3 Aug
🌦️
16° / 6°
💨 16 mph
🌧 0.4 mm (23%)

Forecast snapshot from 28 Jul 2026, 04:58 UTC — refreshed nightly and updated live in your browser. Temperatures and gusts adjusted to the 526 m summit altitude via Open-Meteo. Summit conditions are always harsher than the valley — check the professional mountain forecasts before you go.

Pro mountain forecasts: MWIS · Met Office mountain forecast

About the walk

Key information

High Snockrigg

High Snockrigg at 610m (2,001ft) is a broad grassy summit above Buttermere on the Robinson-Hindscarth ridge, giving good views of Buttermere and Crummock Water. A Birkett fell on the ridge approach to Robinson from Buttermere. The lake views from this approach ridge are consistently fine throughout.

Routes up High Snockrigg

Hand-mapped, with GPX to download — full maps further down.

High Snockrigg, Eel Crag & Lad Hows
15.7 km · ~5.5 hr
Classifications & hill data
Birkett
Synge
526 m
Height
1,726 ft
In feet
NY 1869 1689
Grid ref

Map & nearby Birketts

Free mapping: OpenTopoMap / OpenStreetMap (switch layers top-right). Parking positions are approximate.

Nearest parking: Buttermere village (NT, paid), about 1.2 km from the summit (straight line). Full parking, toilets and bus details are below.

Birketts near High Snockrigg (within 3 km)

These Birkett tops are not Wainwright summits — detour to them on this walk and they are pure profit. Distances are straight-line; allow extra for terrain.

2.6 km WSWDodd (Buttermere)641 m · North Western
2.6 km NNEIll Crag (Newlands) (Knott Rigg North Top)546 m · North Western
2.7 km SWHigh Stile (Grey Crag - High Stile)806 m · Western
2.7 km NThirdgill Head Man734 m · North Western
2.8 km NNWLad Hows426 m · North Western

Routes over High Snockrigg

High Snockrigg, Eel Crag & Lad HowsPlanned
15.69 km · ~1399 m ascent · loop · ~5.5–7.5 h
Summits: High SnockriggWhiteless PikeThirdgill Head ManCrag Hill (Eel Crag)Eel Crag (Birkett)GrasmoorLad Hows

⬇️ Download GPX

Full route guide ↗

✎️ Planned route — drawn but not personally walked or checked yet.

A planned line is a suggestion, not a guarantee — conditions change. Navigate independently and carry a map & compass.

Best parking to hike High Snockrigg

Where we have the data, each parking spot also shows the nearest public toilets and facilities (cafés, pubs, shops).

Buttermere village (NT, paid) — 1.2 km from summit (straight line)
For Red Pike, High Stile, Robinson, Rannerdale Knotts.
Directions
🚺 Buttermere village (132m) — Accessible☕ Syke Farm Tea Room☕ Croft House Farm Café🍺 The Buttermere Court Hotel
Gatesgarth Farm, Buttermere (paid) — 2.2 km from summit (straight line)
Farm car park at the foot of Haystacks, Fleetwith Pike and the High Stile ridge.
Directions

Positions are approximate — zoom the map to confirm. Lakeland car parks fill before 9am on fine weekends.

Tip: pan and zoom the interactive map at the top of this page to spot other potential parking near your route.

Water & shelter on the way up

On the High Snockrigg, Eel Crag & Lad Hows route:

🛖 map (9 m)🛖 map (52 m)🚌 Mountain Road junction (11 m)🚌 Bridge Hotel (133 m)🚌 The Fish Hotel (184 m)🚌 Buttermere Youth Hostel (N bound) (209 m)⛺ Syke Farm Campsite (355 m)

On-route facilities © OpenStreetMap contributors, per route — an absent marker doesn’t mean none.

Buses to High Snockrigg from Penrith / Ambleside / Windermere

Stagecoach 77 / 77A “Honister Rambler”
Keswick – Portinscale – Hawse End (Catbells) – Grange – Seatoller – Honister Pass – Buttermere – Lorton – Whinlatter – Keswick (circular)
Catch it from: Keswick (connect via 555 from Windermere/Ambleside or X4/X5 from Penrith)
Seasonal (roughly Easter–October). Brilliant for the North Western fells: Catbells, Dale Head from Honister, the Buttermere fells and Whinlatter.

Rural routes change seasonally — confirm on stagecoachbus.com or Traveline before relying on a last bus.

Other fells near High Snockrigg

Maps & guidebooks for High Snockrigg

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