High Seat is the high point of a wet, peaty ridge in the Central Fells, and its trig pillar stands on a small rock platform, with the highest rock just beside it. With no higher neighbours, the view runs the full length of the Helvellyn range and across to a skyline of high fells from Crinkle Crags to Blencathra. On a saddle below the ridge, two upright stones remember John Litt, who went missing while following the Blencathra Foxhounds in March 1880.
New to the Wainwrights?Read our guide: What Are The Wainwrights?Rock 3 m west of trig point
Andesite lavas under a blanket of peat, with a soft, boggy top and a fence along the ridge.
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Also on this route: Bleaberry Fell, Walla Crag
Safety: Routes are a guide only. Carry a map and compass and know how to use them, check the weather before you go, and turn back if in doubt. You use this route at your own risk.
