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Pike O'Stickle |
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Overview |
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Ascent: |
2,916 Ft 888.7 Mtrs |
Wainwrights: |
4 Loft Crag, Pike O’Stickle, Thunacar Knott & Rossett Pike |
Weather: |
Warm & Sunny Throughout The Day, No Wind, Hazy Lows of 6° Highs of °20 |
Parking: |
Stickle Barn Great Langdale |
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Central & Southern |
Miles: |
9.25 |
Walking With: |
On my own |
Ordnance Survey: |
OL6 |
Time Taken: |
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Route: |
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Map and Photo Gallery |
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Harrison Stickle from Stickle barn, & although its nice & sunny its still early & there’s a definite nip in the air. |
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Low lying mist in Great Langdale. |
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And beautiful blue skies |
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Crossing Dungeon Gill & I’m at it again with my happy medium so its off with the Jacket & out with the knees again! |
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Looking back, It’s days like these & views like this that all the times I’ve questioned my integrity on why I Fell Walk & there is my answer. |
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And onwards & upwards towards my first Fell of the day Loft Crag. |
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Possibly the first time I’ve ever seen Crinkle Crags as clear as this, the Fell running parallel is The Band. |
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Esk Pike to the left & my first view of Loft Crag to the right of the grassy path. |
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A hazy view onto the Southern Fells, the Tarn centre is Blea Tarn. |
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Looking towards the Summit of Harrison Stickle. |
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Loft Crag Summit with Harrison Stickle in the background. |
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The hugely impressive Pike O’Stickle from Loft Crag Summit. |
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Looking down the steep gully found before I headed for the summit, this gully is actually Navigable all the way down to Mickledon but way too risky for my liking. |
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Pike O’Stickle Summit cairn with a host of Fells LtoR Bow Fell, Esk Pike, Rossett Pike (my final fell) Allen Crags & Great End. |
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Bow Fell,Esk Pike & Rossett Pike domineering the skyline of Mickledon. |
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Thunacar Knott from Harrison Comb & my third Fell of the day, my path is the faint one to the left of the picture which leads you straight to the summit, I don’t think which path really matters there all angle deep wet bog! in all seriousness this route is something I’d only attempt in good visibility GPS or not I wouldn’t like to find myself in bad weather & low cloud on here! |
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Trail Blazing my way towards Thunacar Knott. |
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Thunacar Knott Summit. |
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And the small un-named tarn found near the Summit. |
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My first choice was to re join the main path towards Martcrag Moor and to leave the path & make my own way, but being as wet as it was I decided to stick to the faint path seen here & head back towards Pike O’Stickle & over the crags seen centre. |
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The vast openness of Martcrag Moor, again with Bow Fell & Esk Pike still domineering the skyline. |
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A close up of Rossett Pike (centre) my final Fell of the day, but I’m a long way off yet. |
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The un-named tarn found as I leave Martcrag Moor & cross over Stake Pass. |
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The M6 of stepping stones, now here’s the perfect chance to try out your balancing skills Paul. |
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Now that’s what I call a ridge walk |
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Looking over the Drumlins towards Pike O’Stickle & Mansey Pike from Langdale Comb. |
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Looking back with Green Up Edge to the right leading towards Sergeants Crag & Eagle Crag. |
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Rossett Pike bound & a little descent is needed first. |
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Great End taking centre with Esk Pike to the left & Allen Crags to the right. |
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Rossett Pike Summit with Pike O’Stickle in the background, have I really come that far! Its time for lunch & a much long awaited view of Angle Tarn. |
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Angle Tarn, off the beaten trail a little & away from the crowds its time to get the beef barm cakes out & see if the shop assistant was right in telling me ‘these are the nicest barm cakes you’ll ever taste’ he was right.. |
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That’s the look of tasting the nicest barm cakes Ill ever taste ha |
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Lunch over & time to head down, over a mile in descent & two back to Stickle Barn but I’m not complaining, its just beautiful. |
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I think my H2o pack had a kink in it because for the last hour or so I’m sucking like a mad man & getting only a trickle through, so as I crossed Rossett Gill I cupped my hand & took a couple of handfuls & not to mention a splash over the face & hair. |
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Passing the path makers hut as I enter the valley floor. |
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Looking back towards Rossett Pike from Mickledon. |
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This is the gully seen at the side of Stickle Breast earlier in the walk, I can pick up a faint path faintly through the bracken & onto the prominent path you can see, I don’t think I could ever eat enough weetabix to get me up there! |
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Stickle Cottage, & almost back where I started, I was going to treat myself to a pint of cold still orange at the Hotel but after not so much careful consideration to other customers I thought it best not to, Paul needs a good bath! |
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