Hiking The Dodds, Lake District. Sticks Pass, Raise and White Side

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The Dodds, Raise [E]

INDY Jun 26, 2025 Dockray, Great Dodd, Watson's Dodd, Stybarrow Dodd, Sticks Pass, Raise, White Side, Hart Side
12.33 miles, 6.44 h, Ascent 2,927 ft Imperial | MetricWainwright Pictorial Guide: The Eastern Fells

INDY SAYS: This walk was very boggy in places. Mainly wide grassy paths.

A good long walk from Dockray in very windy weather - Great Dodd, Watson's Dodd, Stybarrow Dodd, down to Sticks Pass, on to Raise and White Side before return

Start point, map and route information at bottom of page

MWIS indicates that today the Eastern Fells might have acceptable weather in the afternoon, albeit with high winds.
However, the next two days are forecasted to be be very poor.
With this in mind we head to Dockray, initially to walk 'The Dodds', with the idea of adding Raise and White Side if we feel up to it

No one else believes MWIS, this parking area is completely empty at 1pm

We start off down the Old Coach Road

Fortunately there is a bridge here where the map says 'Ford', since there is no way we could have easily crossed the water

Indy says 'Stop taking pics' - Come on!

Indy doing one of her classic dance moves

The way ahead isn't steep, but it is long and very boggy

We arrive at Great Dodd. The wind is ferocious, it is difficult to keep our eyes open

We quickly make our way to this shelter

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where we stop out of the wind for a quick break

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The walking is like this - wide grassy paths

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Watson's Dodd

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A view down to Ullswater

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The last 'Dodd' - Stybarrow Dodd. Indy's ears flapping in the wind

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We arrive at the well-known 'Sticks Pass'.
Raise is straight ahead, Glenridding left (E), Legburthwaite right (W)

At the summit of Raise, the wind is still strong

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A clear path to White Side

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At the summit of White Side, we have to retrace our steps and join Sticks pass again

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We deviate a little to see what is described on the map as White Stones.
It seems to be some white stones

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Hart Side, the last summit of the day

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This is the most impressive cairn we have seen today, and marks our turn sharp right

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as we follow this wall almost to the end before cutting back

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After another long slog through ankle-deep bog, this sign is about 20 mins before the end of the walk

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Back at the car park, still no one to be seen

Start:
Car parking outside Dockray at High Row [NY 37991 21900]
Route:
Dockray, Great Dodd, Watson's Dodd, Stybarrow Dodd, Sticks Pass, Raise, White Side, Hart Side 12.33 miles, 6.44 h, Ascent 2,927 ft
Route maps from Ordnance Survey are scaled 1:25000 unless mentioned otherwise.
Km, hike time and metres of ascent as supplied by OS. Planned route

Route Map and Details

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