The spine of the Far Eastern Fells, travelling north from High Street, crosses the Straits of Riggindale and then collides head-on with the steep U-shaped valley of Rampsgill which comes south to meet it.

The ridge splits in two, sending one arm around each side of Rampsgill and the Martindale valley system of which this forms part.

The north-eastern branch continues the main ridge of the Far Eastern Fells, running over High Raise and ending near the foot of Ullswater at Heughescar Hill.

The northern face of the fell drops 1,800 feet (550 m) over rough ground into the bowl of upper Rampsgill.

The south-western flank above Hayeswater and the south-eastern above Riggindale (a feeder of Haweswater) are craggier, none of them giving a realistic route of ascent for the average walker.