Indeed Wainwright describes Rest Dodd as “A fell of little interest although the east flank falls spectacularly in fans of colourful scree”.

Rest Dodd stands on the long ridge forming the boundary of the Martindale catchment, an extensive valley system emptying north into Ullswater.

Rest Dodd appears as a high, rounded dome from most directions, the upper slopes being clad in rough grass.

The other route is longer, 3+1⁄2 miles (5.6 km), and starts in Patterdale village and utilises the main path over Boredale Hause and past Angle Tarn before following an old stone wall which leads unerringly to Rest Dodd's summit.

[1] The summit of the fell has two cairns due to the proximity of quite a few old stone walls and gives full length views of the Helvellyn range to the west as well as of the Ramps Gill valley to the north.