Stickle Pike
Sun 19 May 2002
Route: Broughton Mills - Great Stickle - Tarn Hill - Stickle Pike - Stickle Tarn - Kiln Bank Cross - Stainton Ground Quarries - a nameless summit (1,183ft) - Raven's Crag - The Knott - Holy Innocents Church, Dunnerdale - Broughton Mills
Distance: 5.25 miles
Ascent: 1,700ft
Time: 2 hours 40 minutes
With: Anne
Notes:
Dry first half, rain showers second half, overcast, cloud base approx. 2,000ft.
A. Wainwright's 'Stickle Pike' walk in his book 'The Outlying Fells of Lakeland' [page 126].
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Hovel Knott and Great Stickle
Duddon Sands in the distance from Great Stickle's summit
Stickle Pike from one of the many tarns on Tarn Hill
Buck Barrow and Whitfell from Tarn Hill summit
Caw from Stickle Pike summit
360 Panorama from Stickle Pike summit
Descending back down to Stickle Tarn from Stickle Pike's summit
Part of Stainton Ground Quarries
Caw with Walna Scar in the distance from the 1,183ft / 361m spot height
From the 1,183ft / 361m spot height, left to right - Buck Barrow, Stickle Pike, Whitfell, The Pike and Hesk Fell
The Knott from the top of Raven's Crag
Stickle Pike from The Knott's summit
Holy Innocents Church, Dunnerdale
Previous Walk: Scafell Pike from Seathwaite (Sun 12 May 2002)
Next Walk: Green Quarter Fell (Sat 25 May 2002)